It might be time to trade your calculator for a calendar. New research suggests that fasting just three days a week could lead to more weight loss and better health outcomes than constantly counting calories. With studies consistently showing that people ...

Every Navratri, millions of devotees across India observe nine days of fasting to honour Goddess Durga. Some keep it light with fruits, milk, and vrat-friendly foods, while others wonder: what if you take it further and fast all nine days without a break?

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 Special K diet, which swaps out two meals a day for a ...

The legislation to reopen the government passed by the Senate on Monday calls for states to be reimbursed for spending their funds to run programs usually paid for by the federal government. It’s not immediately clear, though, which situations might qualify in the case of SNAP.

A diet involving fasting on three nonconsecutive days per week yielded a 6.37 lb greater weight loss after a year than a daily caloric deficit. Both groups aimed for a total weekly energy deficit of 34%. Weight-loss differences were likely due to greater ...