A study found that intermittent fasting had striking metabolic benefits that surpassed the effects of prescription drugs for people with newly diagnosed diabetes.
By Anahad O’Connor, The Washington PostIntermittent fasting can help people with Type 2 diabetes lose weight, lower blood pressure and improve blood sugar levels, a rigorous new study has found. in the journal JAMA Network Open, found that intermittent fasting had striking metabolic benefits that surpassed even the effects of prescription medications for people with newly diagnosed diabetes.
• 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. “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.
On their fasting days, the participants consumed sparse amounts of food: An egg for breakfast, a couple servings of fruit or vegetables for lunch, and a light salad for dinner. Each meal was paired with a low-calorie meal-replacement drink that contained healthy fats, protein, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. On their non-fasting days, the participants would eat normally for breakfast and lunch and then have a light dinner with a meal-replacement drink.
The researchers cautioned that more studies were needed to examine the long-term effectiveness of the 5:2 diet with meal replacements for Type 2 diabetes. But they said their findings suggest that the diet might be a good initial lifestyle intervention for people with early-stage diabetes.
“It does seem to have an advantage in the short term, but in the long term which is a year or more, it doesn’t seem to be better than a standard low-calorie diet,” she added.
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