Intermittent fasting is a pattern of eating based on time limits. For a set time of hours or days, you eat a typical diet. At the end of the set time, you switch to very few or no calories, called fasting. When practiced for health benefits, intermittent fasting can be done in different ways. Fasts can last hours or a full day., INTERMITTENT FASTING GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS By: ALISON MOODIE October 15, 2020 • Intermittent fasting is an eating style where you eat within a specific time period, and fast the rest of the time. • Intermittent fasting can be an effective way to manage your weight. But research shows it has tons of other benefits, too—, Aside from fasting for religious beliefs or cultural reasons, the most common health-related reason for fasting is for weight loss. For example, a 2022 study on intermittent fasting focused on people diagnosed with obesity or overweight who had co-occurring prediabetes (the stage before type 2 diabetes )., , , .