Apparently, intermittent fasting shows no significant effect on weight loss
In the past years, one of the most popular weight loss techniques schedules is the so-called intermittent fasting aka I.F. For intermittent fasting, your day will simply be divided into two parts: fasting and feasting. Many local celebrities have been following these diet plan religiously — some of them are Alfred Vargas, Lotlot de Leon, and Alice Dixon.
However, a recent study shows that intermittent fasting isn’t as effective as people think it is. The research was conducted by the University of California, San Francisco.
The study, called “Effects of Time-Restricted Eating on Weight Loss and Other Metabolic Parameters in Women and Men With Overweight and Obesity,” shared that time-restricted eating on its own is “not more effective in weight loss than just eating throughout the day.”
The study ran for 12 weeks and included 116 men and women aged 18 to 64 years old with a body mass index of 27 to 43. They were then randomly assigned to either only eat during a strict eight-hour period or eat three structured meals a day.
Results showed that the time-restricted eating group was associated with only a decrease of 1.17% in weight, while the consistent meal timing group lost 0.75%.
Those who did time-restricted eating, the study wrote, did not “result in weight loss when compared with a control prescription of three meals per day.”
“Time-restricted eating did not confer weight loss or cardiometabolic benefits in this study,” it wrote.
“Time-restricted eating, in the absence of other interventions, is not more effective in weight loss than eating throughout the day.”
