TAMPA (BLOOM) – Fasting, an ancient practice rediscovered for modern health benefits, not only serves spiritual and detoxification purposes but stands out as a formidable anti-inflammatory strategy.

There are many ways to approach intermittent fasting, including 5:2 fasting, time-restricted fasting, overnight fasting, and alternate-day fasting.

A doctor explains how intermittent fasting affects your blood sugar and what to know before starting if you have diabetes or blood sugar concerns.

Think it’s impossible to truly enjoy your favorite holiday treats while crushing your weight-loss goals? Intermittent fasting not only makes it possible, it makes it easy. “Fasting is at its absolute ...

You may have seen the headlines: “Intermittent fasting linked to 91 percent increase in risk of death from heart disease”; “The intermittent fasting trend may pose risks to your heart.” The news came ...

Preliminary results from a new study link shorter eating windows with increased risk of death, but that's far from the full story. Jessica was a writer on the Wellness team, with a focus on health ...

Dear K.O.S.: Intermittent fasting is an increasingly common weight-loss strategy. The two most common approaches of intermittent fasting are alternate-day fasting (eating nothing one day, then ...

Intermittent fasting is currently enjoying a surge in popularity as an effective approach to weight loss. Intermittent fasting—aka the IF diet—is witnessing a meteoric rise in popularity as an ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am interested in your perspective on intermittent fasting. I am in a walking group of seniors (all 65+ years). Six of us have been on this diet for six to eight weeks, and everyone ...

Q: I’m overweight and I don’t have much luck shedding pounds. I wanted to try intermittent fasting, but I keep hearing contradictory info on whether it works. I will gladly try any ideas you have. -- ...

Dr. Pompa simplifies the complex biological mechanisms activated by fasting that lead to its health benefits. During fasting, the body transitions into autophagy, or what Dr. Pompa refers to as the ...