Intermittent fasting focuses on "when" you eat, rather than "what" or "how much." It involves cycling between periods of eating and fasting, with a common schedule being 18 hours of fasting and a ...

Diets come and diets go. One of the most popular today is “intermittent fasting” in which, as the name suggests, the idea is to limit one’s food intake to certain time windows. One popular variant, ...

Intermittent fasting is under attack, again, as a practice that is ineffective and dangerous. Loyal readers of this column will know I am a big supporter of intermittent fasting. Recently, I refuted a ...

The data are mixed on whether intermittent fasting can help you lose weight. As a doctor, here’s my advice: Try the Mediterranean diet instead. Many of my friends have been trying intermittent fasting ...

Intermittent fasting is often touted for promoting weight loss, but the concept encompasses a wide range of specific methods. It’s not one-size-fits-all, as the most effective fasting schedule ...

Every New Year, many people create resolutions for what they hope to accomplish in the coming 12 months. For some, it is “Dry January"; for others, it is a decision to lose weight. The federal Centers ...

The hormone insulin requires less work when people follow intermittent fasting according to Dr. Pal, because it controls ...

Recently I wrote a column about the benefits of “good” stress and the negative effects of “bad” stress, and I mentioned intermittent fasting along with exercise as examples of “good” stress. When I ...