What happens when you start fasting? Nutritionists explain the 5 key changes (that aren't weight loss)

Clock with a small portion of food on the face, used to illustrate an image on what happens when you start fasting.

Did you know that more than half of all Brits no longer eat three square meals a day, with a recent survey from snack company Graze revealing 61% of us prefer to skip breakfast?

It’s all down to the growing trend of intermittent fasting – when you limit food intake for set periods of time and cycle between periods of fasting and eating. Studies have shown that it can help you lose weight, and if done properly, can carry other health benefits.