A German study challenges the hype around intermittent fasting, revealing that while it may help shed pounds, it doesn’t necessarily improve heart or metabolic health.

The diet has been linked to weight loss, longer life span and even a lower risk of cancer — in mice. What about humans?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Intermittent fasting has been touted as being good for heart health and longevity, but a new study raises some questions. (Getty ...

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 ...

In 2021, Harvard Medical School published a bulletin with the title, “Intermittent fasting: The positive news continues.” According to the authors, in a mounting number of studies conducted on rats, ...

Intermittent fasting has been sold as a metabolic shortcut, but a new German study suggests the clock alone won’t save us. When people ate within strict time windows but didn’t cut calories, there ...

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 ...

Could adopting a fasting-like diet help slow down aging? That’s the claim of researchers from the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology in Los Angeles, who led a study on the benefits of a ...

New study finds eating during certain windows has no impact on weight. Other recent research has not linked intermittent fasting to weight loss. Experts say intermittent fasting can be a difficult ...