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yet everyone in the comments is sounding off as if this scientifically proves their random anecdotes about fasting

by sparrc 6y ago

andy_ppp 6y ago
What’s wrong with fasting, isn’t it likely to increase life expectancy. I certainly feel better from this attempt at Ramadan (not religious just interested to try it as flat mate is Syrian). What evidence do you have that fasting -> less inflammation -> better ageing is wrong?
- loopz 6y ago
  Fasting is good when following recommendations. But people in West are very ignorant about the practice still. It's natural to be sceptical about foreign practices, until they become medicine.
- f6v 6y ago
  > What evidence do you have that fasting -> less inflammation -> better ageing is wrong? It’s wrong to frame the question as you did. The evidence should be provided to prove something, not disprove it. Is there enough evidence that fasting ultimately leads to better aging? If so, for which groups of people? Is there any underlying condition that negates the effect? That’s how science work, not the other way around.
  - Out_of_Characte 6y ago
    >Is there enough evidence that fasting ultimately leads to better aging? There never is any evidence than anything leads to better aging because longevity studies are notoriously expensive, hard to do, and prone to be inconclusive. like those diet studies that pinhole certain foods like chili peppers which supposedly reduce vascular disease. https://newsroom.heart.org/news/people-who-eat-chili-pepper-may-live-longer https://newsroom.heart.org/news/people-who-eat-chili-pepper-... "eating chili pepper has an anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anticancer and blood-glucose regulating effect" Similar things have been said for fasting. But just like people who eat chili peppers in these studies, they differ from the normal population, most likely in more ways than just consuming chili peppers. even though there is significant consensus, like this article also affirms, that reducing inflammation might help you live longer. You could test the theory more conclusively if you had 100.000 people participating in fasting over entire generations but you'd also have to account for changes in their diet as response to such insane study. I bet everyone would think longer and harder over shoving high-sugar foods in their mouths after explicitly consuming nothing for a period of time.
  - andy_ppp 6y ago
    I guess we will see who is right once the studies are done. There is definitely proof that fasting reduces inflammation, if reducing inflammation helps with ageing is being worked on by people like David Sinclair at Harvard and others.

yet everyone in the comments is sounding off as if this scientifically proves their random anecdotes about fasting

by sparrc 6y ago

yet everyone in the comments is sounding off as if this scientifically proves their random anecdotes about fasting

What’s wrong with fasting, isn’t it likely to increase life expectancy. I certainly feel better from this attempt at Ramadan (not religious just interested to try it as flat mate is Syrian). What evidence do you have that fasting -> less inflammation -> better ageing is wrong?

loopz 6y ago
Fasting is good when following recommendations. But people in West are very ignorant about the practice still. It's natural to be sceptical about foreign practices, until they become medicine.
f6v 6y ago
> What evidence do you have that fasting -> less inflammation -> better ageing is wrong? It’s wrong to frame the question as you did. The evidence should be provided to prove something, not disprove it. Is there enough evidence that fasting ultimately leads to better aging? If so, for which groups of people? Is there any underlying condition that negates the effect? That’s how science work, not the other way around.
- Out_of_Characte 6y ago
  >Is there enough evidence that fasting ultimately leads to better aging? There never is any evidence than anything leads to better aging because longevity studies are notoriously expensive, hard to do, and prone to be inconclusive. like those diet studies that pinhole certain foods like chili peppers which supposedly reduce vascular disease. https://newsroom.heart.org/news/people-who-eat-chili-pepper-may-live-longer https://newsroom.heart.org/news/people-who-eat-chili-pepper-... "eating chili pepper has an anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anticancer and blood-glucose regulating effect" Similar things have been said for fasting. But just like people who eat chili peppers in these studies, they differ from the normal population, most likely in more ways than just consuming chili peppers. even though there is significant consensus, like this article also affirms, that reducing inflammation might help you live longer. You could test the theory more conclusively if you had 100.000 people participating in fasting over entire generations but you'd also have to account for changes in their diet as response to such insane study. I bet everyone would think longer and harder over shoving high-sugar foods in their mouths after explicitly consuming nothing for a period of time.
- andy_ppp 6y ago
  I guess we will see who is right once the studies are done. There is definitely proof that fasting reduces inflammation, if reducing inflammation helps with ageing is being worked on by people like David Sinclair at Harvard and others.