Intermittent fasting - A boon or A bane

Review Article

Abstract

Nowadays different methods are becoming very popular for weight loss and intermittent fasting is one of them. It is gaining very much popularity and is practiced in different formats by people for weight loss as well as for improvement in insulin resistance, correction of lipid profile and many more clinical conditions. A lot of research work has carried out on different aspects of intermediate fasting on human health. Much of this work has been carried on experimental animals. Research's have shown that intermittent fasting is helpful in weight reduction as well as diabetes control, reducing risk factors of cardiovascular diseases, reduction in risk factors of cancer and many more. As most of the researches have been performed on animals therefore there is scope of research on humans on the effect of intermittent fasting in different clinical conditions. At present on the basis of review collection, it can be concluded that intermittent fasting should be recommended under the supervision of health professionals only under careful monitoring keeping in mind all benefits and risk potentials of various methods of intermittent fasting.