The 3 types of intermittent fasting, compared

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Fasting for five days with juice will just leave you cranky and hungry. But fasting for 16-24 hours throughout the week? That’ll leave you energized and leaner.

Intermittent fasting, as this diet method is known, is just as effective as daily calorie restriction for improving body composition, according to a 2017 study analysis from the International Society of Sports Nutrition.

Unlike calorie restriction, though, intermittent fasting doesn’t require you to count calories all the time—and it’s better at preventing hunger.

Furthermore, intermittent fasting is especially good at helping you lose fat while maintaining muscle, rather than losing both (as you would with traditional calorie restriction), says Krista Varady, Ph.D., an associate professor of kinesiology and nutrition at the University of Illinois at Chicago and key researcher on intermittent fasting. According to a study analysis in Nutrition Reviews, intermittent fasting also helps improve total cholesterol and...

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