Daily fasting is an effective tool for reducing weight and lowering blood pressure, researchers worked with 23 obese volunteers who had an average age of 45 and average body mass index, BMI, of 35. Between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. the dieters could eat any type and quantity of food but for the remaining 16 hours they could only drink water.

The study followed the participants for 12 weeks. When compared to a matched historical control group from a previous weight loss trial on a different type of fasting, the researchers found that those who followed the time-restricted eating diet consumed fewer calories, lost weight and had improvements in blood pressure.

Participants consumed about 350 fewer calories, lost about 3 percent of their body weight and saw their systolic blood pressure decreased by about 7 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg), the standard measure of blood pressure. Daily fasting is an option for weight loss that do not include calorie counting or eliminating certain foods.
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