The study involved more than 330 overweight and obese adults who had recently been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
Over the course of 16 weeks, people who were assigned to practice intermittent fasting lost more weight and improved their blood sugar control to a greater extent than people who were given metformin or empagliflozin, two commonly prescribed diabetes medications.
The research focused on a form of fasting called the 5:2 diet, in which people eat normally for five days a week and then fast for two days, consuming just 500 to 600 calories on their fasting days.
This is AMAZING!!! They didn't even really do a true fast. On their "fasting"days, they were still eating 500-600 calories!!! That's not even fasting! And check this out.....
After 16 weeks, the fasting group lost an average of 21 pounds, almost double the 12 pounds on average that the people taking metformin lost. Those who were prescribed empagliflozin lost an average of about 12.8 pounds during the study.
Without even really fasting, the "fasting" group lost an average of 21 pounds over 16 weeks.
Courtney Peterson, an expert who was not involved in the study, said the results were “exciting.”
“Often times we assume that drugs are more powerful than lifestyle approaches,” said Peterson, an associate professor of nutrition sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. “But here they showed that a lifestyle approach was more effective for lowering blood sugar than putting people on drugs. That’s a very powerful statement.”
I've said this over and over and over and over again. So many people would be so much healthier if they changed their lifestyle first instead of quickly just getting on medication.
And let's not forget all of the side effects that come along with these medications!?!?
Do you think this "fasting" group had any side effects?
Of course not!
There are no side effects from cutting back on how much you're eating.
Except for these side effects; weight loss, increase in your energy, sleeping better, decreasing your aches and pains, etc.
If you are not following some type of fasting plan, you are missing out on a host of benefits that will make you a very healthy person, not to mention a lighter, smaller person as well.
Here's the link to the article I refrerenced in this email.
WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE
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Have a great week Friend.
Kevin
P.S. Research now shows that fasting is more effective at lowering blood sugar for people with diabetes than the medications they have been taking. It's really incredible if you think about it.
