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Can intermittent fasting help with weight loss? - Harvard Health

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Intermittent fasting — the use of a strict eating schedule to help with weight loss — continues to grow in popularity. But can it really help? "Recent research has found that intermittent fasting has a similar or even modest benefit over traditional calorie-restriction dieting for weight loss," says Dr. Frank Hu, a professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. "But perhaps its main advantage is its simplicity, making it easier to follow compared with other weight-loss plans." Whereas other weight-loss diets emphasize what you should and should not eat, and how much, intermittent fasting focuses on when you can eat. Intermittent fasting means you don't eat for a designated amount of time during the course of the day. There are many ways to do this, but one of the most popular approaches is called 16/8. Here, you do all your eating during an eight-hour period (for example, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.) and then don't eat at all over the following 16

October 1, 2024 By Matthew Solan , Former Executive Editor, Harvard Men's Health Watch Reviewed by Howard E. LeWine, MD , Chief Medical Editor, Harvard Health Publishing; Editorial Advisory Board Member, Harvard Health Publishing Share {} }" > Share this page to Facebook Share this page to X Share this page via Email { this.copied = true; setTimeout(() => this.copied = false, 1000); }); } }" > Copy this page to clipboard Print This Page Click to Print Intermittent fasting - the use of a strict eating schedule to help with weight loss - continues to grow in popularity. But can it really help? "

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