Health
What is the OMAD diet? Is one meal a day actually good for weight loss? And is it safe?
What do British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and singer Bruce Springsteen have in common?
Oct 11, 2023
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News tagged with intermittent fasting
Overweight & Obesity
Researchers connect diet to changes in the microbiome
"Should I be taking a probiotic?" is a question that Maggie Stanislawski, Ph.D., assistant professor in the University of Colorado Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI), gets asked often.
Aug 17, 2023
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Neuroscience
Fasting during Ramadan may reduce seizure frequency
For Muslims, intermittent fasting is a highly valued religious practice. For Muslims with epilepsy, it can also improve seizure control. A 2020 study found that fasting during Ramadan significantly improved the frequency ...
Jul 13, 2023
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Health
Intermittent fasting could help protect the brain from age-related diseases like Alzheimer's
As the world population has grown older, Alzheimer's disease has become increasingly common. Alzheimer's disease is the most prevalent form of dementia. Dementia is a term used to describe a range of symptoms linked to the ...
Jun 30, 2023
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Health
Water fasts can help you lose weight, but you might gain it back quickly
Water fasts—where people consume nothing but water for several days—might help you lose weight, but it's unclear how long you'll keep it off, according to research from the University of Illinois Chicago. And the other ...
Jun 29, 2023
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Overweight & Obesity
Intermittent fasting and traditional calorie counting shown to be about equal for weight loss
A small randomized controlled trial found that time-restricted eating, also known as intermittent fasting, produced similar weight loss results to traditional calorie counting in a racially diverse population of adults with ...
Jun 26, 2023
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Overweight & Obesity
Fewer meals may help prevent type 2 diabetes and obesity, suggests research
When intermittent fasting became all the rage among Hollywood celebrities, skeptics balked at the idea of skipping meals. But new research from the University of Georgia suggests the celebs might not have been that far off.
Jun 15, 2023
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Health
'One meal a day' diet popular with celebrities could do more harm than good—here's why
Celebrities have popularized all sorts of outlandish diet trends over the years. One of the latest trends among celebrities is the "one meal a day" diet (or "Omad").
Apr 12, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Long-term intermittent fasting reduces COVID-19 heart failure issues and death in heart disease patients
Intermittent fasting, especially when done over the course of decades, can have positive effects on metabolic and cardiovascular health. Now, a new study by researchers at Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City finds that ...
Mar 6, 2023
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Health
It's the trendy diet method, but does intermittent fasting really work?
Diet trends come and go, but intermittent fasting, a form of dieting based around periods of non-eating followed by periods of concentrated eating, has somehow endured.
Jan 26, 2023
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