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Fasting diets may raise risk of diabetes
- mtgx 8y agoSome more info here: > “The exact method is unclear from the abstract, but if the rats were fasted for one day, this is equivalent to an approximately 3 to 4 week fast in humans! So it’s not applicable to the 24-hour or 48-hour fasts practised by humans on common fasting diets. http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-unpublished-poster-presentation-on-diabetes-and-fasting-as-presented-at-the-european-society-of-endocrinology-annual-meeting-ece-2018/ http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-unpubli...
- koolhead17 8y agoNot sure if the evidence is trustworthy.
- virtuallynathan 8y agoThis article takes a preliminary paper on Rats and turns it into a sensational article; the paper is titled “Intermittent fasting for three months decreases pancreatic islet mass and increases insulin resistance in Wistar rats” Full abstract: https://www.endocrine-abstracts.org/ea/0056/ea0056p519 https://www.endocrine-abstracts.org/ea/0056/ea0056p519 The full paper isn’t out yet it seems.