Intermittent fasting for weight loss in obese patients

Kellie Blake, RDN, LD, IFNCP

July 28, 2020
Bill Oxford/Unsplash
Obesity is a complex disease with many potential treatment avenues. In my traditional training to become a registered dietitian, I learned to encourage my overweight and obese patients to simply reduce their food intake by 500 calories per day on average to experience healthy, gradual weight loss. Fasting, despite its history of successful use in a variety of religious and medical settings, was considered unhealthy, inappropriate, and a fad diet not to be recommended. That was over 20 years…
gold-icon-ko.png.medium.800x800.pngBecome a Gold Member to Access this Content
About the Author:

Kellie Blake, RDN, LD, IFNCP

Kellie Blake

 Kellie Blake RDN, LD, IFNCP, is a registered dietitian specializing in functional nutrition. She graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2001 and is licensed to practice dietetics in West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky. Kellie was named a Top Ten Dietitian by Today’s Dietitian magazine in 2015. In addition to her work as both a psychiatric and enteral nutrition dietitian, Kellie co-owns a private practice, NutriSense Nutrition Consulting, LLC, where she uses a functional nutrition approach to help her clients regain their health and quality of life. Kellie is a functional medicine writer and is the social media coordinator for the Integrative and Functional Nutrition Academy. After a life-long battle with autoimmune disease, Kellie was introduced to functional medicine and nutrition and has been able to successfully reverse her own autoimmune disease symptoms. She has published two cookbooks:  The Psoriasis Diet Cookbook and Psoriasis Cookbook + Meal Plan.

© 2024 Diversified Communications. All rights reserved.
Diversified Communications