Water fasts -- where people consume nothing but water for several days -- might help you lose weight, but it's unclear how long you'll keep it off, according to new research. And the other metabolic ...

Groundbreaking research has uncovered what happens to the human body as it undergoes a seven-day water fast. Groundbreaking research has uncovered what happens to the human body as it undergoes a ...

Rachael Link is a registered dietitian and health writer based in San Francisco. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Central Missouri and holds a master’s degree from New York ...

Water fasting involves consuming only water and abstaining from solid food for a short period. There may be health benefits to this practice, but there are also drawbacks and potential dangers. Used ...

Becca Stanek is an experienced writer and editor who is passionate about exploring the ways we can feel better mentally and physically to get the most out of our lives. She has worked for publications ...

As anyone seeking to lose weight knows, diets come in and out of fashion. The Sexy Pineapple diet, launched by a Danish psychologist in 1970, never really took off. Kellogg’s no longer promotes the ...

Intermittent fasting is effective and safe for most adults seeking weight loss. Clinical trials and meta-analyses show that intermittent fasting can help people lose 3- to 8% of their starting weight ...

A woman who went on a drastic liquid diet for more than two weeks has revealed to Newsweek exactly what happened to her body, as experts have warned against prolonged periods without food. "I drank ...

Known as the fasting mimicking diet (FMD), the diet is designed, as the name implies, to mimic the effects of water fasting ...

A former NFL Super Bowl champion says he lost more than 100 pounds during a 40-day fast, during which he only drank water. Russell Okung, an alum of the Seattle Seahawks 2014 Super Bowl team, spent ...

This article is published by AllBusiness.com, a partner of TIME. Losing weight quickly is a goal for many people, whether for an upcoming event or simply to jumpstart a longer-term health journey.

Groundbreaking research has uncovered what happens to the human body as it undergoes a seven-day water fast. The study, published Friday in the Nature Metabolism journal, unsurprisingly uncovered that ...