Efficacy of fasting calorie restriction on quality of life among aging men

Health effects of intermittent fasting: hormesis or harm? A systematic review

“…Whereas enthusiasm for fasting is increasing, clinical relevance remains low because of insufficient human data, including almost nonexistent controlled trials (21,(33)(34)(35)(36), few clinical outcomes studies (37,38), lack of correction for inflated type I error rates from multiple hypothesis tests, and limited safety data (39)(40)(41). The evidence suggests, however, that therapeutic fasting may provide substantial benefit for reducing clinical risk.…”

“…The second randomized controlled trial of fasting was reported in 3 articles using the primary endpoints of "mood states and depression status" (34), "metabolic parameters and DNA damage" (35), and "mood and quality of life" (33). One of these articles was published before full enrollment in the trial (33), used similar outcomes as one of the other articles (34), and will not be discussed.…”

“…As before, no primary hypothesis was specified, and no correction for multiple comparisons was made in what must be considered a subsequent analysis of the prior study (34). None of these reports evaluated safety outcomes for the trial (33)(34)(35).…”

The Search for Antiaging Interventions: From Elixirs to Fasting Regimens

“…Marked reduction of metabolic disease markers, such as high blood pressure or levels of circulating IGF1 and C-reactive protein, has been reported in overweight women that were subjected to a 2-day per week fast over 6 months (Harvie et al, 2011). Similarly, aged men on an eating plan involving 2 days of fasting each week lose weight and experienced fewer bouts of depression (Teng et al, 2011). However, the efficacy of most fasting strategies as they relate to medical conditions and/or aging might be limited if they are not integrated with diets that have health-associated benefits, such as the Mediterranean diet or the Okinawa low protein diet.…”

Development and Validation of an Educational Booklet for Sunnah Practices in Improving Quality of Life

“…There are several interventions of weight loss program that use religion as an added value. Among the faithbased interventions is to include Islamic teaching as the mediator to change dietary behaviour in controlling weight (Teng et al, 2011;Suriani, et al, 2015). It is found that the number of subjects that practiced food quantity control was significantly increased in the intervention and controlled group, but the increment percentage was higher in the intervention group (Suriani et al, 2015).…”