You're tired of diets. You're done with calorie trackers ruling your life. But you still want to do something to lose weight and/or make your body feel and function better. Intermittent fasting has some attractive benefits in just those areas.

We talk a lot about what to eat during intermittent fasting. But drinks have calories, too. So, what can you drink while fasting? It's a good question. And an important one.

The Warrior Diet is a type of intermittent fasting schedule that starts with a 20-hour fast that begins overnight and continues into the next day until being broken by a four-hour feasting window.

So, you heard about the Eat Stop Eat method of intermittent fasting: two days of 24-hour fasting five days of eating as you wish to and you're intrigued. It's low on rules and high on flexibility, plus the results look promising. Maybe this is the schedule for you!

If losing body fat is your goal, slowing your metabolism is the last thing you want. Yet that very thing tends to happen when we cut calories to lose weight. (We know, sometimes it feels like the human body is quite obnoxious, but this is actually a primal survival response that makes sure we don't conk out in times when food is scarce.) So now you're wondering, does intermittent fasting slow metabolism, too?

When you hear the words dry fasting, what do you think of? Do you wonder if this is a fasting schedule where alcohol is prohibited for 16 hours, and then it's whiskey, gin, and vodka for the next eight? Maybe an image of you on a sandy desert, sweating while you fast under the beating sun pops into your head.

What can I eat during intermittent fasting?? has every intermittent faster uttered at least once since the dawn of time. There's a short answer to that question: You can eat whatever you like!

Intermittent fasting is often touted as the magic bullet fix for all sorts of things. Want to lose weight? Try intermittent fasting. Worried about pre-diabetes? Try intermittent fasting.

Going 24–72 hours drinking only water and going completely without food — can that be good for you? This is what's known as water fasting, and while it might sound kind of bonkers, it's a real thing.

Alternate-day fasting works exactly as it sounds. Eat one day. Fast during the next one. Alternate throughout the week. Alternate-day fasting (ADF) is also known as the 4:3 diet because it goes on a 4:3 fast / eat rhythm week by week, like this: Just like other intermittent fasting methods, you can tailor ADF fasting to suit your needs — there's no universal how to do alternate-day fasting playbook.