Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Intermittent Fasting Doubles Your Risk of Dying from a Heart Attack

Mar 31, 2024

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Debunking recent claims about intermittent fasting causing heart issues, highlighting credible studies showing its benefits. Studies show decreased body mass, inflammation, and waist circumference with fasting. Speaker humorously addresses adjusting eating habits and criticizes study's methodological limitations.

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Intermittent fasting, combined with resistance training, can lead to decreased body mass, fat mass, and inflammation, improving cardiovascular health.

Time-restricted eating for 18 hours can significantly reduce waist circumference and cardiovascular risk, contradicting recent negative claims about intermittent fasting.

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Intermittent Fasting and Heart Health

New research suggests that intermittent fasting within an 8-hour window may increase the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. The study indicates the importance of eating at night, snacking before bed, and starting to eat immediately upon waking up to protect the heart. Although fasting for over 16 hours may lower the risk of cancer, the study was criticized for its reliance on observational data and sponsored by the American Heart Association, raising doubts about its credibility and motives.

Exploring the Risks of Intermittent Fasting to Heart Health

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Analysis of Intermittent Fasting and Its Impact on Cardiovascular Health Studies

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Today, we’re going to talk about some of the recent news headlines claiming that fasting can wreak havoc on your cardiovascular system. This information was taken from an abstract (short summary) of an observational study sponsored by the American Heart Association.

The study was based on a 24-hour dietary recall, where participants had to recall everything they ate over a period of time. The author has also conducted observational studies that directly opposed red meat, eggs, and cholesterol.

Credible, peer-reviewed studies have shown numerous benefits of intermittent fasting and show that intermittent fasting actually supports cardiovascular health.

1. A single-blind randomized study examined the long-term effects of time-restricted eating with resistance training over 12 months. Participants saw a significant decrease in body mass, fat mass, and inflammation.

They experienced increased insulin sensitivity and a more balanced lipid profile without adverse effects. Intermittent fasting was deemed safe and effective for improving cardiovascular function.

2. A non-randomized controlled clinical trial for time-restricted feeding and its effect on body composition and cardiovascular risk found that 18 hours of fasting significantly decreased waist circumference and cardiovascular risk.

3. A systematic review of intermittent fasting with cardiometabolic risk factors looked at four randomized controlled trials. The results demonstrated that intermittent fasting significantly reduced body weight, waist circumference, body mass, fat mass, blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides, and fasting insulin levels.

4. One study evaluated a 16-hour fasting eating pattern with an 8-hour eating window on breast cancer survivors for 8 weeks. Results demonstrated a significant decrease in cardiovascular risk.

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

https://link.springer.com/article/10....

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/...

https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016...