Posted on August 19, 2009 in Latest News
Intermittent Fasting is a pattern of eating with breaks in between.The breaks mean fasting here involving intake of only water.This article lists the benefits of Intermittent Fasting.
The studies on intermittent fasting started around 1943.Some of the benefits of this type of fasting proved experimentally are:
- It obviously involves weight loss and reduces the risk of obesity.
- It reduces the glucose and insulin level in our body.
- It increases the resistance of the neurons in our brain to deal with stress.
- It enhances the cardiovascular functions of the heart and reduces the risk of coronary artery disease and stroke.
- It increases the survival of the practitioners on surviving chronic heart failures.
- It reduces the blood pressure.
- It reduces triglycerides in the blood of men and increases HDL, as called (the good cholesterol) in women.
- It increases the lifespan.It is fasting is done every alternate day then the lifespan increases by40.4%.
- It is found to reduce spontaneous cancer in animals according to a recent study.
- Similarly,if the fasting is carried out with a day’s break for every three day fasting plan, then the life span is found to be increased by 56.6%.
- It is a known fact that long standing diabetic patients have the risk of getting their kidneys affected.This condition is called diabetic nephropathy. Intermittent Fasting significantly improves the biochemical parameters which delay the process of diabetic nephropathy.
Though there are many fascinating benefits found out about intermittent fasting, experts are of the opinion that we should never skip our breakfast and should consult our family doctor from time to time .
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