> Why no diabetes, given that this is an overweight subject group?
Given the goal of intermittent fasting is to get insulin levels low enough that your body burns fat instead of sugar, and based on this article at least IF requires closer monitoring of your diet, maybe they wanted to eliminate a variable/variables.
maybe they wanted to eliminate a variable/variables.
There's an even simpler explanation: Fasting can provoke dangerous hypoglycaemia in diabetics. The first priority for trials is the safety of the participants.
There's an even simpler explanation: Fasting can provoke dangerous hypoglycaemia in diabetics. The first priority for trials is the safety of the participants.