What is an intermittent diet? The term intermittent diet is a misnomer for “intermittent fasting,” although it exists as another meaning, which is to diet for two weeks and eat normally for another two weeks.

In general, however, with intermittent diets we talk about eating at certain times of the day and fasting at others.

What are the benefits of the intermittent diet, how much does it lose weight, and most importantly, does it work?

INTERMITTENCE DIET: ADVANTAGES

The intermittent diet has been studied extensively in recent years, so there are many scientific studies on it, both in humans and animals. The studies are almost all in agreement in saying that it makes you lose weight by reducing insulin resistance and blood sugar, cholesterol, body fat and above all visceral fat. Other scientifically found benefits are higher energy levels, fewer intestinal problems, reduction of inflammatory states, benefits for the heart, greater mental clarity.

As for weight loss, research has shown that the intermittent diet increases metabolism by 14%, favoring faster weight loss especially in the first few weeks. However, other research has yielded opposite results . It has been seen that the intermittent diet does not lose weight more than a normal low-calorie diet , and in some cases the standard low-calorie diet has given more results.
So why choose this weight loss method? Because it works much better for some people than the normal diet.

Who is the intermittent diet suitable for?

The intermittent diet is suitable for all those people who are looking for a very simple method to lose weight.
Who do not want to follow particular food plans, who do not want to do dietetic cuisine, who do not want to dose anything. Often these are very busy people, who work outside the home most of the time and when they can eat, they do it outside the home. When people with such a life are severely overweight, it’s really hard to get them to follow a standard diet.

Understand that the problem is never losing weight per se, but finding the best way to do it.
And this way is not the same for everyone.
In short, the diet that we manage to follow wins.
To this I add one last fact.

INTERMITTENCE DIET: GOOD FOR MEN, LESS FOR WOMEN

The intermittent diet is almost always a diet that works on men, not so much on women.
I found this on the readers of Dcomedieta and studying most of the success cases reported on the sites and groups specialized in this type of diet.
There is talk in women of a loss of 2-3 kilos per month.
In short, the percentage of women who are comfortable with the intermittent diet is low.

In non-obese but overweight women who followed an intermittent diet protocol , blood glucose worsened, while positive results were seen in men. Other studies concern the period of Ramadan , where as you know men and women observe a total fast except in the evening. In women, there was a worsening of fat metabolism. This means higher cholesterol.

Studies on the positive effects of intermittent fasting are statistically done on men and not on women.
Furthermore, men and women are hormonally different, and it is precisely this diversity that explains the poor data of success on women.
Especially on the fertile ones. That is, women respond worse to food restriction, risk fertility and cycle problems and do not have this increase in metabolism as for men.
These things must be said before evaluating the intermittent diet.
And above all, the subjective answer must be evaluated: are you sure you can go sixteen or twenty hours without eating?
If the answer is yes, on page 2 we see the main types of intermittent diets and how to do them.