Anyone who is familiar with the new diet book Eat Stop Eat is aware of the author's position that using brief periods of fasting is an easy and effective method of reducing the amount of food you eat and helping you to lose weight. While this method remains controversial, the results of a recently published research paper lend new support to this method.
According to Brad Pilon, the author of Eat Stop Eat (http://www.eatstopeat.com) does not recommend fasting for a 3 day period (The author recommends brief 24 hour fasts) this research
does add new support to the theory that short periods of fasting can increase fat burning without negatively effecting metabolic rate or muscle loss.
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