Health Effects of Diets (High-Fiber Diet and Intermittent Fasting) on Experimental Animals

Abstract

The study was conducted on 24 males of sexually mature white mice at the age of 7-8 weeks and weighing 20-30 ± 2 g, four treatments were used in this study, where 6 mice were isolated for first treatment (without any treatment), mice in the second group were fattened with animal fat by 30% until the end of the experiment for a period of (40) days, while the third and fourth groups were fattened in the same way as the second group for a period of 10 days, then the third group was treated with the fasting system, and the fourth group was treated with the fiber system for a month. This study aimed to determine the effect of treatment with a fasting regimen and fiber regimen on body weight and to know the effect on Intestinal tissue bioavailability. The results showed that there is a significant decrease in weight after fasting and after eating fiber (±2.57, ±3.29) respectively, compared to treatment after fattening (±3.81). It is clear from the results of the current study that fasting and fiber have a positive effect on weight reduction in male mice and intestinal bioavailability.