Is Intermittent Fasting More Than a Passing Fad?

What if staving off the big killers entailed not cocktails of drugs but simply eating a little less? Michael Mosley, the force behind the 5/2 phenomenon, reveals why you should buy in to going without.

For those of us keen to live long and well, few topics tantalise more than intermittent fasting (IF). Clearly, the evidence is strengthening that eating less than you normally would – not always, just sometimes – does wondrous things to your body, raising the likelihood you’ll be kicking a ball with your great-grandkids shortly after humans colonise Mars.

Excerpted from Men’s Health

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