Intermittent fasting, or intermittent energy restriction, is an umbrella term for a diet which involves cycling between a period of significantly reduced caloric intake (fasting) and a period of regular eating.
“Diet” or “dietary restriction” is what most of us think of as “going on a diet”, that is, reducing caloric intake.
Eating fewer calories.
Losing weight.
Those of us with estrogen-positive breast cancer who reduce our risk of recurrence by blocking the body’s estrogen production (aromatase inhibitors) … often find that weight gain is a direct side effect.
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