Intermittent fasting has become a popular term among people who are looking for weight loss. It is a short-term fast where eating-time plays an important role. In Intermittent fasting, the time when you eat matters the most, not what and how much you eat. Eating at a particular time helps in decreasing calorie intake.
According to studies, you can lose weight in a healthy way without starving yourself to death. There are several methods in it that can be followed. Like 16/8, 5:2 diet, which can easily help in reducing belly fat, losing bodyweight.
Other benefits include helping in improving sugar levels in the body and decreases cholesterol level, increase hormone which improves metabolism in the body, it also decreases the chance of having cancer. This eating pattern decreases the Insulin level which decreases body weight by 8%.
F.R.I.E.D.S. actress Jennifer Anniston also revealed in her interview that intermittent fasting helped her keeping fit at the age of 50. She uses the 16/8 method, in which one ate for 8 hours and fast for the remaining 16 hours.
She said, ‘I do intermittent fasting, so no food in the morning.’
Researchers also found that it helps in a longer lifespan. It is seen in people who intermittent fast everyday lives 83% more than those who don’t fast.