Here’s a question from one of our Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation colleagues: One of my friends recently told me they had been fasting for four days, water only, and had read about the many ...

Intermittent fasting is one of those hailed forms of fasting that comes with the promise of a slew of health benefits. To ...

The human body can survive without food for some time before starvation risks causing significant harm to the body. In fact, when done properly and under medical supervision, fasting is thought to ...

After a simulation showed what happens to the body when you fast for 36 hours experts have issued a warning about the dangers ...

Intermittent fasting — which involves restricting when you eat, most commonly consuming food within an eight-hour window and fasting for the other 16 hours — is all the rage these days, with celeb ...

Fasting has long been part of many traditions and religions, but it is only in recent years that the health benefits of restricting food intake have been investigated. Most recently, many studies have ...

Therapeutic fasting (250 calories/day) offers benefits from weight loss to mental clarity. A doctor explains how medical ...

From wellness circles to religious observances, fasting is practiced by people from all walks of life and for a variety of reasons. In fact, a recent U.S. survey showed that 10% of Americans say they ...

Ever worried that skipping breakfast might leave you foggy at work? Or that intermittent fasting would make you irritable, ...

This is sure to get people talking. Scottish singer Lulu says she says practices “speech fasting” — staying completely silent until midday. The 75-year-old crooner told The Guardian that she partakes ...

A Fellow of the College of West African Surgeons (FCWAS), Dr. Ahmed Omilana, has brought forth fresh insights and a novel theoretical perspective to the science and efficacy of Ramadan fasting, a ...