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Can scheduled fasting improve your health?
The practice, known as intermittent fasting, has shown numerous health benefits and is easy for most healthy individuals to adopt.
Contrary to longstanding advice (and what you may have heard from your mother), a growing body of evidence shows that skipping meals may actually be good for your health.
Intermittent fasting — the practice of going for set periods of time without eating — is increasingly gaining acceptance among experts.
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