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History of Fasting
This research details an overview on the topic of fasting. It briefly outlines the historic origins of fasting, benefits, the effects on the body, and potential drawbacks that have been observed over time through numerous studies. The strengths of this article are the mentions of historical use of fasting and benefits that have been found over time through studies. This article supports the side of the argument that fasting has health benefits.

A Conversation with Brad Pilon
This is an article from a journal that features Brad Pilon, the author of “Eat Stop Eat” to gain his perspective on intermittent fasting. This was used because his book helped spread the word about intermittent fasting to many people in the recent years and he can be seen as someone who is at the forefront of intermittent fasting. Since he promotes Intermittent Fasting, it supports the side of the argument that it has positive health effects.

Effects of Restricted Feeding
This study shows the effects of time restricted feeding on metabolism, strength, body composition, and other health factors in males who exercise. It is one of the studies conducted on humans rather than animals to test the effects of intermittent fasting. The strengths of this study include its use of humans as subjects to see physiological effects, rather than animals. However, it is restricted to only males and only measured one type of IF protocol.

Intermittent Fasting and Metabolism
This article details the effects of intermittent fasting on metabolism. The strengths of this study is that it's a systematic review using MEDLINE so it was able to synthesize information from multiple studies that have been conducted and give a general consensus and recommendation. It supports both sides of the argument as information that it gathered supported and refuted IF as effective on changing metabolism.

Intermittent Fasting for Weight Loss
This study was trying to investigate psychological effects of intermittent fasting and factors for adherence. This study focused particularly on women, which is a weakness of the study. This topic is especially important because psychology and overeating can undermine potential positive effects of intermittent fasting and it is an important perspective to address. It provides additional information on not only the physiological effects of IF, but also psychological.

Post-Fasting Effects
This study investigated the role of hunger in intermittent fasting. Since hunger is a response of the body and can affect our behavior, it is important to investigate its effect on adherence and energy compensation to see how intermittent fasting will affect eating habits of humans since the topic being investigated is weight loss and overall well-being. This article helps support the argument because it shows how fasting periods don't cause subsequent binging effects.

Intermittent Fasting and Disease
This article examines the effects of intermittent fasting on disease progression like diabetes and neurological disorders. This is very important because it could mean intermittent fasting either has positive or negative effects on progression of these life changing diseases. It’s important to be aware of before attempting to adopt the lifestyle.

Type 2 Diabetes Patients and Intermittent Fasting
This article is about intermittent fasting and Type 2 diabetes patients who experienced hypoglycemia after adopting the eating pattern. This is important to pay attention to because diabetics need to be cautious and aware of all the effects before jumping in because they are hearing only positive benefits. This refutes the argument that intermittent fasting is always positive and beneficial to health.