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For weight loss, this intermittent fasting strategy beat out daily calorie counting

A new study found that a 4:3 intermittent fasting plan — with three days of fasting per week — helped people lose more weight than daily calorie counting.

April 10, 2025
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In general, intermittent fasting, like the 4:3 program utilized in the study, may promote greater weight loss than simple calorie restriction due to its purported effect on key hormones, such as leptin (which stimulates fullness) and ghrelin (which stimulates hunger), Michael Snyder, MD, medical director of the Bariatric Surgery Center at Rose Medical Center in Denver and in-house obesity specialist at FuturHealth, told Health.

Read the MSN.com article.

Learn more about Dr. Snyder and the team at Denver Center for Bariatric Surgery.

Published:
April 10, 2025
Location:
HCA HealthONE Rose

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