The Claim
In adults with obesity and mild non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, combining alternate-day fasting with aerobic exercise results in a 4.58% reduction in body weight and a 3.24 kg reduction in fat mass after three months, which is significantly greater than the effects of aerobic exercise alone (2.11% weight loss, 1.34 kg fat loss) or no intervention, but not significantly different from alternate-day fasting alone (5.06% weight loss, 3.32 kg fat loss).
What the research says
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In adults with obesity and mild fatty liver disease, combining alternate-day fasting with aerobic exercise leads to a 4.58% loss in body weight and 3.24 kg loss in fat mass after three months. This is more than exercise alone or no intervention, but not more than fasting alone.
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In adults with obesity and mild non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, combining alternate-day fasting with aerobic exercise leads to a 4.58% reduction in body weight and 3.24 kg reduction in fat mass after three months, significantly greater than exercise alone (2.11% weight loss, 1.34 kg fat loss) or no intervention, but not significantly different from fasting alone (5.06% weight loss, 3.32 kg fat loss).
When a person eats very little every other day and does regular aerobic exercise, the body runs out of sugar stores and starts burning fat for energy. This burns fat inside the liver, which improves how the liver responds to insulin. As a result, the body loses fat mass and weight without losing muscle.
What the research says
1 studyFor people with obesity and fatty liver, doing intermittent fasting plus exercise helps them lose more weight and fat than just exercising alone — but it doesn’t help them lose much more than fasting by itself.
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