Overweight women who ate a lower-calorie diet (70% of their required energy) and fasted 3 days a week lost more weight and had better cardiometabolic markers than women who only reduced their calorie intake, or only fasted, or did neither in a small, 8-week randomized trial by post-doctoral researcher, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Australia. These new findings from the Effects of Periodic Fasting Versus Daily Energy Restriction on Metabolic Health (PREFER) trial were published in the January issue of Obesity.
This study is adding to evidence that intermittent fasting, at least in the short term, may provide better outcomes than daily continuous diet restriction for health and potential for weight loss. A continuously reduced calorie diet is the cornerstone lifestyle intervention to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease in overweight…
