Feast and famine fasting 'best way to shed weight'

Alternate day method gets experts’ thumbs up

- By Ella Pickover

FASTING on alternate days may help shed the pounds more effectively than similar diets, says a study.

This feast and famine approach may have greater benefits when it comes to weight loss.

Other methods have also grown in popularity, including the 16:8 diet involving a 16-hour fasting period followed by eight-hour eating and the 5:2 diet involving five days when food is allowed and two of fasting.

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