Yin azumi na wucin gadi ya ƙunshi yin gajeru amma na yau da kullun. Akwai nau'i-nau'i da yawa: tsarin 16/8, wanda ya ƙunshi yada abinci sama da sa'o'i 8 a rana da kuma yin azumin sauran sa'o'i 16, misali ta hanyar cin abinci na musamman daga 13 zuwa 21 na yamma, kowace rana. Hakanan ana iya yin azumi awanni 24 a mako, zai fi dacewa a rana ɗaya kowane mako.

An yi nazarin azumin sa'o'i 24 a cikin binciken Utah akan mutane 200 masu lafiya¹. Sakamakon ya nuna cewa damuwa ko yunwar da azumi ke haifarwa yana inganta kona kitse, kuma ya haifar da karuwa mai yawa a matakin girma na hormones (GH), a cikin adadin 2000% na maza da 1300% a cikin maza. mata. Wannan hormone yana taimakawa wajen adana ƙwayar tsoka da daidaita matakan glucose na jini, wanda ke da tasirin rage haɗarin zama mai jure insulin ko haɓaka ciwon sukari.

Bugu da ƙari, yin azumi na lokaci-lokaci zai yi yaƙi da damuwa na oxidative don haka kiyaye matasan kwakwalwa, da ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya da ayyukan koyo.².

C. Laurie, Yin azumi lokaci zuwa lokaci, mai kyau ga lafiyar zuciya da jijiyoyin jini da kuma layi, www.lanutrition.fr, 2013 [consulted on 17.03.15] MC Jacquier, Fa'idodin azumi na lokaci-lokaci, www.lanutrition.fr, 2013 kuma 17.03.15]