by Emily Stone, University of Illinois at Chicago Credit: CC0 Public DomainTime-restricted eating, also known as intermittent fasting, can help people with type 2 diabetes lose weight and control their blood sugar levels, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open from researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago. Participants who ate only during...
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SAN DIEGO IMAGE: THIS CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY IMAGE SHOWS AMYLOID PLAQUES (BLUE AND RED) IN THE BRAIN OF A MOUSE. THE ACCUMULATION OF AMYLOID PLAQUES IS THE MOST WELL-DOCUMENTED BIOCHEMICAL HALLMARK OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE. CREDIT: UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH SCIENCES One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease is disruption to the body’s circadian...
Liam Davenport April 18, 2023 Individuals at increased risk of type 2 diabetes may be able to reduce their risk via a novel intervention combining intermittent fasting (IF) with early time-restricted eating, indicate the results of a randomized controlled trial. The study involved more than 200 individuals randomized to one of three groups: eat only in the...
By: Lifestyle DeskNew Delhi | March 27, 2023 19:00 IST Can everyone do intermittent fasting? (Source: Getty Images/Thinkstock) To do or not to do is the question when it comes to one of the most spoken about diet patterns — intermittent fasting — in which one can have timely meals during an eating window and fast at other...
By Maira Ahsan, BScReviewed by Aimee Molineux Intermittent fasting is essentially a cleansing exercise in terms of health, and this is becoming increasingly evident from a growing number of extensive studies. It continues to impact all tissue and organ systems once the regeneration movement begins at the cellular level. If fasting for longer than 16...
by Krista Conger, Stanford University Medical Center A study led by researchers at Stanford Medicine questions the long-held belief that adult liver cells rarely divide. Credit: Marko Aliaksandr/Shutterstock.com Intermittent fasting—abstaining from eating for lengthy periods of time—spurs liver cells in laboratory mice to divide rapidly, according to a study led by researchers at Stanford Medicine. The finding challenges the long-standing...
Have you heard of Intermittent Fasting? It’s actually been around for hundreds of years and has many great health benefits. But what if you have certain medical conditions such as thyroid disease? How will intermittent fasting affect the function of your thyroid? Could it help with any of your symptoms or possibly make them worse?...
by American Heart Association Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The frequency and size of meals was a stronger determinant of weight loss or gain than the time between first and last meal, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association. According to the senior study author Wendy L. Bennett, M.D., M.P.H.,...
By UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO JANUARY 1, 2023 Intermittent fasting is a popular dietary trend that involves cycling between periods of eating and fasting. It is believed to have various health benefits such as weight loss, improved insulin sensitivity, and reduced inflammation. The popular dietary trend has been linked to dangerous eating disorder attitudes and behaviors among adolescents...
THE ENDOCRINE SOCIETY WASHINGTON—After an intermittent fasting diet intervention, patients achieved complete diabetes remission, defined as an HbA1c (average blood sugar) level of less than 6.5% at least one year after stopping diabetes medication, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Intermittent fasting diets have become popular in...
