What is this fasting diet everyone is doing lately?

Intermittent fasting or otherwise "broken fasting"!

The truth is that the idea of fasting is not something new, but also that it has evolved and changed several forms in recent years. The general context is how you can eat almost that you want for a certain period of time within 24 hours.

The following are its two main variations:

• The 5:2 program:You consume normally for 5 days and after the remaining 2 you follow a program with very few calories eg 500-600 kcal/d.
• Leangains:Meals are allowed for a specific period of 10 hours (for women) and 8 hours (for men). So, there is a continuous fast for 14-16 hours respectively. During this fast, IF something needs to be consumed, plain coffee, sugar-free drinks/soft drinks and sugar-free chewing gum are allowed.

For the 8-10 hours of meals, it would be good to have 2-3 organized meals and if during these hours there is physical activity, all nutrients carbohydrates, proteins, fats are essential!

• Eat Stop Eat:The almost opposite of 5:2, you eat normally for 5 days but stop any consumption for 1-2 days. It doesn't have to be consecutive days.
• The Warrior Diet:Prolonged fasting for about 20 hours and then comes a large free meal at the end of the day.

Who is it suitable for?

In basically healthy people who do not follow any specific treatment that requires a full stomach at regular intervals. Also, to people who find it difficult to set a schedule for their meals. Indirectly, these periods of fasting do exactly that! The same goes for people who are 'hungry all the time'.

Sensitive groups such as pregnant women and people with a history of eating disorders should avoid such diets.

There are some indications, mainly in animals, that the specific program, apart from the scale, has some positive effect on the glucose-insulin mechanism.

Whatever the general framework of any nutritional program is, we must follow it for it to have an effect...and to follow it, it must first suit us!!!

Consult your doctor before starting this diet…