{"id":4241,"date":"2023-10-05T20:57:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T20:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/?p=4241"},"modified":"2023-10-05T20:57:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T20:57:28","slug":"periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\/","title":{"rendered":"Periodic and intermittent fasting diets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">An important review on fasting diets has recently been published in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gut.bmj.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gut magazine<\/a><\/strong>. In recent years, several studies have been performed with various diet manipulation schemes to optimize metabolic health. There are two intervention strategies: periodic fasting, where food intake is greatly restricted during certain days and another in which the period of food intake is limited to a few hours of the day, remaining fasting the rest of the time (intermittent diet).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">In relation to periodic fasting diets, there are two variants that are the most commonly used. One is the 5:2 diet which consists of 5 days of normal eating with no food restrictions and 2 non-consecutive days of fasting. The other is a continuous alternating pattern of eating and fasting days, in which an intake of up to <strong>25% of the usual calories is sometimes allowed on fasting days<\/strong>, although the traditional way is to do total fasting on alternate days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mt-5 mb-4\" id=\"h-benefits-and-effectiveness-of-intermittent-fasting-diets\"><strong>Benefits and effectiveness of intermittent fasting diets<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Several studies in healthy volunteers have shown that periodic fasting diets induce beneficial effects (as compared to baseline) on fasting glucose, fasting insulin, cardiovascular markers, including LDL cholesterol (bad), total cholesterol, triglycerides and blood pressure. In addition, <strong>these diets are well tolerated, even for prolonged periods (6 months)<\/strong>. Diets carried out for 8-12 weeks produce between 3-8% weight loss, with no differences between the 5:2 diet and the alternate day diet. It should be noted that the degree of weight loss with periodic fasting diets is equivalent to that obtained with classic continuous caloric reduction diets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Regarding weight recovery when suspending diets, there are no differences between periodic fasting diets and calorie restriction diets (in both cases around 30% of the weight loss are recovered in the first 6 months).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mt-5 mb-4\" id=\"h-evaluation-of-intermittent-fasting-diets-health-effects-and-considerations\"><strong>Evaluation of intermittent fasting diets: health effects and considerations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Periodic fasting diets do not produce gastrointestinal symptoms, fatigue, irritability or dizziness as occurs with calorie-restricted diets. However, the application of periodic fasting diets in patients with diabetes treated with insulin or hypoglycemic drugs can produce episodes of hypoglycemia (especially in these cases, these diets should be done under medical supervision).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">In intermittent diets, unrestricted food intake <strong>is allowed for a few hours a day and the rest of the time only water can be taken<\/strong>. In most of the studies carried out, the allowed period of food intake is 6 to 10 hours a day. This intake rate is well tolerated and effective (periods shorter than 4 hours or longer than 12 hours are not effective). The intermittent diet <strong>induces a 3-4% weight loss, lower than that obtained with periodic fasting diets (3-8%)<\/strong> and calorie restriction diets (5-7%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">For all of the above, the most effective diet for weight loss is periodic fasting, followed by caloric restriction and finally intermittent diet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/especialista\/dr-vicente-carreno\/\">Dr. Carre\u00f1o<\/a><\/strong> and the doctors from the Foundation apply these concepts in the treatment of patients with fatty liver due to excess weight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We analyze the benefits and effects of newspaper or intermittent fasting diets.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4237,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[917,1379,1225],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-healthy-nutrition","category-techniques"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Periodic and intermittent fasting diets - Cl\u00ednica FEHV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover the benefits of newspaper and intermittent fasting diets. We analyze its effectiveness, tolerance and considerations.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Periodic and intermittent fasting diets\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover the benefits of newspaper and intermittent fasting diets. We analyze its effectiveness, tolerance and considerations.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cl\u00ednica FEHV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/clinicaFEHV\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-05T20:57:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-05T20:57:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fehv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/dieta-ayuno-intermitente.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1107\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ifranco\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ifranco\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/en\\\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/en\\\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ifranco\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5e92ddd4a04516dab21fb5b6fa90b777\"},\"headline\":\"Periodic and intermittent fasting diets\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-05T20:57:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-05T20:57:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/en\\\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":479,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/en\\\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/dieta-ayuno-intermitente.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Health\",\"Healthy nutrition\",\"Techniques\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/en\\\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/en\\\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\\\/\",\"name\":\"Periodic and intermittent fasting diets - Cl\u00ednica FEHV\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/en\\\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/en\\\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/dieta-ayuno-intermitente.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-05T20:57:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-05T20:57:28+00:00\",\"description\":\"Discover the benefits of newspaper and intermittent fasting diets. We analyze its effectiveness, tolerance and considerations.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/en\\\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/en\\\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/en\\\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/dieta-ayuno-intermitente.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/dieta-ayuno-intermitente.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1107,\"caption\":\"Imagen de tenedor con cinta m\u00e9trica.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/en\\\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Portada\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Periodic and intermittent fasting diets\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Cl\u00ednica FEHV\",\"description\":\"Web de la Cl\u00ednica de la Fundaci\u00f3n para el Estudio de las Hepatitis Virales\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Fundaci\u00f3n para el Estudio de las Hepatitis Virales - FEHV\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/logo_fib-4.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/logo_fib-4.png\",\"width\":47,\"height\":73,\"caption\":\"Fundaci\u00f3n para el Estudio de las Hepatitis Virales - FEHV\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/clinicaFEHV\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fehv.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5e92ddd4a04516dab21fb5b6fa90b777\",\"name\":\"ifranco\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a420f8de9a7d1d8c59aac0d97d817361feea70d815889a4d807921618ae04918?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a420f8de9a7d1d8c59aac0d97d817361feea70d815889a4d807921618ae04918?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a420f8de9a7d1d8c59aac0d97d817361feea70d815889a4d807921618ae04918?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"ifranco\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Periodic and intermittent fasting diets - Cl\u00ednica FEHV","description":"Discover the benefits of newspaper and intermittent fasting diets. We analyze its effectiveness, tolerance and considerations.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Periodic and intermittent fasting diets","og_description":"Discover the benefits of newspaper and intermittent fasting diets. We analyze its effectiveness, tolerance and considerations.","og_url":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\/","og_site_name":"Cl\u00ednica FEHV","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/clinicaFEHV\/","article_published_time":"2023-10-05T20:57:26+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-10-05T20:57:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1107,"url":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/dieta-ayuno-intermitente.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"ifranco","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ifranco","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\/"},"author":{"name":"ifranco","@id":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/#\/schema\/person\/5e92ddd4a04516dab21fb5b6fa90b777"},"headline":"Periodic and intermittent fasting diets","datePublished":"2023-10-05T20:57:26+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-05T20:57:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\/"},"wordCount":479,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/dieta-ayuno-intermitente.jpg","articleSection":["Health","Healthy nutrition","Techniques"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\/","url":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\/","name":"Periodic and intermittent fasting diets - Cl\u00ednica FEHV","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/dieta-ayuno-intermitente.jpg","datePublished":"2023-10-05T20:57:26+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-05T20:57:28+00:00","description":"Discover the benefits of newspaper and intermittent fasting diets. We analyze its effectiveness, tolerance and considerations.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/dieta-ayuno-intermitente.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/dieta-ayuno-intermitente.jpg","width":1920,"height":1107,"caption":"Imagen de tenedor con cinta m\u00e9trica."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/periodic-intermittent-fasting-diets\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Portada","item":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Periodic and intermittent fasting diets"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/","name":"Cl\u00ednica FEHV","description":"Web de la Cl\u00ednica de la Fundaci\u00f3n para el Estudio de las Hepatitis Virales","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/#organization","name":"Fundaci\u00f3n para el Estudio de las Hepatitis Virales - FEHV","url":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/logo_fib-4.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/logo_fib-4.png","width":47,"height":73,"caption":"Fundaci\u00f3n para el Estudio de las Hepatitis Virales - FEHV"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/clinicaFEHV\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/#\/schema\/person\/5e92ddd4a04516dab21fb5b6fa90b777","name":"ifranco","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a420f8de9a7d1d8c59aac0d97d817361feea70d815889a4d807921618ae04918?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a420f8de9a7d1d8c59aac0d97d817361feea70d815889a4d807921618ae04918?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a420f8de9a7d1d8c59aac0d97d817361feea70d815889a4d807921618ae04918?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"ifranco"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4241"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4246,"href":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4241\/revisions\/4246"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fehv.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}