As a woman trying to look after your health, it can feel like there are a million options you could try. There are all kinds of hacks. Should you try turmeric shots for extra immunity? Plastic body wraps for fat loss? Green tea for weight loss?

Is intermittent fasting good for you? That's what we're here to find out. Of course, what we suspect you really want to know is whether fasting will help you achieve your goals.

Intermittent fasting is an eating routine that involves switching between periods of fasting and periods of eating on a regular schedule. The timing and length of these fasting and eating windows can vary depending on your specific schedule.

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.

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.