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Intermittent fasting

Intermittent fasting is a dietary strategy that cycles between periods of fasting and eating.

Various forms exist, including the 16/8 method, which involves limiting your calorie intake to 8 hours per day. 

While it’s primarily known as a diet for weight loss, intermittent fasting may have powerful benefits for both your body and brain.

How it works

Intermittent fasting restricts the time you’re allowed to eat, which is a simple way to reduce your calorie intake. This can lead to weight loss — unless you compensate by eating too much food during allowed eating periods.

Health benefits

Intermittent fasting has been linked to anti-aging effects, increased insulin sensitivity, improved brain health, reduced inflammation, and many other benefits.

Both animal and human studies show that intermittent fasting may also increase heart health and extend lifespan.

It can also help you lose weight.

In a review of studies, intermittent fasting was shown to cause 0.8–13% weight loss over a period of 2 weeks to 1 year. This is a significantly greater percentage than many other methods.

Other studies found that intermittent fasting can increase fat burning while preserving muscle mass, which can improve metabolism.

Other benefits

While certain diets can have a lot of rules, require frequent trips to the grocery store, and can be difficult to follow, intermittent fasting is known as a more simple-to-follow eating plan.

Due to the nature of the diet, there are fewer meals that you need to prepare, cook, and clean up after.

Downsides

In general, intermittent fasting is safe for most healthy adults.

That said, those sensitive to drops in their blood sugar levels should talk with a health professional before starting intermittent fasting. These groups include people:

who have diabetes

who have low weight

who have an eating disorder

who are pregnant

who are breastfeeding or chestfeeding

The keto diet is a high-fat, moderate-protein, and very low-carbohydrate diet designed to induce a metabolic state called ketosis. This state forces the body to burn fat for fuel instead of carbohydrates, leading to potential benefits like weight loss and improved blood sugar control. 

Here's a more detailed explanation:

Ketosis:

When carbohydrate intake is severely restricted, the body enters ketosis. This means the liver starts breaking down stored fat into ketone bodies, which then become the primary source of energy for the body. 

Macronutrient Ratio:

A typical keto diet involves consuming about 70-75% of calories from fat, 15-20% from protein, and 5-10% from carbohydrates. 

Food Choices:

The keto diet typically involves limiting or avoiding high-carbohydrate foods like grains, legumes, starchy vegetables, and fruits, while focusing on high-fat foods like meat, fish, eggs, nuts, seeds, and healthy oils. 

Benefits:

While the keto diet has gained popularity for weight loss, it's important to consult with a healthcare professional before starting any diet, especially if you have any underlying health conditions.