Which is better: Cats or dogs? Peanut butter or jelly? Ketchup or mustard? We all love a good comparison question, and the world of intermittent fasting isn't immune. Judging by online searches, the people of the internet are often eager to learn which intermittent fasting schedule comes out on top. Let's put a couple of heavyweight fasting schedules into the ring and find out: 12:12 vs. 16:8.

If you want to lose weight, make better food choices, and feel empowered in the bargain, why not give 12-hour intermittent fasting a shot?! Don't worry — this is no fad diet. It's actually pretty simple and straightforward: Each day, you eat over a 12-hour period and fast for the remaining 12. If you're thinking, But won't I be super hungry if I don't eat for 12 hours??? no worries.

14:10 intermittent fasting could help you lose weight. It could improve your health. It could bring both freedom and discipline to your eating habits. All without the long, restrictive fasts of 16:8, 18:6, or 20:4. It's quite possibly the perfect way to get started. Could 14:10 intermittent fasting be the happy medium you've been looking for?

If you've considered improving your eating habits, you've likely wondered about intermittent fasting. It's a method that captures our attention because it's so simple: Some of the time, you eat. Some of the time, you fast (i.e., don't consume calorie-containing foods or drinks). There are different ways this can shake out on a day-to-day basis. Today, we'll walk you through intermittent fasting 16:8 — one of the most uncomplicated intermittent fasting methods.

Intermittent fasting regularly shows up as many health-seekers' go-to eating plan, and for good reason.

When we're trying to lose weight, we usually think about what we can and can't eat. Bye-bye beer and burgers. Helloooo carrots and kale! But with intermittent fasting, the focus is on when you can and can't eat. 20:4 intermittent fasting comes in hot with a 20-hour — yes, a 20-HOUR — fast and a 4-hour eating window. It sounds a little extreme, huh? So … does it work? Is it necessary to fast that long in order to lose weight or improve your health? Is it even healthy to go 20 hours a day without eating? Let's get some answers.

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.

Our bodies, being the wonderfully efficient machines that they are, have a kind of self-cleaning function called autophagy. The research is still very new, but there are some promising results that point to intermittent fasting and autophagy being a sort of health and wellness dream team. Intermittent fasting may trigger the process of autophagy. And the intermittent fasting benefits we know and love (listed below) may actually be due to their connection with autophagy. Some of these fasting benefits are: weight loss, specifically from fat loss, improved cognitive function, reduced inflammation, lower risk of metabolic syndrome, improved heart health, reduced risk of diabetes.

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