Intermittent fasting vs daily calorie restriction for type 2 diabetes prevention: a review of human findings

TL;DR: It can be said fasting would take place in physician recommendations as a complementary treatment method in the near future because research-based molecular and clinical studies on Ramadan and other fasting methods agree that fasting has positive effects on human health.

TL;DR: Evidence suggests that some—but not all—forms of intermittent energy restriction (IER) may be superior to the conventional method of continuous energy restriction for people with excess body fat that are sedentary, by reducing some of the adaptive responses to ER.

TL;DR: Fasting results in improvement in anthropometric, physical and biochemical parameters related to physical health and can be recommended as a mean for improving quality of life.

TL;DR: In this article , a review on how calorie restriction triggers multiple molecular pathways that ultimately lead to hormetic effects resulting in cell longevity and resistance to cardiovascular disease, stroke, and cancer.

TL;DR: Diet and/or exercise interventions led to a significant decrease in the incidence of diabetes over a 6-year period among those with IGT, and thereby reduce the overall incidence of diabetic complications.

TL;DR: The relations between change in adult weight and the risk for noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus among women during 14 years of follow-up were quantified.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the contribution of changes in weight, diet, and physical activity on the risk of developing diabetes among ILS participants, and found that weight loss was the dominant predictor of reduced diabetes incidence (hazard ratio per 5-kg weight loss 0.42 [95% CI 0.35-0.51]; P < 0.0001).

TL;DR: It is concluded that long-term intervention in the form of diet and physical exercise is feasible even on a large scale, and that substantial metabolic improvement can be achieved which may contribute to prevent or postpone manifest diabetes.