Researchers concluded that regular fasting is good for health and that eating nothing for 1 or 2 days a week, eating normally other days, has health benefits.
According to the researchers, this type of fasting helps to lose weight, decreases the risk of diabetes, Alzheimer’s, heart disease, dementia, protects against various types of cancer and improves the quality of life of the individual.
- On fasting days you can drink water and eat vegetables.
- But nothing else.
- And the next few days you can eat everything.
- But in moderation.
- Avoiding sweets.
- Fats and processed foods.
- To get the expected results.
Eating a large amount of food day after day, in addition to gaining weight, causes a type of inflammation in the body that generates various diseases and the adoption of this type of diet can be very beneficial for health, especially for the brain.
Researchers believe that this dietary restriction promotes the entire functioning of the body because it makes it more sensitive to hormonal changes, being very beneficial for insulin control and other chemical reactions, however, they warn that more scientific research is needed to demonstrate the benefits of this type of fasting for periods longer than 6 consecutive months.