Intermittent Fasting on Body Fat and Quality of Life

Loma Linda University (LLU)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Other: Fasting; Other: non fasting

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06307275

5170221

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this investigator-initiated study to check the feasibility that intermittent fasting has on body fat loss and quality of life.

Full description

Start of study: Informed Consent, Body Fat Analysis, Questionnaires on quality of life, sleep, and stress. For the next four weeks, participants will eat their normal food intake with no restrictions on when to eat. Participants will keep their normal weekly exercise routine.

Midway of study: Body Fat Analysis, Questionnaires on quality of life, sleep, and stress. For the next four weeks, participants will do the intermittent fasting program. This program has participants fasting 16 hours from their last meal of the previous evening's meal to the first meal of their next day. Then for 8 hours, participants are able to eat. During the fasting, participants are allowed to consume water and black coffee/tea. Participants will also keep their normal weekly exercise routine.

End of study: Body Fat Analysis, Questionnaires on quality of life, sleep, and stress.

Enrollment: 70 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• In good health

Exclusion criteria

• Diabetes or Metabolic Syndrome

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

Non Fasting

Active Comparator group

Description:

For four week: Participants will keep their normal food intake with no restrictions on when to eat. Participants will keep their normal weekly exercise routine.

Treatment:

Other: non fasting

Fasting

Experimental group

Description:

For four weeks: Fasting for 16 hours from participant last meal of the previous evening's meal to the first meal of the next day. Then for 8 hours, participant is able to eat. During the fasting, participants are allowed to consume water and black coffee/tea. Participants will also keep their normal weekly exercise routine.

Treatment:

Other: Fasting