What are the Benefits of Intermittent Fasting Besides Weight Loss?
Most people try fasting with one goal in mind: losing weight. But science has also discovered health benefits linked to whole-day, alternate-day, and time-restricted fasting, says Carolyn Williams, Ph.D., the registered dietitian that helped develop the new book The Men’s Health Guide to Intermittent Fasting. Scientists speculate that the benefits of short-term fasts may come from the structured break they provide to around-the-clock eating.
“Even if you don’t change the content of your diet, by controlling the time period in which your calories are consumed, you give your body a pause from a constant onslaught food,” says Williams.
Maybe you’re skeptical. But Williams says that, at first, she was too. She studied the research. She looked at the data. She even tried a time-restricted fast herself. “I expected the fast to affect my blood sugar because I’m prone to low blood sugar and I know how I get without eating,” Williams says.
Excerpted from Yahoo News
