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By Ramsha Nayab
Feb 18, 2023
Fasting every other day has been found to be just as effective for weight loss as traditional low calorie diets.
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Intermittent fasting can also do a bang-up job of reducing insulin resistance. That, in turn, can help make your body more sensitive to insulin, which translates into more stable blood sugar and fewer spikes and crashes.
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1 month of daily 12-hour fasts could be enough to lower levels of inflammatory markers in your body. That could help keep your body in better shape as a whole.
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Experts still have a lot to learn about the relationship between fasting and cancer. But animal studies suggest that periodic fasting might have an anticancer effect, meaning that the practice could play a role in cancer prevention.
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Will fasting keep you from getting Alzheimer’s disease or experiencing cognitive decline? The jury’s still out, but some research on mice suggests it could have a protective effect, in part because it fights inflammation.
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Fasting and calorie restriction have been shown to relieve negative emotions like tension and anger and boost feelings of euphoria.
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