Fasting is not a new concept. You can find writings from ancient Greeks promoting fasting for healing when diseased.1 Many religions (Christianity, Buddhism, Muslim) promote fasting as a practice of spiritual and physical cleanse.1 You can find intermittent fasting (IF) in popular health literature dating back as early as 1911,2,3 but the science to back those health claims has been slow.…
Something to keep in mind before we dig into this topic is that the research is still in progress. We will cover more about this in our next intermittent fasting (IF) blog, but for now we must recognize that IF is still a relatively new topic in research (at least when it comes to applying it to all demographics of…
Registered dietitians often hear questions from friends, patients, family, and strangers regarding nutrition and diet. (It’s our job, right?) Nutrition is always evolving, and it can be difficult to sift through the information to know what you can trust. We did a little research to shed some light on a few of the most common nutrition fads and myths for…
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