The Benefits Of Intermittent Fasting • Discoverology

The Benefits Of Intermittent Fasting

Food, Health

I’ve long thought the human body was not meant to run on empty, that fasting was done primarily for religious reasons or political protest. But it turns out there is something to be said for a daily fast, preferably one lasting at least 16 hours.

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