fasting
Does It Break My Fast?Will It Break My Fast?
When considering whether a food, beverage, or supplement might break a fast, it’s important to first consider what your goals are around fasting. The three most common reasons people fast are for…
Health & ScienceBreaking the Fast Before the Feast
If you’re reading this, it’s likely that you’re gearing up for your big holiday feast with a big fast. Whether your fast lasts a few hours or a few days, you’re already…
Susana Lost 90 Pounds and Sent Diabetes Packing. Here’s How.
By Susana Holloway as told to Allison Goldstein “Fasting has just been an absolute life-changing, life-saving thing.” Meet Susana My name is Susana Holloway. I am 48 years old, and I live…
How Our New CEO Lost 55 Pounds
By Tom Conrad, as told to Allison Goldstein My name is Tom Conrad, and I am 52 years old. I split my time between New York City and Sonoma, CA, and I…
Zero NewsIntroducing Tom Conrad, Zero’s Next CEO
A Letter from Mike Maser I founded Big Sky Health, makers of Zero, nearly four years ago, with the goal of empowering people to unlock improved health and longevity through fasting. Together,…
How to Manage Side Effects of Fasting
Do side effects of fasting (headache, moodiness, etc) become more manageable over time? Asked By: Cheyenne L. Yes! In the beginning stages, fasting can certainly present challenges. The most common side effects…
Why I Fast: A Science Writer’s Journey from Healing to Long-Term Health Habit
By: Rich LaFountain My Introduction to Fasting – The Prolonged “Hospital Fast” My first year in graduate school, during spring break, I had lower right quadrant pain in my abdomen. My stomach…
Fasting, COVID, and Vaccines: Everything you Need to Know
By: Rich LaFountain A lot of people have been asking us about how fasting might intersect with COVID-19 risk, infection, and the vaccine. In this brief article we’re hoping to provide some…
I Want to Try Intermittent Fasting. Where Do I Start?
I’m new to fasting. I want to start tomorrow. How do I do that? Asked by: Mara R. First, a warm welcome to Mara! We are so excited for you to kick…
Your Guide to At-Home Nutrition
As if maintaining healthy eating habits wasn’t hard enough, we now have even more obstacles facing us (like our fridge being roughly 16 steps away at all times). Although there have been…
Health & ScienceThe Spooky Side of Sugar
Most of our holidays in America are built around sugar. Birthday cake, Christmas cookies, spiced cider, you name it—a celebration treat is likely a sugary one. On October 31st, we literally send…
Exercise and Fasting
Though people fast for many different reasons, fasting and exercise are often undertaken together.
