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"textContent": "Punishing fast days may not provide the payoff that advocates think. A new review from the Cochrane Collaboration of 22 clinical trials involving nearly 2,000 adults finds that intermittent fasting—whether alternate-day plans, 5:2 diets, or time-restricted eating—produced about 3% weight loss on average, below the 5%...",
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