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 ...

Intermittent fasting has proven benefits for metabolic health, but a new study shows that it could slow hair growth - at least in mice. Researchers report December 13 in the Cell Press journal Cell ...

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 ...

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 ...

New research shows that while four weeks of alternate-day fasting can quickly reduce body weight and fat, it also leads to a measurable loss of muscle, and adding a whey protein shake during fasting ...

Laboratory studies have shown consistently that animals eating less food, or eating less often, can live longer. But scientists have struggled to understand why these kinds of restrictive diets work ...

Fasting has long been part of many traditions and religions, but it is only in recent years that the health benefits of restricting food intake have been investigated. Most recently, many studies have ...