Alternate-Day Fasting Doesn't Lead to Speedier Weight Loss

Alternate-day fasting was not superior to a calorie-restrictive diet for weight loss, weight maintenance, or cardio protection, according to trial results. Action Points Alternate-day fasting did not produce superior adherence, weight loss, weight maintenance, or cardio ontrol trial. The authors highlighted the growing popularity of alternate-day fasting regimens with the primary goal of weight loss, particularly over the past few years. "Future work in this area should examine whether this lack of adherence to alternate-day fasting is due to cognitive, environmental, and/or physiological factors." The higher dropout rate in the alternate-day fasting group may have also introduced a possible selection bias between groups," the authors acknowledged."




Is Alternate-Day Fasting Better for Weight Loss? More participants dropped out of the alternate-day fasting group vs. the daily calorie restriction group and control group (38% vs. 29% vs. 26%, respectively). There has been a lack of long-term randomized clinical studies on the efficacy of alternate-day fasting Compared to daily calorie restriction, alternate-day fasting does not lead to better adherence, weight loss/maintenance, or cardio protection, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. There has been a lack of long-term randomized clinical studies on the efficacy of alternate-day fasting. At Month 6, the average weight loss was similar for patients in the alternate-day fasting group and the daily calorie restriction group (–6.8% [95% CI: –9.1 to –4.5] vs. –6.8% [95% CI: –9.1 to –4.6]).

Intermittent Fasting May Not Be Better for Weight Loss

Fasting every other day doesn't lead to bigger weight loss than daily calorie-cutting—and is more difficult to maintain, a new study says. Those who followed this intermittent fasting approach lost the same amount of weight, on average, as those who cut back on calories every day. "Alternate-day fasting gives you a break from dieting every day, which we thought people would like," Varady says. Both groups dropped about 7 percent of their body weight after six months and regained about 1 percent of their weight during the following six-month weight maintenance phase. This popular alternate-day diet is a type of intermittent fasting, which involves drastically reducing your calorie intake on some days (or during certain hours) and eating whatever you like on others.

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