Bizarre-but-Legit Weight-Loss Advice: Eat Like an Animal
Take a Break from Food
These aquatic birds fast for a month or more, but you need to aim for only a nightly 12-hour vacay from noshing.
The reasoning: People who stop eating earlier in the evening take in nearly 250 fewer calories per day, on average, than those who nibble late at night, according to Northwestern University research.
“When you fast, your body also uses up its preferred fuel and starts burning fat stores for energy,” says Dana Hunnes, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D., a senior dietitian at UCLA Medical Center.