Reviewed by: Dr Ritu Budania
Disclaimer: Informative, not prescriptive.
Intermittent fasting helps you lose weight and trim your waist by boosting metabolism and cutting calories when you eat less during fasting.
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Intermittent fasting improves heart health by lowering LDL cholesterol, blood triglycerides, blood sugar, and blood pressure levels.
Intermittent fasting helps prevent type 2 diabetes by reducing blood sugar and insulin resistance. Studies found 3-6% less blood sugar and 20-31% lower insulin levels during fasting.
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Intermittent fasting reduces oxidative damage and inflammation, offering anti-aging and disease-prevention benefits.
Fasting activates autophagy, a process that clears cellular waste. Increased autophagy could shield against diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s.
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Animal studies and some human research indicate that intermittent fasting may prevent cancer.
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Intermittent fasting may significantly benefit brain health shielding the brain from oxidative damage.