What is feast and famine? New dieting approach found to be effective for weight loss
The dieting approach that could work better than intermittent fasting
- A new review suggests that alternate-day fasting may be more effective for weight loss compared to other intermittent fasting methods and calorie-restricted diets.
- The comprehensive review analysed data from 99 studies involving over 6,500 participants, many of whom had pre-existing health conditions.
- Researchers found that both intermittent fasting strategies and continuous energy restriction diets led to overall body weight reduction.
- Specifically, alternate-day fasting resulted in an average of 1.29kg more weight loss than continuous energy restriction.
- While the weight reduction was considered 'trivial' when compared to time-restricted eating and whole-day fasting, alternate-day fasting was the only intermittent fasting strategy to show a distinct benefit over continuous energy restriction.