Does the research on alternate-day fasting back the hype? This article was reviewed by Brian Tanzer, nutritionist and Director of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs at The Vitamin Shoppe. Alternate-day ...

Alternate-day fasting appears to be the best of both worlds. In theory, you can eat your favorite dessert and lose weight at the same time. It’s almost too good to be true—so is it? This type of ...

Some people follow the plan simply by fasting every other day and eating normally in between. Others favor the modified 5:2 approach where you eat whatever you want for five days, then restrict your ...

Forget complicated diet rules and endless calorie counting. Alternate-day fasting is gaining momentum across America because it works — and it’s surprisingly simple. Eat normally one day, fast the ...

In patients with obesity, a 3-month dietary intervention with modified alternate-day fasting led to a greater reduction in 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure (BP) compared with other low-calorie diets ...

Practiced for centuries as a ritual in many religions, intermittent fasting (IF) is rapidly growing in popularity as a weight loss and health-improvement tool. A 2024 survey found that as many as 13% ...

In a recent study published in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition, a group of researchers evaluated how various intermittent fasting (IF) regimens impact the composition of the human gut microbiome.