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Skipping food two days a week (but not starving) for 3 months helps overweight people lose a bit of fat and weight, on average about 3.5% body fat and 2.8 kg.

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Study on the influence of ketogenic diet and intermittent fasting on the change of body fat rate

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The study found that people who ate normally five days a week and ate very little on two other days lost about 5% body fat and 3.5 kg of weight — which is even more than the claim said. So yes, this kind of fasting helps overweight people lose fat.

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Study on the influence of ketogenic diet and intermittent fasting on the change of body fat rate

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DOI: 10.62051/x89s5f16

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