Intermittent fasting weight loss and protein guidance
Good morning Dr. Renu and Nirmal Joshi. Thanks for all your efforts in educating the community regarding heart health. I saw you had addressed HIIT walking . Would you please advise regarding Intermittent Fasting ?
Intermittent Fasting is an effective way to reduce weight, and multiple clinical research studies have documented its effectiveness. Of the different ways, the most moderate and the most likely to be followed longer term is the 16/8 method (16 hours of fasting and 8 hours of food intake). ONE VERY IMPORTANT CAVEAT and potential issue: You can get behind on protein intake pretty quickly (even more so if you are vegetarian) and this has many negative health consequences that we have previously indicated. So make sure you are INTENTIONAL about ensuring adequate daily protein intake. At least 1-1.5 gm/kg. So if you are 70 kg. ensure AT LEAST 70-100 gram protein daily.