How Does Intermittent Fasting Work?

More and more scientific evidence is being found that proves the health benefits of intermittent fasting. However, many people confuse intermittent fasting with long spiritual fasts or hunger strikes. Flora Stevens explains what intermittent fasting actually is.

Fasting has been a dieting strategy for decades, and a common spiritual practice for even longer. In terms of dieting, there has been little consensus as to whether calorie restriction is helpful or switches your body into fat-saving survival mode. In recent years, however, a new diet-minded fasting technique has become more popular: intermittent fasting. Read on to find out if it works, and how it works.  Read more

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