Monday, January 6, 2014

Intermittent Fasting Is The Latest "Fast" Diet Craze - Huffington Post Canada









Intermittent Fasting Is The Latest "Fast" Diet Craze

Huffington Post Canada

The diet involves intermittent fasting throughout the week to shed stubborn bulge. You fast for two days of the week, but not completely -- you eat one-fourth of your typical daily calories, roughly 500 calories for women, 600 calories for men -- and ...








Fasting for Syria: A solidarity hunger strike - Fellowship of Reconciliation (blog)









Fasting for Syria: A solidarity hunger strike

Fellowship of Reconciliation (blog)

The fast continues until January 22. I am fasting sunup to sundown … as is our tradition for these kind of fasts. Please pick one day, and call your Congressperson or arrange for a delegation. Approximately a million and a half Syrians are starving ...








Fasting NRI crusades for blacklisted Sikhs' cause - SikhSangat News









Fasting NRI crusades for blacklisted Sikhs' cause

SikhSangat News

Fasting NRI crusades for blacklisted Sikhs' cause. New Delhi: In view of the concerns related to the “Blacklist of NRI Sikhs”, Iqbal Singh Bhatti, an NRI and president of a Paris-based NGO called Human Rights Aurore-Dawn Association, has urged the ...








Saturday, January 4, 2014

First there was the 5:2 diet, then the 2:5, then the 4:3... Where will it end? - The Independent








The Independent



First there was the 5:2 diet, then the 2:5, then the 4:3... Where will it end?

The Independent

It all began with the 5:2 diet, the intermittent fasting eating plan championed by everyone from Beyoncé to Alex Salmond. It struck a chord in its simplicity. For two days a week you eat only 500 calories (600 for men), and the rest of the week you eat ...








Friday, January 3, 2014

Intermittent fasting, or IF, gains ground as a dieting tool - Los Angeles Times









Intermittent fasting, or IF, gains ground as a dieting tool

Los Angeles Times

It's a real heavyweight on the diet scene these days: intermittent fasting, a.k.a. IF (having ascended to heights where mere initials are enough). True, a fasting diet may not sound as appealing as, say, a cookie diet or a chocolate diet or a beer diet ...








After the feasting, it's usually fasting season - Telegraph.co.uk








Telegraph.co.uk



After the feasting, it's usually fasting season

Telegraph.co.uk

I had forgotten just how useful a serious Christmas binge is for one's general wellbeing. Because it's only after the self-indulgence is really and truly over, the last chocolate is eaten and the last rind of Stilton is crumbled into a dullish split ...








Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Intermittent fasting: Trying it out for science - BBC News








BBC News



Intermittent fasting: Trying it out for science

BBC News

The BBC's Peter Bowes steeled himself for the task by joining a clinical trial for an experimental fasting diet. Knowing which diet advice to follow can be perplexing and frustrating. Hardly a day goes by without news of a new scientific study. Fad ...