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  "textContent": "BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM “The main benefit of fasting is weight loss,” says Krista Varady, a professor of nutrition at the University of Illinois Chicago and a co-author of related research, and the data supports her. In a peer-reviewed clinical trial at the University of Sydney, “participants practicing intermittent fasting lost about eight […]\n\nThe post Intermittent fasting works, but probably not how you think first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.",
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