🧠 Quick quiz · 6 questions
Intermittent fasting: myth or fact?
Social media is full of fasting claims. Can you tell the science from the hype? 6 statements, true or false.
📚 Every answer explains the study or guideline behind it, in plain English, with a link to the source.
Medically reviewed by Dr LJ Ncube, MBChB · Updated November 2026
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