For those who might be wanting to shed some pounds or regulate your blood sugar levels, you might want to try intermittent fasting. Intermittent fasting, or time-restricted dieting, is characterized by a period of time in the day or the week in which you don’t eat. A new study has shown that it is more effective than calorie-controlled eating when it comes to weight loss, and is also very effective for type 2 diabetics.
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This is not to say however, that traditional dieting doesn’t work at all. The setup for their research was that participants were divided into three groups: one group who did intermittent fasting, another group that went on the calorie-controlled diet, and the control group. They observed that both experimental groups had the same reduction in blood sugar levels, however, they noticed that the intermittent fasting group had an easier time following the prescribed regimen than those in the calorie-control group. Moreover, the intermittent fasting group also lost more over the six-month trial period compared to their counterparts.
It is possible too that the results are more visibly significant because of other factors. The average age of the participants was 55, and the group had a diverse ethnic cohort. Still, the benefits of intermittent fasting certainly favor those with diabetes, as the usual recommendation by doctors is to cut down on calories. But as this study has observed, it is much easier for people to watch when they eat as opposed to how much they eat.
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Source: neatorama