Breakfast Rules - The Cut

What is surprising (and more than a little satisfying to critics) is a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, which finds that intermittent fasting typically results in only minimal weight loss, much of which is muscle.

Many followers of intermittent fasting skip breakfast in order to comply with the diet’s narrow food-consumption schedule, eating only between noon and 8 p.m.

This results in a 16-hour fasting window, which is why intermittent fasting is also sometimes referred to as the 16:8 diet.