Posted on 02/15/2023 4:14:10 PM PST by ConservativeMind
Nutrition researchers studied 80 people with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and found those who followed an alternate-day fasting diet and exercised were able to improve their health.
The researchers report that over a period of three months people who exercised and alternated feast and fast days—eating without restriction one day and eating 500 calories or fewer the next—saw increased insulin sensitivity and decreased liver fat, weight and ALT, or alanine transaminase enzymes, which are markers for liver disease.
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is a buildup of fat and inflammation in patients who drink little to no alcohol. Approximately 65% of obese adults have the disease, and this condition is strongly related to the development of insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes.
Study author Krista Varady called the findings "pretty amazing."
Participants in the clinical trial were randomized to one of four groups: an alternate-day fasting group, an aerobic exercise group, a combined group and a control group in which participants made no changes to their behaviors. Participants in the diet groups tracked their food intake and participants in the exercise groups used an elliptical machine in Varady's lab for one hour, five days a week.
Varady said the study did not test if alternate-day fasting was better or worse than other diets when combined with exercise, but she was surprised to see very few participants drop out of the study.
In addition to seeing improved metabolic indicators, the study authors also noted there were no serious safety events during the trial—the patients were able to safely maintain the diet and exercise for the three-month study.
"Our findings also indicate that the combination intervention was effective for reducing body weight, fat mass, waist circumference, ALT, fasting insulin, insulin resistance, and increasing insulin sensitivity, among patients with obesity and NAFLD, versus controls."
(Excerpt) Read more at medicalxpress.com ...
Alternate-day fasting is actually not that hard, because you still east 500 calories on your fast day.
David Sinclair is a PhD biologist at Harvard and a world recognized expert on the disease of ageing. His lab has extended the lives of mice by 120% by controlling a few variables in their environment. In addition to sufficient sleep, exercise, and glucose control through elimination of excess sugar, an important factor is a body mass index below 25 for humans. Reducing body fat by intermittent fasting is a drug free way to eliminate obesity.
Sinclair believes from his research that humans can extend their lifespan to 150+ years and maintain youthful functionality for almost then entire period. His book “Lifespan” offers a lot of details on the research.
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See Pantethine (pantethic acid) for non-prescription treatment of fatty liver. Derivative of vitamin b-5. Interesting results from several studies.
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