Intermittent fasting has become increasingly popular in recent years. It is essentially a dietary pattern that alternates between fasting and eating periods, providing health benefits beyond what regular dieting alone can do. Intermittent fasting encourages intermittent caloric intake, where meals are eaten during certain windows of time, leading to reduced calorie intake overall.
Research into intermittent fasting has shown that it can reduce the risk of heart disease, improve inflammation, insulin resistance, blood sugar control, and cholesterol levels, and have the added benefit of promoting weight loss that is easier to sustain compared to other kinds of diets.
A recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism included a 3-month intermittent fasting diet intervention among 36 people with type 2 diabetes. It was found that almost 90% of participants, including those who took blood sugar-lowering agents and insulin, could reduce their diabetes medication intake after following an intermittent fasting schedule.
Of the 36 participants, fifty percent experienced diabetes remission and were able to discontinue their diabetes medication. They were all able to maintain it for at least one year after the study.
Researchers also noted that these new findings go against the conventional view that diabetes remission can only be achieved in those with a shorter diabetes duration (0-6 years). Sixty-five percent of study participants with diabetes remission had a diabetes duration of more than six years.
Diabetes medication can be costly and become a barrier for many patients trying to manage their diabetes. This study allowed patients to decrease medication costs by 77% after intermittent fasting.
Combined with other lifestyle changes, such as improving physical activity levels, this dieting technique may yield positive health benefits in terms of diabetes prevention or long-term management.
Maintaining Healthy Blood Sugar Levels
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