
Where did the idea of therapeutic fasting come from?
Initially I had put off doing studies on fasting, since there were so few good studies, but there’s been an explosion in research interest in the last few years.
Check out these videos on fasting:
• The World’s Largest Fasting Study (
• Benefits of Fasting for Weight Loss Put to the Test (
• Is Fasting Beneficial for Weight Loss? (
• Is Fasting for Weight Loss Safe? (
• Alternate-Day Intermittent Fasting Put to the Test (
• Is Alternate-Day Intermittent Fasting Safe? (
• The 5-2 Diet and the Fasting-Mimicking Diet Put to the Test (
• Time-Restricted Eating Put to the Test (
• The Benefits of Early Time-Restricted Eating (
For all of my videos on fasting, see the topic page (
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-Michael Greger, MD FACLM
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