IM FAT LOSS
RESEARCH
Fasting For Fat Loss
By now you’ve probably heard of intermittent fasting.
What began in the Paleo/ancestral health movement
has migrated into mainstream fitness. Intermittent fast-
ing is the practice of limiting your daily food intake to a
certain window of time, typically eight hours. It seems
to work wonders for the obese and insulin resistant,
but a new study published in the Journal of Translational
Medicine examined its effect on bodybuilders. In the
experiment, 17 bodybuilders ate how they normally
would, and 17 ate only between 1:00 p.m. and 8:00
p.m. Both groups consumed about the same number
of carbs, protein, fat, and overall calories. At the end
of the experiment, the fasting group lost significantly
more body fat and several health-related biomarkers
improved. Their testosterone and IGF-1 levels went
down, but they did not lose any muscle mass. Re-
searchers conclude that intermittent fasting can be
useful for losing fat or maintenance phases for anyone
interested in body composition.
Magic Fat Bullet The Best Protein Diet?
British scientists recently completed a study that indicates that
flavonoid consumption can be just as effective as cutting calories
and increasing exercise volume when it comes to losing fat. The
study, published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found
that even when food-r