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~ New Study Shows Fasting Lowers Cholesterol in Prediabetics in as Little as 10 to 12 Hours

~ New Study Shows Fasting Lowers Cholesterol in Prediabetics in as Little as 10 to 12 Hours
June 14, 2014 at the 2014 American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions presentation revealed a benefit over time on low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels in individuals with prediabetes who fasted.

"Prediabetes" is defined as elevated blood sugar that is not yet diagnostic of diabetes.

Researchers concluded that the fasting body started using fat for energy in a relatively short time. Diets such as the 5:2 Diet , or the 5/2 Diet - which specified low calorie consumption or fasting 2 days per week - may produce this cholesterol lowering effect.

Lead researcher Benjamin Horne, PhD, who is the director of cardiovascular and genetic epidemiology at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah:

"Fasting has the potential to become an important diabetes intervention...Though we've studied fasting and it's health benefits for years, we didn't know why fasting could provide the health benefits we observed related to the risk of diabetes."

Based on findings of a 2011 fasting study conducted with healthy people, Dr Horne and his colleagues studied the effects of fasting in prediabetics with at least three metabolic syndrome components.

"During actual fasting days, cholesterol went up slightly in this study, as it did in our prior study of healthy people, but we did notice that over a six-week period cholesterol levels decreased by about 12% in addition to the weight loss," Dr Horne reported.

"Because we expect that the cholesterol was used for energy during the fasting episodes and likely came from fat cells, this leads us to believe fasting may be an effective diabetes intervention."

"The fat cells themselves are a major contributor to insulin resistance, which can lead to diabetes," he added. "Because fasting may help to eliminate and break down fat cells, insulin resistance may be frustrated by fasting."

"Although fasting may protect against diabetes, it's important to keep in mind that these results were not instantaneous in the studies that we performed,” Dr Horne noted.

“It takes time. How long and how often people should fast for health benefits are additional questions we're just beginning to examine."


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