Dietary restrictions (DR) have been used for thousands of years to clean the body internally and promote good health.They play a central role in many cultures and religions (such as Christianity, Islam and Buddhism).
Fasting, the most extreme form of RD, implies the abstinence of all foods, but not water.Kill damaged cells, puts healthy cells in a protected mode and generates new young cells.Fasting has long been associated with a wide range of health benefits, including better control over blood glucose, weight loss, heart health, brain function and cancer prevention.
Intermittent fasting (IF) is a feeding pattern that alternates between periods of fasting and food.In humans it has been shown that it has beneficial effects on blood glucose levels, insulin and blood pressure.
Prolonged fasting (PF) is an fast that lasts two or more days.When fasting episodes are separated by at least a week from a normal diet (a strategy 2: 7), the PF causes a decrease in glucose and blood insulin levels.In addition, the FP is accompanied by autophagy (the cellular self -limp process that decomposes and recycles the damaged molecules).
A PF 2: 7 diet strategy has a growing reputation between medical and dietitian scientists as a highly effective strategy to protect normal cells and organs from a variety of toxins and serious conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol and liver problems, while the mortality rate of many types of cancer cells increases.
The problem is that most people find prolonged fasting only with water for two days (48 hours in a row).In addition, its extreme nature could cause adverse health consequences, especially in the elderly and fragile and in people with pre -existing medical conditions.A less severe diet is needed with effects similar to a PF with body.
A diet that simulates fasting (FMD) is a diet that mimics the effects of fasting.The experiments carried out a few years ago discovered that the cycles of an apositional fever that lasted four days in a row of a normal diet could offer similar benefits to those of a PF 2: 7 diet.
One of these studies was published in Cell Metabolism in July 2015. Research was divided into several parts.
Clinical trial on fasting.
In the studio in animals, the mice were fed with a diet restricted for four days twice a month and were allowed to eat as much as they wanted in the middle.
After each cycle of Afitase fever, the mice had lower levels of blood glucose and insulin, and reduced certain inflammation factors, such as the growth factor similar to insulin 1 (IGF-1), which is associated with agingand cancer, compared to mice that have no restrictions.diet.
At 28 months, the mice with aposta fever had also lost weight and had less abdominal fat (which is associated with diabetes) compared to the other mice.In addition, fasting mice had a longer shelf life.
In the essay in humans, 19 subjects underwent a special Afitosa fever for five days every month for three months.Other 19 participants acted as controls that ate their usual diet.
Test subjects followed a very specific diet designed to reduce the risks of fasting but at the same time provide essential nutrients and minimize the psychological difficulties found during fasting.The special diet included soups based on vegetables, energy bars, energy drinks, chamomile tea and aDietary supplement ... Designed to provide 44% fat, 47% carbohydrates and 9% protein.
The first day of the five -day diet were limited to 1,090 calories and then, in the last four days, only 725 calories.Those who were in the Aphyosa fever reduced their blood glucose levels on an empty stomach in an average of 11.3% ... more than a type 2 diabetic would normally experiment using a typical diabetes routine medication.
The study also found that the IGF-1 was reduced by 24% (a plus for cancer prevention) and PCR levels, an inflammation marker, they were also reduced.In addition, people with Afitase fever lost 3% of their weight and reduced their abdominal fat, along with a series of other health benefits.
The general results suggest that partial fasting can help control diabetes.
However, this is only a study that uses only 19 test subjects, and obviously more research is needed to confirm the results ... but it gives reasons to expect the intermittent fasting to revert type 2 diabetes. It is something that I have theintention to try ...