Is Intermittent Fasting Safe for Beginners?
Yes, intermittent fasting is safe for most beginners — here's what you need to know before starting your first fasting window.
Intermittent fasting is safe for most healthy adults, including complete beginners. The discomfort people experience in the first few days — hunger, headaches, low energy — is almost always caused by eating the wrong foods beforehand, not by fasting itself. Fix your food first, follow a gradual approach, and your body adapts faster than you'd expect. Your body was built to fast. For most of human history, people did not eat three meals a day plus snacks. The idea that…
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