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Body & mind 25 min

Intermittent Fasting: What the Science Actually Says

The biggest trial says fasting doesn't work. A smaller one says it does. Both are right.

Intermittent fasting has become one of the most popular dietary interventions in the world. This episode follows the clinical trials, not the influencer content, and finds effects that are real, modest, and dependent on something most people overlook: not how long you fast, but when you eat.

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