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Weight-loss Technologies Train the Brain to Resist Temptation

July 5, 2016

Can a computer game train your brain to resist sweets? That’s the question Drexel University researchers hope to answer with one of two new studies launching this [...]

Positively Beautiful: Intermittent Fasting May Help With Weight Loss, Longevity

June 27, 2016

Confession: I’ve been skipping breakfast. For many years, I’ve been preaching breakfast as the most important meal of the day, and have recommended three balanced [...]

How Fasting Can Improve Your Health

June 13, 2016

Since the ancient days, believers have considered fasting part of their spiritual life. Christians fast during lent while Judaism observe some fasting at a certain point in [...]

6 Reasons Why Intermittent Fasting May Be for You

June 7, 2016

For a long time, it was thought that fasting or going long periods of time without eating was detrimental to your health and would hinder weight loss goals. The thinking was [...]

Fasting Diets Are Gaining Acceptance

March 8, 2016

Mark Mattson, a neuroscientist at theNational Institute on Aging in Maryland, has not had breakfast in 35 years. Most days he practices a form of fasting — skipping lunch, [...]

6 Reasons to Detox

January 12, 2016

Whether you want to jump-start your fat loss or detoxify from an indulgent holiday season, there are many reasons to seek out a safe and effective detoxification program. [...]

11 Myths About Fasting and Meal Frequency

December 15, 2015

This is an eating pattern that cycles between periods of fasting and eating. However, there are still all sorts of myths surrounding this topic. This article debunks the 11 [...]

How to Do a Sugar Detox (Without Going Crazy)

August 10, 2015

If you eat dinner solely for the chance to chase it with dessert, we hate to break it to you, but it might be time to try a sugar detox. We’re not talking about a [...]

Stress Makes Your Brain Stronger: Try Fasting

July 23, 2015

Mark Mattson is a scientist at the National Institute of Aging and a professor at Johns Hopkins Medical who is also has been a practitioner of caloric restriction and [...]

Live Longer — The 5 Day Diet