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.

Researchers report that intermittent fasting of less than 24 hours does not appear to diminish a person’s mental performance during the periods where they are not eating.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit payments for millions of Americans that are on hold could soon resume in full as the government shutdown nears an end. Action from Congress or the Supreme Court over the next two days will dictate whether the lapse will prolong or if the Trump administration must dole out full payments