12/10/2019
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🔥Does fasting provide a metabolic benefit?
🔑The key to weight loss is to create an energy deficit: energy expenditure (physical activity) is higher than energy intake (food).
⚖️Daily caloric restriction is an effective way to achieve weight loss by creating a negative energy balance (1). However, some find this type of dieting difficult because calories must be restricted every day.
📆Some suggest that alternate day fasting is a better option than regular dieting. In alternate fasting, calories are cut down a lot (by 75%) on one day, while you can without restriction on the next day. In addition, it’s often claimed that fasting results in beneficial effects on hormones and metabolism.
📈(Alternate day) fasting is increasing in popularity, but is it actually better than daily caloric restriction?
🔍This study compared the effects of 1-year alternate day fasting and daily caloric restriction on weight loss and maintenance afterwards. The alternate day fasting group ate one day 25% and the next day 125%, while the daily caloric restriction group ate 75% every day. Macronutrients were matched between the groups and subjects received all meals for the first 3 months of the study.
🍽Alternate day fasting resulted in similar weight loss compared to daily caloric restriction. In addition, participants in the alternate day fasting group had more difficulties with adhering to the diet.
❗️Therefore, alternate day fasting does not appear superior for weight loss compared to regular dieting, nor is it easier to stick to for most people. However, if you personally like it the eating structure, it’s can be an effective tool to lose weight
💡In conclusion, alternate day fasting is not superior for weight loss compared to daily caloric restriction.
📄Study:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28459931
🗂Other references:
1) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24222017