Here’s a question from one of our Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation colleagues: One of my friends recently told me they had been fasting for four days, water only, and had read about the many ...

Intermittent fasting — which involves restricting when you eat, most commonly consuming food within an eight-hour window and fasting for the other 16 hours — is all the rage these days, with celeb ...

During the month of Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic lunar calendar, many Muslims abstain from food and drink from ...

Muslims fast during the month of Ramadhan as an act of obedience to Allah and as one of the Five Pillars of Islam, which form the core of Muslim ...

Intermittent fasting has become a popular phrase in dieting, promising health benefits including kickstarting metabolism and helping shed body fat, but a major review suggests the diets may be ...

When you follow a 24-hour fast, once or twice a week, it triggers significant metabolic shifts in the body. Your body adapts to no calorie intake, primarily using stored energy sources. This affects ...

The HELENA trial will more definitively answer many of the questions that remain and hopefully provide even clearer proof that long-term use of IF is safe. If you're interested in losing weight, in ...