The Effect of Intermittent Fasting on Body Fat and Quality of Life
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Healthy
- Sponsor
- Loma Linda University
- Enrollment
- 70
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Body fat percentage
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this investigator-initiated study to check the feasibility that intermittent fasting has on body fat loss and quality of life.
Detailed 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.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •In good health
Exclusion Criteria
- •Diabetes or Metabolic Syndrome
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Body fat percentage
Time Frame: change between baseline and eight weeks
Body composition will give the following measurement: body fat percentage
Visceral fat
Time Frame: change between baseline and eight weeks
In addition, body composition will also give us visceral fat measurement