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The Influence of Fasting and Energy Restricting Diets on Igf-1 Levels in Humans: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Publisher Pubmed



Rahmani J1 ; Kord Varkaneh H2, 3 ; Clark C4 ; Zand H5 ; Bawadi H6 ; Ryand PM7 ; Fatahi S8 ; Zhang Y9
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  1. 1. Department of Community Nutrition, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Student Research Committee, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Students’ Scientific Research Center (SSRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Student Research Committee, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, CV1 5FB, United Kingdom
  5. 5. Department of Cellular and Molecular Nutrition, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition Science and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  6. 6. College of Health Sciences, QU-health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
  7. 7. School of Medicine, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
  8. 8. Student research committee, Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  9. 9. School of Public Health and Health Management, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China

Source: Ageing Research Reviews Published:2019


Abstract

Background: Fasting and energy restricting diets have a potential means of delaying or preventing the onset of a range of age-related metabolic and neoplastic diseases. Consistently at the centre of this effect appears to be a significant reduction in circulating IGF-1 levels. The aim of the current systematic review and meta-analysis was to determine the influence of fasting and energy restriction on IGF-1 levels in human subjects. Methods: A comprehensive systematic search was conducted from onset of the database to February 2019 in Embase, MEDLINE/PubMed, and SCOPUS to identify randomized clinical trials that investigating the impact of fasting or energy restriction circulating IGF-1 levels. Effect size was reported as weighted mean difference (WMD) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) using a random-effects models. Subgroup analysis was performed to identify the probable source of heterogeneity among trials. Results: Total pooling of fasting and energy restriction randomised controlled trials in WMD analysis revealed no significant effect on circulating IGF-1 levels (WMD: −16.41 ng/ml, 95% CI: −35.88, 3.07). Sub grouped analysis fasting regimens appeared to substantially reduce IGF-1 (WMD: -28.87 ng/ml, 95% CI: −43.69, −14.05, I2 = 00%), energy restricting regimens failed to do the same (WMD: -10.98 ng/ml, 95% CI: −33.08, 11.11, I2 = 90%). Within this final subgrouping, it was observed that only energy restriction regimens of 50% or greater of normal daily energy intake were capable of significantly reducing IGF-1 levels (WMD: -36.57 ng/ml, 95% CI: −59.19, −13.95, I2 = 00%). Finally, a meta regression were noted in which the percentage restriction of daily energy intake inversely correlated with plasma IGF-1 levels (p = 0.04). Conclusion: This study uncovered that fasting significantly reduced levels of IGF-1, while energy restriction diets were successful only when intake was reduced by 50% or more. © 2019 Elsevier B.V.
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