Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 76-year-old male in good health. I go to the gym three days a week, eat well, and fast one day a week. I have been reading about taking a tablespoon of olive oil at night as ...

Intermittent Fasting (IF) follows a structured pattern like 16:8 or 18:6(fasting for 16/18 hours, eating within an 6/8-hour window) where individuals fast for set hours or alternate-day fasting ...

This style of intermittent fasting "appears to be easier to adhere to over time," Dr. Victoria Catenacci, lead author of the study and an associate professor of medicine at the University of ...

Intermittent fasting has long been debated as a weight loss technique. Now a new study looks at how effective it is compared to daily calorie counting. In the study, published Monday in the Annals ...

People frustrated trying to lose weight by cutting calories every day may be encouraged to hear that intermittent fasting might be ... that it was better,” said Dr. Victoria Catenacci, one ...

A study in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that the 4:3 intermittent ... fasting might provide some advantages, it is also important to note its possible adverse effects," explains Dr ...

But again, the question remains the same. Which is better for heart health? Let us find out. Olive oil: 1 tablespoon of olive oil, which is around 14 g, offers 119 calories, 14 g fat, 2 g ...

QUESTION: Hi Dr Zac, there’s this really annoying girl at my gym who keeps rabbiting on about how she starts every morning by swigging a quarter of a cup of olive oil before she hits the gym.

Dr. Catenacci points out that people in the study worked their way up to the 4:3 style of intermittent fasting, starting with one fast day a week in the first week, before moving up to two the ...