What Are the Potential Risks of Intermittent Fasting?
The eating pattern may be ineffective or counterproductive among some people.
By Cedric X. Bryant, Ph.D., Contributor | Aug. 7, 2017, at 10:44 a.m.
Intermittent fasting includes strategically cycling between periods of eating and periods of avoiding or restricting food.
Fasting, whether it's skipping all food and drink from sunrise to sunset for the month of Ramadan or abstaining from eating meat on Fridays during Lent, has long been viewed by many religions as good for the soul. But is it good for the body as well?
More people today are assuming the answer is yes, thanks in part to the increasing popularity of intermittent fasting, or strategically cycling between periods of eating and periods of avoiding food completely or severely restricting it. The eating pattern comes in many forms. Some people select two days each week to severely limit their caloric intake and allow themselves to eat without restriction the other five days. Others eat only during a certain window of time each day – say, between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Others completely fast one or two days each week, limiting their intake to calorie-free beverages for 24 hours at a time.
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