Whether due to the burden of responsibilities or wanting to lose weight, many people spend several hours without eating food and currently the practice of intermittent fastingHowever, this can be very dangerous for your health, since it has been revealed that doing this shoot he risk of death by cardiovascular disease.
He fast It is the practice of abstaining from eating or drinking, or both, for a specified period of time, but recently it has become popular to resort to intermittent fastingwhich is an eating pattern that involves alternating periods of fast with periods of normal feeding. It is not a diet in itself, but rather a way of structuring meals throughout the day.
Intermittent fasting is riskier for those who limit their eating to eight hours a day
There are reports that the intermittent fasting can lead to weight loss or improve metabolism, however, it has now been scientifically revealed that doing this practice shoot he risk of death by cardiovascular diseasebut it is applied in a specific number of hours.
A study published in the American Heart Association's journal “Circulation” found an association between intermittent fasting with an older risk of death by cardiovascular disease. The analysis carried out with more than 20,000 adults has determined that those people who limit their diet to eight hours a day, a method known as 16:8, since it consists of fasting for 16 hours and eating during the remaining 8 hours of the day, have 91% more likely to die from this health problem, compared to those who have an even stricter diet with longer periods of fasting.
“Restricting daily eating time to a short period, such as 8 hours a day, has become popular in recent years as a way to lose weight and improve heart health (…) but the long-term effects are not known.” term,” said Victor Wenze Zhong, lead author of the study.
Before doing the intermittent fastingit is necessary for people to consult their health status with their doctor and a nutrition specialist tells them if they can use this method, or it is better to provide them with some type of diet to obtain the desired results. “It is essential that patients, especially those with heart disease or cancer, are aware of the relationship between an 8-hour eating interval and an increased risk of cardiovascular death”concluded the author of the study.