After fasting for an entire week, one woman decided to break her fast with 23 bananas - an experiment in extreme digestion.

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 ...

After a day and a half, it's claimed that the body will hit peak autophagy, with dead cells discarded and tissues regenerating efficiently while the metabolism starts to 'fire on all cylinder' in what ...

Prolonged fasting — abstaining from energy intake for four or more consecutive days — is used by some as a health intervention; however, the biological effects of this kind of fasting are not well ...

A recent review provides an in-depth synthesis of the existing literature on long-term fasting (≥48 hours) and its effects on inflammatory biomarkers, including C-reactive protein (CRP), tumor ...

Intermittent fasting may cause temporary gastrointestinal issues like bloating, gas, and constipation due to changes in digestion and the gut microbiome. Breaking a fast with smaller portions of ...

A cancer diagnosis forces us to make decisions that we never imagined ourselves making. This is especially when the regular ...

"Prolonged fasting from clear liquids of four hours or longer can be uncomfortable and increase thirst, anxiety, pain, nausea and vomiting," said Alexander Nagrebetsky, M.D., M.Sc., senior author of ...

How do you properly break a fast? What's the first thing you think about in the morning? Breakfast, quite literally, is when you break your fast-because of all those hours overnight that you go ...

A week of supervised fasting temporarily reshaped the gut microbiome of people with type 1 diabetes, making it resemble that of healthy individuals, and improving cholesterol and weight without ...

Jillian Kubala, MS, is a registered dietitian based in Westhampton, NY. Jillian uses a unique and personalized approach to help her clients achieve optimal wellness through nutrition and lifestyle ...