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It's one of the hottest weight loss trends you'll find right now, and also one of the most hotly debated. Proponents of intermittent fasting, or IF—which requires people to perform short-term fasts at regular intervals, such as drastically limiting calorie consumption on certain days of the week, or during specific windows of the day—will tell you that IF will help you feel better, lose weight, and even help you stave off conditions such as heart disease. Several studies agree.But the overall bulk of hard science on intermittent fasting remains slim, and doctors and weight-loss experts have warned that it's not for everyone. "Regarding intermittent fasting, I've seen very mixed results," writes Cynthia Sass, MPF, RD. "Many men, particularly those who struggle with excess weight… have reported positive results with this semi-fasting approach. But for many women I've counseled, any type of fasting—whether it be overnight for 16 hours every night, or capping calories at 500 two days a week—has seriously backfired."RELATED: 15 Underrated Weight Loss Tips That Actually WorkSass says that anyone who tries IF should prepare for side effects that include rebound overeating (you're fasting, after all), bad sleep, and muscle loss. According to a new study published in the journal Cell Reports, there could be another unwanted side effect to IF: your visceral fat—otherwise known as belly fat—may potentially not go away, and may even develop a resistance to fasting.For the study, researchers in Australia examined various fat tissue types in mice to see how the tissue responds differently to every-other-day fasting, otherwise known as "alternate-day fasting." “Mouse physiology is similar to humans, but their metabolism is much faster, allowing us to observe changes more rapidly than in human trials, and examine tissues difficult to sample in humans," explained Dr. Mark Larance from The University of Sydney.Larance and his colleagues found that when in a fasted state, the visceral fat essentially adapted to protect its energy stores. "During fasting, fat tissue provides energy to the rest of the body by releasing fatty acid molecules," says the study. "However, the researchers found visceral fat became resistant to this release of fatty acids during fasting. There were also signs that visceral and subcutaneous fat increased their ability to store energy as fat, likely to rapidly rebuild the fat store before the next fasting period."In other words, if you've been trying every-other-day fasting and you haven't been seeing results, it could be that you have highly adaptable visceral fat.Of course, it bears repeating that the study was performed on mice and only focused on every-other-day fasting. "Dr. Larance says it should be noted that findings from the intermittent study may not apply to different diet regimes such as the 5:2 diet (fasting 2 days out of 7) or calorie restriction, which is common in people wanting to lose weight," says the study.Read More Great Healthy Living Stories from Eat This, Not That!:Surprising Side Effects of Running Every Day, According to ScienceThe One Workout That Drives 29 Percent More Fat Loss, Says ScienceThis “Game Changer” Drug Could Help You Lose 10 Pounds, Says New StudyThe Single Most Effective Way to Work Out Every Day, Say PsychologistsThis Incredible Four-Second Workout Actually Works, Says New Study
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(This article contains major spoilers for the series finale of Marvel’s “WandaVision” on Disney+) Well, that sure was something. The Marvel series “WandaVision” has come to an end, and it gave us a major new superhero: Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris), who will likely go by the name Spectrum. Monica didn’t have a whole lot to do in the “WandaVision” finale beyond showing off one of her powers — the ability to phase like Vision (Paul Bettany) does — but at the end of the episode, during the credits, we got a clue about what she’ll be doing next. And where she’ll be going. So in the mid-credits scene, the first of two bonus scenes at the end of the “WandaVision” finale, we catch up with Monica after everything has settled down in Westview. Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) is gone, Agatha (Kathryn Hahn) is stuck in her new life in the suburbs, and white Vision has gone who knows where — and Monica meets with a Skrull who has been disguised as human law enforcement. Also Read: Elizabeth Olsen Says 'WandaVision' Is a 'Complete Tee-Up' to 'Doctor Strange 2' (Video) “I was sent by an old friend of your mother’s,” the Skrull says. “He heard you’d been grounded. He’d like to meet with you.” “Where?” Monica asks. The Skrull responds by simply pointing upward. In case it’s not clear for you, the Skrull — one of the race of shapeshifting space aliens introduced in “Captain Marvel” — is referring to outer space with that finger point. And the person she mentioned — the old friend of Monica’s mom — is almost certainly Nick Fury. Also Read: 'WandaVision' Just Retconned the MCU in a Really Big Way If you’re wondering why Nick Fury would be in space, well, we don’t know either. But while we don’t know why he’s up there, we do know that he’s up there. This was a fun and confusing bit of information we learned from the post-credits scene on “Spider-Man: Far From Home.” At the end of that film, we learn that the person we thought was Nick Fury was actually a Skrull named Talos. And Fury was in outer space on some kind of big space station. We don’t know what he was doing there, though. We’ll have to wait for some unknown future movie or Disney+ show to find out more about that. You might want to assume “Captain Marvel 2” will bring our follow-up, but that seems like a long time to sideline Samuel L Jackson. It’s possible, of course, that this Skrull was talking about somebody else who was friends with Monica’s mom. It probably wouldn’t be Captain Marvel, judging by the face Monica made early in “WandaVision” when her name popped up. It could be another Skrull, possible somebody we haven’t met. Or it could be somebody else completely. But it’s probably Nick Fury. That’s where my money is. Read original story ‘WandaVision’ Mid-Credits Scene Explained At TheWrap
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