@newagelongevity: Fasting on 2 days a week lowered long-term blood sugar as well as dieting every day, in a year-long trial of adults with type 2 diabetes. Researchers at the University of South Australia in Adelaide split 137 adults with type 2 diabetes into two groups. One ate 500 to 600 calories on 2 days a week and their usual food on the other 5. The other ate 1,200 to 1,500 calories every day. After 12 months, long-term blood sugar (HbA1c) fell by 0.3 points on the 2-day plan and 0.5 points on the daily diet, close enough for the trial to count them as the same. Weight fell by 6.8 kg and 5.0 kg, with no clear difference between them. 97 people finished the year. Two hard days or seven careful ones both worked. The best plan is the one you keep. If you take insulin or other diabetes medicines, the trial adjusted them first, so talk to your doctor before a fasting day. Follow for a new study every day.

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