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Except there's literally a result out this week linking fasting (specifically 16+ hour intermittent fasting) with a 91% increase in cardiovascular disease death
by ajross 3y ago
Except there's literally a result out this week linking fasting (specifically 16+ hour intermittent fasting) with a 91% increase in cardiovascular disease deaths, which if it holds up would utterly swamp any incremental improvements to alzheimers risk.
No free lunch in personal health decisions, alas. Really the only good advice is stick to well-established science, be healthy in general, avoid internet advice, and don't sweat the small stuff.
- freddie_mercury 3y agoThe results unfortunately are too vague to support that interpretation. There was no causal linkage because they couldn't determine why people were fasting: suppressed appetite due to illness, suppressed appetite due to being a smoker (which is very common), skipping meals due to poverty. It also found that while cardiovascular deaths increased by 91% overall deaths were completely unchanged...which is a bit difficult to reconcile.
- ajross 3y ago> The results unfortunately are too vague to support that interpretation. I think you completely missed the point. Sure, it's a new result and being an outlier needs to be treated with care (which I believe I said). It's still a more rigorous finding of health effect than anything in the grandparent's comment about how you should fast to avoid Alzheimer's. Ergo advice like that is bad.
- FrustratedMonky 3y agoThank You It seems counterintuitive, and opposite of what is promoted. I'll have to check it out more. But from AHA, this is enough of a dramatic result to at least follow up on. 8-hour time-restricted eating linked to a 91% higher risk of cardiovascular death https://newsroom.heart.org/news/8-hour-time-restricted-eating-linked-to-a-91-higher-risk-of-cardiovascular-death https://newsroom.heart.org/news/8-hour-time-restricted-eatin...