A new study of more than 20,000 adults found that those who followed an 8-hour time-restricted eating regimen, a sort of intermittent fasting, had a 91% higher chance of dying from cardiovascular disease, according to Newsroom.
The study found that those with heart disease or cancer had a higher risk of cardiovascular death. Compared to a usual eating pattern of 12–16 hours per day, restricting food intake to less than 8 hours per day was not associated with a longer lifespan.
According to experts, people who adopt an intermittent fasting diet during Ramadan limit the times of day they eat, but they are not compelled to stop eating certain items or reduce the calorie level of their diet.
Intermittent fasting is a unique method of calorie reduction. The majority of intermittent fasting investigations were conducted on animals rather than people. As a result, the findings of intermittent fasting study have been equivocal.
Furthermore, it ranks on par with, if not better than, calorie restriction for weight loss, according to several research.
Intermittent fasting has also been linked to a longer life and a healthier body. Furthermore, certain research suggest that it may promote insulin resistance in order to prevent or fight diabetes.
It also applies to blood pressure, triglycerides, and cholesterol, which are all important for heart health.
Intermittent fasting, while not the cause of death, may be a predictor of death, according to Victor Wenze Zhong, chairperson of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
However, while this form of fasting is not always lethal, it can cause a variety of health issues.
