Frontiers in Nutrition

Excessive weight loss during alternate day modified fasting increases the risk of hyperuricemia and muscle loss

By Zhao Yanjuan, Tingting Yang, Wen Wang, Yongli Li

Figure 1. Flow chart of participants through the study. — Figure 1. Flow chart of participants through the study.Flow chart of participants through the study.Zhao et al.

Non-randomised trial in 35 peopleInterventions

62 days, declared no competing interests

The paper

Zhao Yanjuan, Tingting Yang, Wen Wang, Yongli Li

Zhengzhou University

Frontiers in Nutrition, 9 Sep 2026

doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2026.1842818 PubMed 42780845

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