Is Fasting Healthy For You?
One Nutrition Expert Says Yes…
Kourtney Kardashian has received some attention for her intermittent fasting. Nutritional expert Naomi Whittel believes such fasting can have some benefits if done right.
“An intermittent fast is basically a window of controlled eating,” Whittel tells People. She believes it helps to confuse the metabolism, leading to positive effects.
In her new book, Whittel says she based her research on the Nobel Prize-winning science of autophagy, which she describes as “cellular detox.”