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That's a pretty long fasting interval: "is a new proposed dietary approach based on [intermittent fasting] involving five fasting days followed by 10 days of r
by Johnny555 4y ago
That's a pretty long fasting interval:
"is a new proposed dietary approach based on [intermittent fasting] involving five fasting days followed by 10 days of reintroducing everyday food items."
And when they say "everyday food items" they apparently mean a special diet:
The diet contains daily foods such as wheat, barley, rice, rye and oat, "and features reduced glycemic loads, calories, and carbohydrates, as well as increased unsaturated fatty acids," the scientists said.
It doesn't appear that they tested a group that had the special diet but without the intermittent fasting.
- irremediable 4y ago5 fasting days doesn't mean 5 days of total fasting.
- nequo 4y agoIt does read to me like this means 5 days of total fasting. If the 5 fasting days were spread out, then what did the participating subjects eat on non-fasting days before the "everyday food items" were reintroduced? I don't have access to the paper and couldn't find a preprint so I cannot check beyond what is in the UPI article.
- alwillis 4y agoIt's probably a 5:2 fast—five days of intermittent fasting and two days of 500-600 calories [1]. On the fasting days, it could be 16 hours of fasting and an 8-hour feeding window (16:8 in the fasting lingo). [1]: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/the-5-2-diet-guide https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/the-5-2-diet-guide
- irremediable 4y agoI don't have access to the full text either, but I'd be really surprised if it's five days of total fasting. I'd expect that it's low calorie days with some special restrictions (or even meals) they've set out.