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Before you can understand what intermittent fasting is, I first need to discuss fasting, which is different from intermittent fasting. Fasting is refraining from consuming food or drinks, except for water, for a set period. Traditional fasting, for lengthy periods of time, isn’t a healthy means of weight loss and can be extremely dangerous. In fact, long-term fasting starves the body of essential nutrients, causes the body to shut down (metabolism slows dramatically), and can be life threatening.