{"id":12426,"date":"2023-03-22T21:53:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T21:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/alternate-day-fasting-is-it-a-safe-way-to-lose-weight\/"},"modified":"2023-03-22T21:53:33","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T21:53:33","slug":"alternate-day-fasting-is-it-a-safe-way-to-lose-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/alternate-day-fasting-is-it-a-safe-way-to-lose-weight\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternate-Day Fasting: Is It A Safe Way To Lose Weight?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alternate-day fasting, as the name suggests, involves fasting every other day. So, if you were to follow this fasting schedule, you would eat normally one day and fast the next day.<\/p>\n
The alternate-day fasting protocol has gained popularity largely due to the research of Krista Varady, Ph.D., a professor of nutrition at the University of Illinois, Chicago. In her book The Every Other Day Diet<\/em>,<\/em> Varady describes how you can lose weight by eating what you want\u2014half of the time.<\/p>\n The idea behind alternate-day fasting is that instead of having to limit your calories every day, as many diet regimens require, you only have to restrict your calorie intake on alternate days.<\/p>\n When you fast, your body starts to burn stored fat for energy, a process known as lipolysis1