Fasting can take a variety of forms. One such is alternate day fasting (ADF) in which individuals do exactly as the name states, alternate fasting and feeding days. Although this originally encompassed not eating for the entire day and creating a roughly 36 hour fast from dinner one night to breakfast two days after, a more prudent version involves only fasting until dinner the following day, about 24 hours. This form of ADF has a strong track record for aiding weight loss and reducing cardiometabolic risk in normal-weight and overweight-obese persons alike. However, although compliance in these and other trials has been exceptional with few reported adverse effects, concerns about the safety of ADF have yet to be directly addressed.
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