http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png http://jezebel.com/tag/fasting http://jezebel.com/tag/fasting Sure, fasting will make you drop those pounds in a flash but who has the time to develop an organ-destroying, starvation-based eating disorder? Well, now there is "alternate-day dieting", the "brainchild" of a plastic surgeon named James B. Johnson (because you want health tips from the guy who makes his living telling others what is wrong with their appearance). The diet works like this: eat whatever you want every other day, but on your "diet" day you should limit yourself to a protein shake for breakfast, a salad for lunch, and a soup for dinner, having a total of 300-500 calories. So basically, you starve yourself for half of the time and then binge the other half. Genius! Johnson's diet book, Alternate-Day Dieting comes out in April, sure to be a big hit with the "part-time" anorexic teens on Teen Vogue's messageboards! [Chicago Tribune, via Babble]

]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=361425&view=rss&microfeed=true A new study finds that skipping meals one day a month could help prevent a heart attack. The research, conducted at the University of Utah, observed that fasting for 24 hours cuts the risk of coronary disease by up to 40%. The authors of the study believe that a break from food helps "re-set" the body's metabolism, which in turn helps it to run more efficiently. We're wondering if it counts as fasting when we're too hungover to keep anything down but Gatorade. 'Cause if that's the case, we're like gonna live forever. [Daily Mail]

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