New study claims intermittent fasting increases chances of fatal heart disease by 91%

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Intermittent fasting increases risk of deadly heart disease: new study

A new study has shown that intermittent fasting, a common weight management strategy, may be more harmful in the long term than initially thought.

Apparently, restricting your food intake to just eight hours a day can increase your risk of dying from heart disease by a whopping 91%.

The American Heart Association (AHA) presented a summary of the study March 18 at the Lifestyle Science Sessions conference in Chicago.

But the lack of detail in the summary has other scientists wondering whether other variables, such as respondents’ health status, are skewing the test results.

Research shows intermittent fasting is associated with death from cardiovascular disease

According to Bloomberg, Professor Victor Zhong of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine led the study.

Source: VeryWell Health

It consists of data from 20,000 adults from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Approximately 50% of patients were men with an average age of 48 years.

The study derived the numbers from respondents’ responses to a questionnaire and mortality data from 2003 to 2019.

It is currently unknown how long the patient had been on intermittent fasting. However, study leader Professor Zhong said in an email to Bloomberg that the study assumes patients continue with treatment.

Patients who fasted were also more likely to be young men with higher body mass index, more food insecurity, and lower prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.

“Although we controlled for all these variables in our analysis, there remains a positive association between eight-hour time-restricted eating and cardiovascular disease mortality,” he added.

Other scientists question accuracy due to lack of information

Other scientists in the field say the study is fraught with inaccuracies because it relies in part on a form that asks respondents to recall their food intake over two days, Bloomberg reports. It is pointed out that there may be.

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The study’s lack of specificity in variables such as underlying heart health and other conditions also contributed to skepticism.

“This study is extremely important in demonstrating the need for long-term research into the effects of this practice. However, this summary leaves many questions unanswered.” Keith Fullen, professor of human metabolism, said in a statement to the UK Science Media Centre.

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