INTRODUCTION

Losing weight can be a struggle, especially if you feel like you are caught up in a cycle of following one fad diet after another. Many fad diets leave you feeling hungry or unsatisfied, and both feelings may decrease your likelihood of sticking to the diet. What if there was a way to maintain your current eating habits, making only slight changes to your diet, while still losing weight? This isn’t some miracle drug or another fad diet—it is the science of intermittent fasting.

An intermittent fasting diet allows you to continue your normal eating habits five days a week, while following a reduced-calorie plan for two non-consecutive days each week. Studies have shown that this type of diet is much easier to follow in the long term than the typical calorie-restrictive diet. It has also been shown to be highly effective. So if you are tired of watching the number on the scale go up and down, try something that truly works: an intermittent fasting diet.