Alternate-Day Fasting Leads to Better Weight Loss, Says Study

 According to the latest study, alternate-day fasting leads to weight loss in a healthy way as it copies the caveman diet.

A trial depicts individuals who didn’t take anything for at least 36 hours then ate whatever they liked for 12-hour loss more weight than anyone else.

Basically, their immunity improves and becomes stable. Even after passing six months, the improvement remains the same. As compared with other diets that have constant caloric intake every day, the results were better.

The researchers of the University of Graz in Austria conducted this study.

Scientists of this study supposed that the benefit of alternate-day fasting is within the secret of thousand years old eating patterns. Our ancestors didn’t have the food to eat daily.

Also, they say that this pattern might not be beneficial for all. There are further studies needed to know its impact on the long-term.

In the study, over 60 individuals have participated. Moreover, researchers have divided them into two groups: control and the one practicing alternate day fast. They could eat whatever they desired.

The fasting group had to fill the food diaries on a daily basis. Also, researchers monitored their glucose regularly to check whether they were fasting.

Furthermore, the fasting group ate everything during the 12-hour when they weren’t fasting.

All in all, there was a healthy decrease of weight over 3.5 kg or 7.7 lb after the completion of this four-week program.

According to the researchers, fasting and calories restriction are associated somehow. It produces a beneficial effect but the connection isn’t fully understood.

The best part about this diet plan is that the participants don’t need to count their calories and meals.

Also, a researcher of the study, Professor Frank Madeo, assumes that it might be due to our evolutionary biology – as the body’s physiology knows the fasting periods followed by eating greatly.

This new research was published in the journal Cell Metabolism. 

According to the latest study, alternate-day fasting leads to weight loss in a healthy way as it copies the caveman diet.

A trial depicts individuals who didn’t take anything for at least 36 hours then ate whatever they liked for 12-hour loss more weight than anyone else.

Basically, their immunity improves and becomes stable. Even after passing six months, the improvement remains the same. As compared with other diets that have constant caloric intake every day, the results were better.

The researchers of the University of Graz in Austria conducted this study.

Scientists of this study supposed that the benefit of alternate-day fasting is within the secret of thousand years old eating patterns. Our ancestors didn’t have the food to eat daily.

Also, they say that this pattern might not be beneficial for all. There are further studies needed to know its impact on the long-term.

In the study, over 60 individuals have participated. Moreover, researchers have divided them into two groups: control and the one practicing alternate day fast. They could eat whatever they desired.

The fasting group had to fill the food diaries on a daily basis. Also, researchers monitored their glucose regularly to check whether they were fasting.

Furthermore, the fasting group ate everything during the 12-hour when they weren’t fasting.

All in all, there was a healthy decrease of weight over 3.5 kg or 7.7 lb after the completion of this four-week program.

According to the researchers, fasting and calories restriction are associated somehow. It produces a beneficial effect but the connection isn’t fully understood.

The best part about this diet plan is that the participants don’t need to count their calories and meals.

Also, a researcher of the study, Professor Frank Madeo, assumes that it might be due to our evolutionary biology – as the body’s physiology knows the fasting periods followed by eating greatly.

This new research was published in the journal Cell Metabolism.