The notion behind intermittent fasting is simple: eat less for a time, improve your metabolism. The reality is more complex, ...

Fasting has become more popular recently, as many people claim it helps them develop self-control with their eating patterns, lose weight, and more. As a nutritionist, I have seen fasting work for ...

A new study challenges the health claims around intermittent fasting, finding that time-restricted eating does not improve metabolic or cardiovascular health when calorie intake stays the same. The ...

A new review shows that short-term fasting lasting less than 24 hours has no noticeable effect on adults’ mental sharpness.

Bamberg and Moreau also note that prior fasting experience may matter, too. Initial evidence suggests that people who have just started fasting experience more negative psychological states than ...

People break their fasts during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan on March 15, 2024, at a rooftop restaurant near the historical Badshahi mosque, in background, in Lahore, Pakistan. (Associated ...

FILE - People break their fasts during the Muslim's holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a rooftop restaurant near the historical Badshahi mosque, in background, in ...

Manal Elfakhani looks back fondly on childhood memories from the month of Ramadan. She would break her fast at the mosque with family and snack on sweet semolina flour cookies that she's since learned ...