Intermittent Fasting: A Path to Better Health?

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• Jan 5, 2025 | Kabita Pathak

Mild symptoms include hunger, tiredness, headaches, and insomnia, as well as nausea during the first month…

Digital Desk:  Intermittent  fasting isn’t about starving one but it’s about cutting way back on calories for short period .Metabolic fasting or intermittent fasting (IF) means the techniques of eating and fasting vary to enhance health and weight. Popular methods include: Alternate-Day Fasting: Two days of regular dietary intake, followed by one day of fasting, or consuming less than 500 kilocalories.

Fasting: As with the previous week, eat what you want for five consecutive days and abstain from food for two.Daily Time-Restricted Eating: One’s diet should be limited to a period of 8 hours, for example from 12am to 8pm.

 
Researchers have concluded that IF is at least as effective as standard low energy diets in that it promotes direct reductions in the overall calorie consumption. Apart from the goals of weight loss, IF does have other benefits especially for inflammatory diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, arthritis, asthma, multiple sclerosis, and stroke.

The increase in IF might be an option in enhancing the health of a population and lowering incidences of obesity related diseases such as diabetes, sleep apnea, and some cancers, but IF is not without its difficulties. Mild symptoms include hunger, tiredness, headaches, and insomnia, as well as nausea during the first month.

 
Nonetheless, IF is not for everybody. Those who are pregnant or breastfeeding, or has one or other ailment like diabetes, kidney stones or Gastroesophageal reflux disease should not practice IF without consulting the doctor first.

Composited with the dietary plan for weight loss and possible anti-inflammatory effect of intermittent fasting, it will work for many. This lifestyle should nevertheless be adopted always with a respect for one’s individual health requirements.