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The Conversation Around Intermittent Fasting Is Changing
If you’ve spent any time scrolling through health forums or chatting with friends about wellness trends, you’ve probably heard someone mention intermittent fasting (IF). For a while, it seemed like the ultimate solution: skip breakfast, follow a strict eating window, and the pounds would melt away while your energy skyrocketed. But as more people try…
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Counting Calories or Intermittent Fasting for Losing Weight
Does calorie counting or intermittent fasting do a better job at helping people drop pounds? This study investigates.
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When Intermittent Fasting Goes Wrong
Research linked intermittent fasting to dangerous eating disorder attitudes and behaviors among adolescents and young adults.
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Athlete Diet Breaks
If you have clients who are following a rigid athlete diet, tell them that letting off the gas for a short time may do their bodies good.
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Time-Restricted Eating: What Do You Think?
Researchers found that time-restricted eating resulted in improvements in total body weight and body composition.
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Is Intermittent Fasting Overhyped?
Are you a proponent of intermittent fasting? Have you noticed more clients expressing an interest in time-restricted eating?
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Nutrient Timing Nonsense
Whether your clients are trying to lose weight or gain muscle, chances are they have asked you about meal frequency and nutrient timing, which are common terms used to talk about dietary eating patterns. Is there a “right” way to eat or a right time to eat?
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Intermittent Fasting
Intermittent fasting is enjoying new popularity among people trying to lose weight, and studies show promising benefits for the body and brain.
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The Art and Science of Intermittent Fasting
Intermittent fasting (IF) can be defined as an eating pattern with periods of little to no energy intake interspersed with periods of normal energy intake, adhered to on a repeating basis.
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The Med Diet Stands the Test of Time
Among 250 healthy, overweight adults participating in a randomized controlled study, more than half (55%) went for IF (restricting intake 2 days a week), while 27% chose the Mediterranean diet (emphasizing whole grains, fruit and vegetables), and 18% opted to go Paleo (modified to allow some legumes and dairy). Participants also chose whether to try high-intensity interval training or a standard exercise regimen. After a brief educational session on their chosen diet, they completed assessments of their food intake, biometric measures and physical activity; these assessments were repeated at intervals.
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