If Diet

If Diet. IF as a weight loss approach has been around in various forms for ages but was highly popularized in 2012 by BBC broadcast journalist Dr Michael Mosley’s TV documentary Eat Fast Live Longer and book The Fast Diet followed by journalist Kate Harrison’s book The 52 Diet based on her own experience and subsequently by Dr Jason Fung’s 2016 bestseller The Obesity Code IF generated a steady positive buzz as anecdotes of its effectiveness proliferated Author Monique Tello MD MPHEmail hhp_info@healthharvardedu.

The 16/8 method The 16/8 method involves fasting every day for about 16 hours and restricting your daily eating window to approximately 8 hours Within the eating window you can fit in two three or more meals The 52 diet The 52 diet involves eating what you typically eat 5 days of the week and restricting your calorie intake to 500–600 for 2 days of the week Eat Stop Eat Eat Stop Eat involves a 24hour fast once or twice per week This method was popularized by fitness expert Brad Pilon and has been quite popular for a few years Alternateday fasting In alternateday fasting you fast about every other day There are several different versions of this method Some of them allow about 500 calories during the fasting days.

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Though a healthy diet minimizes processed foods there can be a time and place for items like wholegrain bread bagels and crackers as these foods are more quickly digested for fast and easy fuel If you intend to exercise or train regularly while intermittent fasting these will especially be a great source of energy on the go.

6 Popular Ways to Do Intermittent Fasting

For example the 168 diet involves fasting for 16 hours per day and eating within an 8hour window One of the most common ways to do this is by skipping breakfast and only eating from midday8pm so you are fasting for 16 hours per day (between 8pm and midday the next day) Other variations of the diet involve 6hour eating periods or shorter Author Sarah Lienard.