It’s only a small study, but early findings suggest that On-off fasting helps obese adults shed pounds.
Even though the study participants ate whatever they wanted on their non-fasting days, they lost an average of 5.6 kilograms (about 12 pounds) after eight weeks, Dr. Krista A. Varady of the University of Illinois at Chicago and her colleagues found.
What’s more, their total and “bad” LDL cholesterol levels dropped, and their blood pressure fell.
“People lost anywhere from about 7 pounds to about 30 pounds and that was in a very short amount of time,” Varady said. And, she added, the program was pretty easy for the study participants to follow.
