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Brief Fasting Can Be Good For You
By Matt Metzgar

Trying to lose weight? You've probably figured out that cutting calories long-term is not the answer. The pounds may come off initially, but the weight always seems to come back. Yet while long-term dieting doesn't work, new research has shown that brief periods of restricting food intake is actually good for you and may help you lose weight.

Two new studies show the benefits of intermittent fasting", or brief periods where no food is consumed. The first study, from The Journal of Applied Physiology, studied the effect of fasting on insulin resistance, a problem central to the obesity epidemic. The study had volunteers fast for 20 hours (skipping breakfast and lunch) every other day for 14 days. A...
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