Research Progress of Alternate-day Fasting in Chronic Diseases
Chronic diseases have gradually become the first cause of death in our country,causing huge social burden.Diet control is an important way for the management of chronic diseases.Alternate-day fasting(ADF)is a new dietary pattern that alternates between fasting days with free-eating days.This review analyzes the literature on alternate-day fasting in chronic diseases,and finds that alternate-day fasting has a positive effect on the prevention and improvement of neurological disorder diseases,cardiovascular diseases,cancers,metabolic diseases and so on.At present,the study of alternate-day fasting is still more in animals,and more clinical randomized trials are need to evaluate its safety,effectiveness,and compliance.