Unanswered Intermittent Fasting --> 4 Meta-Analyses compared to Continuous Energy Restriction

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Via Alan Aragon

There are now 4 meta-analyses (pooled assessments of the data from several studies) on the health and bodyweight/body composition effects of intermittent energy restriction (IER) compared to daily/continuous energy restriction (CER) in humans [1-4]. The weight of the evidence consistently shows that IER performs no better than CER.
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This can be seen in one of two ways. You can whine and cry that your favorite diet pattern did not show any special effects as promised by Dr. Fung, Dr. Berg, Dr. Axe. Or, you can be happy that neither of these diet patterns Is more advantageous, and thus can be individualized to personal preference & adherence capacity.

Do intermittent diets provide physiological benefits over continuous diets for weight loss? A systematic review of clinical trials.

Do intermittent diets provide physiological benefits over continuous diets for weight loss? A systematic review of clinical trials - PubMed

Energy restriction induces physiological effects that hinder further weight loss. Thus, deliberate periods of energy balance during weight loss interventions may attenuate these adaptive responses to energy restriction and thereby increase the efficiency of weight loss (i.e. the amount of weight...

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Weight-Loss Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Intermittent Energy Restriction Trials Lasting a Minimum of 6 Months.

Weight-Loss Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Intermittent Energy Restriction Trials Lasting a Minimum of 6 Months - PubMed

The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to summarise the effects of intermittent energy restriction on weight and biological markers in long term intervention studies of >6 months duration. An electronic search was performed using the MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library databa …

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Intermittent fasting interventions for treatment of overweight and obesity in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Intermittent fasting interventions for treatment of overweight and obesity in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis - PubMed

Intermittent energy restriction may be an effective strategy for the treatment of overweight and obesity. Intermittent energy restriction was comparable to continuous energy restriction for short term weight loss in overweight and obese adults. Intermittent energy restriction was shown to be...

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Intermittent versus continuous energy restriction on weight loss and cardiometabolic outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Intermittent versus continuous energy restriction on weight loss and cardiometabolic outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials - PubMed

Both intermittent and continuous energy restriction achieved a comparable effect in promoting weight-loss and metabolic improvements. Long-term trials are needed to draw definitive conclusions.

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[BOSSMAN]

Thanks for sharing , good reads.

 

[jrock645]

Was listening to an interview with menno henselmans and he was talking about this as well. Maybe even cited the same studies.