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The diet means you can eat whatever you like…

A simple fasting technique called the 16:8 diet is an effective way to lose weight, research finds.

It involves eating whatever you like between the hours of 10am and 6pm.

Outside these hours, only water and other calorie-free drinks are allowed.

The name comes from the fact that it involves fasting for 16 hours (from 6pm to 10am the next morning) and feasting for 8 hours.

The advantage of this diet is that it is extremely simple to follow, says Dr Krista Varady, study co-author:

“The take-home message from this study is that there are options for weight loss that do not include calorie counting or eliminating certain foods.”

The study involved 23 obese people who followed the diet for 12 weeks.

On average, they lost around 3% of their body weight and their blood pressure also reduced significantly (compared with a control group).

The results are similar to those seen in other studies of intermittent fasting, Dr Varady said:

“The results we saw in this study are similar to the results we’ve seen in other studies on alternate day fasting, another type of diet, but one of the benefits of the 16:8 diet may be that it is easier for people to maintain.

We observed that fewer participants dropped out of this study when compared to studies on other fasting diets.”

The study’s authors write:

“These preliminary data offer promise for the use of time-restricted feeding as a weight loss technique in obese adults, but longer-term, large-scale randomized controlled trials [are required].

The 16:8 diet is another tool for weight loss that we now have preliminary scientific evidence to support.

When it comes to weight loss, people need to find what works for them because even small amounts of success can lead to improvements in metabolic health.”

The study was published in the journal Nutrition and Healthy Aging (Gabel et al., 2018).

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Signs of intelligence include better rhythm, liking dark humour, being prone to worry, sleeping late, high self-control and new ideas.

Signs of intelligence are many and varied and go way beyond a standard IQ test.

This is partly because intelligence has so many different aspects to it.

Here are 22 signs of intelligence, some of which might surprise you.

1. Rhythmic signs of intelligence

People with high IQs find it easier to keep time, research finds.

This has nothing to do with being musical, just the simple ability to tap out a regular rhythm.

Good timing seems to be built in at a fundamental level to the brains of more intelligent people, making it one of the subtler signs of intelligence.

Brain scans also revealed a link between high intelligence, ability to keep time and more white matter in parts of the brain linked to planning, problem solving and managing time.

2. Dreaming signs of intelligence

Being a daydreamer is a sign of intelligence and being creative, research concludes.

The result comes from a study in which over 100 people had their brains scanned while they stared at a fixed point for five minutes.

The researchers wanted to see how their brains worked in unison when they were given nothing in particular to do.

People whose brains worked more efficiently had greater intellectual abilities and also reported more daydreaming in their everyday lives.

3. Funny signs of intelligence

People who appreciate dark humour are likely to be more intelligent, research finds.

Those who prefer twisted comedy also score higher on tests of emotional stability.

To get twisted humour, it seems you need to be laidback and clever.

The reason intelligence may be linked to appreciating dark humour is that it can take a little work.

4. Signs of intelligence and mental illness

Disorders of mood could be the price some people pay for high intelligence, recent research finds.

Psychologists have found that higher childhood IQ is linked to features of bipolar disorder in young adulthood.

The research adds fuel to the debate over the connection between intelligence, creativity and mental health issues.

Other studies now suggest a link between intelligence and mental illness that may go back into our evolutionary past.

The increased signs of intelligence of Homo sapiens was originally a result of gene mutations.

The cost of these gene mutations, however, may have been an increase in mental illness (Nithianantharajah et al., 2012).

Other studies on this do not agree, though, finding that people with high IQs enjoy better mental health.

5. Perceptual signs of intelligence

Having stronger basic perceptual skills is another of many signs of intelligence, research finds.

For example, they can tell which way objects are moving more quickly.

They are also better at blocking out background information to make their judgement.

A higher IQ makes the brain faster at a fundamental level.

6. Worrying signs of intelligence

People of high intelligence are more prone to anxiety than those of moderate intelligence.

Indeed, anxiety may have co-evolved with intelligence — worrying may have given early humans a survival benefit in the ancient past (Coplan et al., 2012).

It’s just a pity that…

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