Your hormones shift when you don't eat, making stored body fat more accessible and starting repair processes. A gene expression change enhances muscle fat utilization.
Studies demonstrate that regulating meal timings or fasting can help lose weight, fat, and improve blood lipids.
Fasting may improve blood sugar control and reduce diabetes risk, although gender may affect results and additional research is needed.
Fasting may increase gut beneficial bacteria diversity and number, according to research. It appears to improve weight loss, waist measurement, and metabolism.
Blood pressure, cholesterol, and inflammation may be reduced by intermittent fasting, according to research.
Simplifying your diet may allow your body to focus on other functions, such as illness prevention. Fasting triggers autophagy.
Fasting increases human growth hormone, which affects growth, repair, metabolism, weight reduction, muscle strength, and exercise performance.
Studies reveal that intermittent fasting directly affects the gut flora, which modifies metabolite levels that signal our internal body clock.
Animal studies suggest fasting may protect against and improve Parkinson's and Alzheimer's and increase brain function by improving memory and processing.
Fasting may promote social connection and reduce anxiety and despair in humans. These impacts need more research, but early results are promising.