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Janet Bond Brill

Janet Bond Brill, PhD, RDN, FAND, LDN, is a diet, nutrition, and fitness writer born and raised in New York City, the daughter of a prominent stage and screen actor and a psychoanalyst. She is the bestselling author of four health books published by Random House and Wiley—including Cholesterol Down and Blood Pressure Down—with over 200,000 copies sold, as well as numerous scientific papers and articles.
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Intermittent Fasting For Dummies

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Intermittent Fasting For Dummies by Janet Bond Brill, PhD, RDN, FAND, LDN is a well-structured health and wellness reference book that covers the science and practice of intermittent fasting, presenting five popular methods alongside more than 40 recipes and evidence-based guidance designed to help readers choose an approach suited to their lifestyle and health goals. This review is based on published sources and the book's documented contents, not hands-on use.

Reviewed May 26, 2026

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