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Alternate-day fasting can help reduce belly fat and lose weight

ADF does not weaken our immune system like other fasting regimens do

27-Aug-2019

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Strict alternate-day fasting (ADF) have a number of health benefits.

Alternated 36 hours of zero-calorie intake with 12 hours of unlimited eating.

Reached a mean calorie restriction of 35% and lost an average of 3.5 kg during four weeks of ADF.

Lowered cholesterol, belly fat and triiodothyronine levels and upregulated ketone bodies.

Needs to do further research before this ADF method can be applied in daily practice.

90 participants were studied over a period of 4 weeks.

Research by Karl-Franzens University of Graz in Austria, published in the journal Cell Metabolism.

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Cell Metabolism

Scientific Journal providing information from many different areas of metabolism.

Frank Madeo

Nutritional Science and Professor for molecular biology, novelist and entrepreneur.

University of Graz

Public Research university.

Topics mentioned on this page:
Calorie Restriction, Intermittent Fasting (IF)