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Fasting for long periods of the day actually makes you happier and more energetic. Top nutritional scientist Sarah Berry studied how different people respond to food. There are lots of different ways to fast, including a time restricted method. The five two method where you severely restrict your calorie intake on two days each week and eat normally for the other five.

Have you ever lost your temper because you were hungry? Feeling short-tempered when you’re overdue a bite to eat is an almost universal experience, with its own adjective - ‘hangry’. If missing just one meal turns you into a grump, you may think that fasting would turn you into the Incredible Hulk. However, new data suggests this might not be the case.

In this daily episode of ZOE Science & Nutrition, Dr Sarah Berry joins Jonathan to answer the question: how does fasting affect your energy and mood?

This episode is part of a limited series to celebrate the launch of The Big IF Study: The world’s largest clinical study to discover how intermittent fasting affects our mood, energy and hunger levels. Want to know if intermittent fasting can work for you?

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This podcast was produced by Fascinate Productions.