Some recently published research out of University of Southern California shows some promising results for a diet that mimicks fasting for one week once a month. The diet asks for 1200 calories for the first fasting day and only 750 calories for the following 4 days.
Day one of the diet comprises:
- 10 per cent protein, 56 per cent fat and 34 per cent carbohydrate, making 1,090 calories
Days two to five:
- Nine per cent protein, 44 per cent fat and 47 per cent carbohydrate making 725 calories
The diet is observed to jump-start the immune system and thereby generating a plaethora of positive health effects ranging from lower cholesterol and better cancer prevention/recovery.
I’m always interested in strategies that emulate the eating behaviors our ancesters were exposed to and our bodies adapted to over thousands of years. This appears to be a promising one – more research needed…