Similar late effects of a 7-week orthodox religious fasting and a time restricted eating pattern on anthropometric and metabolic profiles of overweight adults.
| Title | Similar late effects of a 7-week orthodox religious fasting and a time restricted eating pattern on anthropometric and metabolic profiles of overweight adults. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2020 |
| Authors | Karras, S. N., Koufakis T., Adamidou L., Polyzos S. A., Karalazou P., Thisiadou K., Zebekakis P., Makedou K., & Kotsa K. |
| Journal | Int J Food Sci Nutr |
| Pagination | 1-11 |
| Date Published | 2020 Jun 30 |
| ISSN | 1465-3478 |
| Abstract | A hypocaloric diet, based on Orthodox fasting (OF) was followed by 29 overweight adults. A low-calorie, 16/8, time restricted eating (TRE) pattern was followed by 16 age- and weight-matched participants. Anthropometric, lipid, glycaemic and inflammation markers were assessed at baseline, at the end of the intervention (7 weeks from baseline) and 6 weeks after the cessation of diets (13 weeks from baseline). There was a trend of weight loss in both groups, which was evident at week 7 (TRE: -2.1 ± 1.0; OF: -2.0 ± 0.5 kg, < 0.001 from baseline) and remained significant at week 13 (TRE: -2.9 ± 0.7; OF: -2.6 ± 0.3 kg, < 0.001 from baseline). In the OF group, lipid concentrations declined at week 7 compared with baseline, increasing at week 13 compared with week 7. Our findings suggest that OF promotes a decrease in lipid concentrations, which however, is not evident 6 weeks after its end. |
| DOI | 10.1080/09637486.2020.1787959 |
| Alternate Journal | Int J Food Sci Nutr |
| PubMed ID | 32605472 |
