The Star Online: Lifestyle: Health

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 11:30 PM PDT

The latest diet craze that has taken Britain by storm in recent months has received a boost from a newly released study which found that intermittent fasting can help those with diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Published earlier this year, Dr. Michael Mosley's bestseller The Fast Diet became a near instant success in the UK, developing a mass following for promising readers quick weight loss based on a '5:2' principle: Five days of normal eating, followed by two days of drastic calorie restriction.

For women, that means restricting caloric intake to 500 calories a day, and 600 calories for men.

Now, a paper co-written by Mosley and accepted for publication in the British Journal of Diabetes and Vascular Disease highlights the fact that intermittent fasting has been shown to limit inflammation, improve blood sugar levels and fats in circulation, as well as reduce blood pressure.

That's because when bodies enter fasting mode, fuel selection is altered as the body taps into the fat-burning system, improving metabolism and reducing oxidative stress, the authors say.

It's also touted as a cheaper, effective and less invasive method for treating obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease compared to gastric surgery and the use of drugs, particularly as intermittent fasting is less rigid than other dietary plans.

Another study published last year found that periodic fasting in tandem with a low-carb diet could also help reduce the number of seizures in epileptic children by triggering biochemical changes that eliminate seizure-causing short circuits in the brain's signaling system. -- AFPRelaxnews

Kredit: www.thestar.com.my

Selasa, 30 April 2013

The Star Online: Lifestyle: Health

The Star Online: Lifestyle: Health

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