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Study Proves Intermittent Fasting Beneficial to Losing Weight
Two recent studies on the link between the impact of meals and their timing and frequency to weight gain have
now been conducted by Dr. Hana Kahleova.
These studies validate the two meal a day concept that was given to Mrs. White. In her first study Dr. Kahleova
collaborated with colleagues from her own institution, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, as well as
from the Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine and the Institute of Endocrinology, based in Prague,
Czech Republic. This was a small cross-over study but it showed that BMI (weight gain) increased as meals
increased from two to six.
Her newest study results were published in The Journal of Nutrition, and they were co-written by Dr. Gary Fraser,
from Loma Linda University School of Public Health (LLUSPH). Dr. Kahleova presented the findings at the
International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine, in Washington, D.C., on July 29, 2017.
Led by Dr. Kahleova, the study was large and comprehensive and included 50,660 adult individuals from the
Adventist Health Study 2, all aged 30 or older. The focus was on the possible link between when and how often
people eat, and their body mass index (BMI). The participants had various body types and sizes and their eating
habits and health outcomes were monitored for an average period of seven years.
The study had several main findings. In the first place, it showed that people who regularly ate only two meals per
day had a decrease in BMI.
Those who ate more than three meals a day increased their BMI, and the more meals they ate, including snacks,
the greater the weight gain. The researchers also found that people who had breakfast regularly tended to lose
more weight than people who chose to skip breakfast. More importantly, the participants whose largest meal of
the day was breakfast experienced a large BMI decrease, in contrast with those who made their last meal their
largest meal.
Additionally, the researchers found that skipping dinner altogether and having a long, 18 or 19-hour, overnight fast
contributed to weight loss. Other good eating practices, the researchers observed, include leaving five or six hours
between breakfast and lunch, and abstaining from snacks throughout the day.
The first thing the doctors will tell a newly diagnosed diabetic is to lose weight. But weight loss is a great struggle
for most. Most people who begin the two meal a day plan lose a significant amount of weight and maintain this
loss. A recently published study in Great Britain showed that all the participants who lost 30 pounds or more saw
their diabetes go into remission.
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