Most dieting trends require a person to revise their shopping list and re-stock their kitchen with special new products. But the latest trend doesn’t require one to buy – or eat – literally anything at all (at least for a day or two each week).
In 2018, intermittent fasting became the most popular diet in the country, according to a survey conducted by the International Food Information Council. Dozens of celebrities, including Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lopez and Nicole Kidman, have endorsed the diet, and #intermittentfasting now has more than 3 million mentions on Instagram.
But fad diets are never one-size-fits-all, says local licensed and registered dietitian Pamela Kelle, who has been practicing for 25 years.
“Some people, by the habits of their normal lifestyle, do eat in a manner that lends itself to intermittent fasting,” Kelle says. But IF is not everybody, she stresses.
Here, Kelle helps us better digest the intermittent fasting fad.