The purpose of this investigator-initiated study to check the feasibility that intermittent fasting has on body fat loss and quality of life.
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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
70
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.
Participants will not be fasting during these four weeks. They will eat their normal food intake and keep their normal physical activity levels.
Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, California, United States
RECRUITINGBody fat percentage
Body composition will give the following measurement: body fat percentage
Time frame: change between baseline and eight weeks
Visceral fat
In addition, body composition will also give us visceral fat measurement
Time frame: change between baseline and eight weeks
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