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The issue is we don't have a big, long-range study on how it compares with other types of dieting.

So an international team of scientists did the next best thing.

They looked at 22 smaller studies that compared intermittent fasting to other dietary interventions like eating less or eating specific types of foods.

They also compared intermittent fasting to doing nothing.

And what did they find?

Case closed?