Beneficial effects of intermittent fasting: a narrative review
Caloric restriction is a popular approach to treat obesity and its associated chronic illnesses but is difficult to maintain for a long time. Intermittent fasting is an alternative and easily applicable dietary intervention for caloric restriction. Moreover, intermittent fasting has beneficial effec...
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description | Caloric restriction is a popular approach to treat obesity and its associated chronic illnesses but is difficult to maintain for a long time. Intermittent fasting is an alternative and easily applicable dietary intervention for caloric restriction. Moreover, intermittent fasting has beneficial effects equivalent to those of caloric restriction in terms of body weight control, improvements in glucose homeostasis and lipid profiles, and anti-inflammatory effects. In this review, the beneficial effects of intermittent fasting are discussed. |
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spelling | doaj.art-e057aeb34fe24fd994974968010892b52023-03-19T23:41:34ZengYeungnam University College of Medicine, Yeungnam University Institute Medical ScienceJournal of Yeungnam Medical Science2799-80102023-01-0140141110.12701/jyms.2022.000102708Beneficial effects of intermittent fasting: a narrative reviewDae-Kyu Song0Yong-Woon Kim1 Department of Physiology & Obesity-mediated Disease Research Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea Department of Physiology, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, KoreaCaloric restriction is a popular approach to treat obesity and its associated chronic illnesses but is difficult to maintain for a long time. Intermittent fasting is an alternative and easily applicable dietary intervention for caloric restriction. Moreover, intermittent fasting has beneficial effects equivalent to those of caloric restriction in terms of body weight control, improvements in glucose homeostasis and lipid profiles, and anti-inflammatory effects. In this review, the beneficial effects of intermittent fasting are discussed.http://www.e-jyms.org/upload/pdf/jyms-2022-00010.pdfcaloric restrictiondiet therapyfastingobesity |
spellingShingle | Dae-Kyu Song Yong-Woon Kim Beneficial effects of intermittent fasting: a narrative review Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science caloric restriction diet therapy fasting obesity |
title | Beneficial effects of intermittent fasting: a narrative review |
title_full | Beneficial effects of intermittent fasting: a narrative review |
title_fullStr | Beneficial effects of intermittent fasting: a narrative review |
title_full_unstemmed | Beneficial effects of intermittent fasting: a narrative review |
title_short | Beneficial effects of intermittent fasting: a narrative review |
title_sort | beneficial effects of intermittent fasting a narrative review |
topic | caloric restriction diet therapy fasting obesity |
url | http://www.e-jyms.org/upload/pdf/jyms-2022-00010.pdf |
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