Is Intermittent Fasting A Heart Risk?
Itās the hottest diet fad outside of Ozempic and all the new drugs that are sweeping the nation and even got the great Oprah on it. Ā Before all that it was all about Intermittent Fasting or as the people in the know call it, I.F.
When did Intermittent Fasting become popular?
The Intermittent Fasting fad started getting popular around 2013 when a British Doctor and BBC television presenter filmed a documentary on it. Dr. Michael Mosley needed to lose weight after learning that he was what is called a T.O.F.I, an acronym for Thin On The Outside, Fat on The Inside.
He understood that the concept of intermittent fasting was showing great results for people that found it difficult to stick to a diet that included counting calories and restricting certain foods.
The idea was you could eat what you wanted if it was limited to a certain window of eating. For Dr Mosley that meant eat normally for 5 days and restricting calories to 800 on the 2 other days. It was called the 5:2 Diet.
if you ever tried that diet, you will know it is pretty difficult to adhere to it. Mainly because people confuse the idea of eating whatever they want it on the five days. Which lead to excessive calories. The two restricted days were very difficult to maintain because you were only about 800 calorie a day. If youāve ever counted calories, you know how difficult that would be.
Intermittent fasting became more of a daily approach, where if you limited your eating to an eight hour period and eat healthy you would lose the weight.
People that stuck to the diet lost a lot of weight quickly. There are Facebook groups dedicated to the concept of Intermittent Fasting. You can fin plenty of books on the subject as well.
But now, the question is intermittent fasting a heart risk?
Intermittent fasting has become a popular way to lose weight the last few years.Ā But a new study found it could end up giving you a HEART ATTACK.
Researchers looked at the health records of more than 20,000 adults over 15 years, and found a 91% higher risk of dying from cardiovascular disease.
That’s the number for people who followed a 16:8 eating schedule.Ā That means all your meals are in an eight-hour window, and you fast for 16 hours.
It’s not clear why that would be the case, since other research has found intermittent fasting can lower blood pressure and cholesterol.
They noted that the study didn’t prove anything.Ā They just found an “association” between an eight-hour eating window and cardiovascular death.Ā So maybe take all this with a grain of salt.Ā (AHAĀ /Ā Study Finds)
