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https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/esoe-cif051618.php https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/esoe-cif0516... warns you intermittent fastin

by chx 6y ago

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/esoe-cif051618.php https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/esoe-cif0516... warns you intermittent fasting diets could increase diabetes risk. I wish I had data from before but after I attempted intermittent fasting I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. It's possible I had it before, I alas haven't had blood work done for a few years prior. I changed my diet, never attempted fasting again and the 6.8 HbA1c dropped to and stayed steady at 5.3 almost immediately.

mandelbrotwurst 6y ago
Interesting... that sort of makes sense to me maybe because by going for longer periods of time without resupply (and carbs / sugar), seems like you'd be putting more strain on your systems to keep yourself in equilibrium (blood sugar and otherwise) longer, wearing out that capacity more quickly.
danielheath 6y ago
Fasting will make any deficiencies in your blood sugar regulation very, very obvious.
marttt 6y ago
I've been worried about this as well. A lenghty Harvard blog post from 2018 indicates that a 8-hour 7am-3pm feeding period gave better health-related results than an 12-hour 7am-7pm feeding period. In other words, 'timing is key': https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/intermittent-fasting-surprising-update-2018062914156 https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/intermittent-fasting-sur... Interestingly, the researcher doesn't discuss skipping breakfast. I've been skipping for several years with a somewhat uneasy feeling and a growing phobia for diabetes. I'll probably try the 3pm/7pm to 7am fast instead; maybe my body doesn't tolerate skipping breakfast as well as I would like it to.
andreareina 6y ago
... in rats, doing alternate-day fasting. Regardless, good on you for getting better.
pbhjpbhj 6y ago
This https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23516479 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23516479 contradicts your assertion, I don't know which of you is right.
tim333 6y ago
That link doesn't seem to have much evidence, just some speculation that it might increase risk. There was a small study here where: >recruited three men, ages 40 to 67, with type 2 diabetes ... >Eighteen days into the study, all three men lost 10 to 18 percent of their body weight, trimmed their waist circumferences, no longer had to take insulin, and reduced their oral medication. (Two of the three men completely got off their medication during this time frame.) https://www.everydayhealth.com/type-2-diabetes/diet/intermittent-fasting-helps-reverse-type-2-diabetes-men-study/ https://www.everydayhealth.com/type-2-diabetes/diet/intermit... So hopefully it's ok though n=3 is not many.

by chx 6y ago

mandelbrotwurst 6y ago

Interesting... that sort of makes sense to me maybe because by going for longer periods of time without resupply (and carbs / sugar), seems like you'd be putting more strain on your systems to keep yourself in equilibrium (blood sugar and otherwise) longer, wearing out that capacity more quickly.

danielheath 6y ago

Fasting will make any deficiencies in your blood sugar regulation very, very obvious.

marttt 6y ago

I've been worried about this as well. A lenghty Harvard blog post from 2018 indicates that a 8-hour 7am-3pm feeding period gave better health-related results than an 12-hour 7am-7pm feeding period. In other words, 'timing is key': https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/intermittent-fasting-surprising-update-2018062914156 https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/intermittent-fasting-sur... Interestingly, the researcher doesn't discuss skipping breakfast. I've been skipping for several years with a somewhat uneasy feeling and a growing phobia for diabetes. I'll probably try the 3pm/7pm to 7am fast instead; maybe my body doesn't tolerate skipping breakfast as well as I would like it to.

andreareina 6y ago

... in rats, doing alternate-day fasting. Regardless, good on you for getting better.

pbhjpbhj 6y ago

This https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23516479 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23516479 contradicts your assertion, I don't know which of you is right.

tim333 6y ago

That link doesn't seem to have much evidence, just some speculation that it might increase risk. There was a small study here where: >recruited three men, ages 40 to 67, with type 2 diabetes ... >Eighteen days into the study, all three men lost 10 to 18 percent of their body weight, trimmed their waist circumferences, no longer had to take insulin, and reduced their oral medication. (Two of the three men completely got off their medication during this time frame.) https://www.everydayhealth.com/type-2-diabetes/diet/intermittent-fasting-helps-reverse-type-2-diabetes-men-study/ https://www.everydayhealth.com/type-2-diabetes/diet/intermit... So hopefully it's ok though n=3 is not many.