{"id":2591,"date":"2024-03-20T14:29:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T15:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=2591"},"modified":"2024-03-20T15:32:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T15:32:47","slug":"what-to-know-about-intermittent-fasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=2591","title":{"rendered":"What to Know About Intermittent Fasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-bo4jmi e12nqm5i0\" id=\"link-2fd7d53c\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">The Latest<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">You may have seen the headlines: \u201cIntermittent fasting linked to 91 percent increase in risk of death from heart disease\u201d; \u201cThe intermittent fasting trend may pose risks to your heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The news came from <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abstractsonline.com\/pp8\/#!\/20343\/presentation\/379\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">an abstract<\/a> presented Monday at an American Heart Association conference in Chicago. The study has not yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal, and experts cautioned that it had many limitations. Here\u2019s what we know.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-medium css-mqw7kw e1g7ppur0\" aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\">\n<div class=\"css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-figure\"><\/div><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-gbc9ki ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-1u46b97 e1z0qqy90\"><span><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Getty Images<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-vlsv4n e12nqm5i0\" id=\"link-7101f615\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">The Background<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Intermittent fasting involves cycling between eating and fasting for specific periods of time. A common approach, for example, is to eat only within an eight-hour window each day, said Krista Varady, a professor of nutrition at the University of Illinois Chicago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Several short-term trials have suggested that this eating style can lead to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/cell-metabolism\/fulltext\/S1550-4131(23)00454-0\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">some weight loss<\/a> and may lower blood pressure and improve <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamanetworkopen\/fullarticle\/2811116\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">blood sugar control<\/a> in certain people, she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But the longest intermittent fasting trial lasted only <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acpjournals.org\/doi\/10.7326\/M23-0052?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">one year<\/a>, said Victor Wenze Zhong, lead author of the new study and an epidemiologist at Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine in China. His aim, he said, was to look at longer term health.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-vlsv4n e12nqm5i0\" id=\"link-58147e68\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">The Research<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The new study included more than 20,000 adults from the United States. The participants completed two questionnaires, less than two weeks apart, about what time they ate on the previous day. The researchers then calculated the participants\u2019 average eating windows and assumed it was their typical schedule for the rest of the study, Dr. Zhong said. The participants were followed for an average of eight years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">During that time, the participants who limited their eating to eight hours in a day had a 91 percent greater chance of dying from cardiovascular disease than those who ate over a 12- to 16-hour time frame, the researchers reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But there were just 414 people in the eight-hour eating group, Dr. Zhong said. And they tended to be younger; less educated and wealthy; have less access to food; and be more likely to smoke than the other participants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The researchers accounted for these factors in their analysis, Dr. Zhong said. But the study did not show that this style of eating caused deaths from cardiovascular disease, only that the two were linked.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1336jj\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-171d1bw\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\">\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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The study has not yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal, and experts cautioned that it had many limitations. Here\u2019s what we know.Getty ImagesThe BackgroundIntermittent fasting involves cycling between eating and fasting for specific periods of time. A common approach, for example, is to eat only within an eight-hour window each day, said Krista Varady, a professor of nutrition at the University of Illinois Chicago.Several short-term trials have suggested that this eating style can lead to some weight loss and may lower blood pressure and improve blood sugar control in certain people, she said.But the longest intermittent fasting trial lasted only one year, said Victor Wenze Zhong, lead author of the new study and an epidemiologist at Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine in China. His aim, he said, was to look at longer term health.The ResearchThe new study included more than 20,000 adults from the United States. The participants completed two questionnaires, less than two weeks apart, about what time they ate on the previous day. The researchers then calculated the participants\u2019 average eating windows and assumed it was their typical schedule for the rest of the study, Dr. Zhong said. The participants were followed for an average of eight years.During that time, the participants who limited their eating to eight hours in a day had a 91 percent greater chance of dying from cardiovascular disease than those who ate over a 12- to 16-hour time frame, the researchers reported.But there were just 414 people in the eight-hour eating group, Dr. Zhong said. And they tended to be younger; less educated and wealthy; have less access to food; and be more likely to smoke than the other participants.The researchers accounted for these factors in their analysis, Dr. Zhong said. 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