NEW ARTICLE: The attack on FASTING has begun:
"Fasting for 16 or more hours per day RAISES risk of dying from heart problems by almost double, 20-year analysis finds"
UK's Daily Mail reported this headline on Mar.18, 2024
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— William Makis MD (@MakisMD) March 19, 2024
The safety of intermittent fasting, a popular strategy to lose weight by limiting food intake to certain times, was called into question by a surprise finding from research presented at a medical meeting.
Limiting mealtimes to a period of just eight hours a day was linked to a 91% increase in risk of death from heart disease in the study, which was released on Monday in Chicago. The American Heart Association published only an abstract, leaving scientists speculating about details of the study protocol. The study was reviewed by other experts prior to its release, according to the AHA.