Nutrition · Applied
Fasting: What the Evidence Says
Time-restricted eating, 5:2, alternate-day and prolonged fasts compared: what randomized trials show for weight loss and metabolic health, what's still mostly animal data (autophagy, longevity), the risks, and how to use fasting sensibly.
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Key idea
Prereqs: Calories & energy balance; Protein. Next: Diets compared. Key trials: Lowe et al., TREAT (JAMA Internal Medicine, 2020); Liu et al. (NEJM, 2022); de Cabo & Mattson review (NEJM, 2019).Next: 1. Types