Intermittent Fasting for Weight Loss

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A person can achieve weight loss in different ways.

One of the most recent strategies is intermittent fasting (1).

Intermittent fasting is a pattern of eating that involves short-term fasts done regularly with very minimal or zero food consumption.

Most people believe intermittent fasting to be a weight loss technique. This is because short periods of fast helps reduce calorie intake, which may translate to weight loss over time (1).

But then, intermittent fasting also modifies health risk factors such as lowering blood sugar and cholesterol levels (2, 3, 4, 5).

This article will study the relationship between intermittent fasting and weight loss.

How does intermittent fasting help with weight loss?

There are five different methods of intermittent fasting. These include:

· The 16:8 method

· Eat Stop Eat

· The 5:2 diet

· Alternate-day fasting (ADF)

· The warrior diet

All these are effective methods, but knowing which is best depends on the individual.