Is Alternate Day Intermittent Fasting Safe?

Описание: Eating every other day can raise your cholesterol.
After watching this video, if you do want to try it anyway, I would advise you to have your cholesterol monitored to make sure it comes down with your weight.

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So with ambiguous cognitive, lean mass, and bone effects, plus the cholesterol findings, I wouldn’t suggest it for weight loss, but that’s not the only thing alternate-day fasting is purported to do. It’s purported to have a variety of health benefits. Stay tuned for Does Intermittent Fasting Increase Human Life Expectancy? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/does-....

Then we cover the other types of intermittent fasting
• The 5:2 Diet and the Fasting-Mimicking Diet Put to the Test (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-5...)
• Time-Restricted Eating Put to the Test (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/time...)
• The Benefits of Early Time-Restricted Eating (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-b...)

What about total fasting? See:
• Benefits of Fasting for Weight Loss Put to the Test (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/benef...)
• Is Fasting Beneficial for Weight Loss? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-fa...)
• Is Fasting for Weight Loss Safe? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Is-Fa...)

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