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Intermittent fasting and continuous calorie restriction have both been shown to produce weight loss and improve metabolic risk markers. However, intermittent fasting tends to be slightly more effective for reducing insulin resistance.
Other benefits include reducing inflammation, improving blood pressure, and increased lean body mass. Intermittent fasting can also improve your brain function by increasing levels of BDNF, a protein that protects your brain cells from the changes associated with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.
There are several types of intermittent fasting to choose from, so I recommend experimenting to see what style works best for you. One of the easiest, however, is to simply skip breakfast, and limit your eating to a narrow window of time each day—say between 11am and 7pm, to start. You can review my more comprehensive article on intermittent fasting for more details.
I find that it is easy to have breakfast at 3 PM, and this keeps my weight steady, my blood pressure and blood sugar in the normal range, and my cholesterol levels normal too. As long as I do not smell the coffee, I am good. However, at a work environment where one can smell the coffee and those odors emanating from the microwave in the staff room, the aromas can make my stomach growl.
I used to eat earlier, and not have anything to eat at night, but I would wake up sweating (blood sugar drop) and almost faint. It was difficult to pray. Now, I rarely have night sweats and I can pray more attentively.