Get a healthier and leaner body with short term fasting
If you’re perpetually making diet attempts but giving up after a few days, this new study may just be your saving grace.
Whether it’s you or your Muslim friends (who’re fasting for Ramadan), not being able to consume food or drink during the day may be hard to put up with, but we’re here to make your day better with this nifty fact. According to US and Italian researchers, short periods of fasting are more effective than traditional diets in making us healthier and slimmer.
By observing a group of 19 people following a low calorie and protein diet for five days a month for three months, the researchers realized that they showed fewer signs of aging, improved regenerative functions in many systems, and reduced the risk of diabetes, heart attack, and cancer. IGF1, one of the chemicals associated with aging in our bodies, was also reduced, showing that the dietary pattern extends our longevity.
And the good news is, you need not even starve during these few days! To accrue the same benefits, you only have to engage in five continuous days of calorie restriction a month, with a 1,000 calorie limit on the first day and 725 calories during the following four days. Long term fasting can be dangerous, and we all love our food too much anyway, so this new diet plan may be one of the most feasible and practical ones yet.
Why get thinner when you can get more dinner? If you want to have a fitter body but was always too attached to those suppers, this new diet may just be your saving grace, making you leaner but much more importantly, healthier.
Yijie Zhang