The notion behind intermittent fasting is simple: eat less for a time, improve your metabolism. The reality is more complex, and a new study finds that some forms of intermittent fasting do not alter ...

A German study challenges the hype around intermittent fasting, revealing that while it may help shed pounds, it doesn’t necessarily improve heart or metabolic health.

New study suggests intermittent fasting may not deliver promised health benefits beyond weight loss, challenging beliefs about time-restricted eating.

People who routinely eat only within an eight-hour window — a form of intermittent fasting — have a 91% higher risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, suggests a new study presented on Monday at an ...

The human body can survive without food for some time before starvation risks causing significant harm to the body. In fact, when done properly and under medical supervision, fasting is thought to ...

New research suggests that fasting for three days a week may lead to greater weight loss than slightly reducing calories ...

Could adopting a fasting-like diet help slow down aging? That’s the claim of researchers from the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology in Los Angeles, who led a study on the benefits of a ...

Restricting eating to eight or fewer hours a day, a type of intermittent fasting, may raise the risk of dying prematurely from heart disease over the long term, a new study suggests. An analysis of ...

This article was reviewed by Lynn Marie Morski, MD, JD. Key Takeaways: Intermittent fasting might benefit women over 50 by ...

Restriction is a losing game. Turns out that restricting the time frame in which you eat is no better than restricting calories when it comes to losing weight. A new study published in the journal ...

Intermittent fasting has been sold as a metabolic shortcut, but a new German study suggests the clock alone won’t save us. When people ate within strict time windows but didn’t cut calories, there ...