Is intermittent fasting better than counting calories? Maybe not, but you might stick with it
Sign up to our free Living Well email for advice on living a happier, healthier and longer life Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But does time-restricted eating, a form of intermittent fasting, really help people shed pounds and boost health? Intermittent fasting is a meal strategy where people switch between fasting and eating on a regular schedule, defined as at least 14 hours with no food, Peterson said. Time-restricted eating, where people condense all of their eating into a daily window of 10 hours or less, is the most popular form of intermittent fasting. “Our data right now suggests that time-restricted eating isn’t any better or worse than cutting calories,” Peterson said.
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