Efectos del ayuno intermitente en personas obesas o con sobrepeso: una revisión narrativa

Abstract

Abstract:Given its exponential increase in recent years, excess weight in the world population It is one of the most worrying issues in terms of health. Among the many options dietetics to beat the cardiometabolic effects of obesity, is fasting intermittent, whose growing popularity in recent years has positioned it as a alternative to continuous caloric restriction, which is the method of choice. This diet can be difficult for some patients to adapt to and has proven impractical to maintain at long-term, therefore, the research objective is to examine the medical evidence on the effects of intermittent fasting in adults with a BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 , in relation to the weight reduction and improvement of cardiometabolic variables, in addition to comparing it with the dietary regimen of choice. The results found indicate that, applied to short term, intermittent fasting can produce clinically significant weight loss (≥5%) with decreased blood pressure and triglycerides, mainly. fasting intermittent has similar effects, but not superior to continuous caloric restriction.