MADRID (EFE).—Intermittent fasting consists of restricting daily eating to a window of 4 to 12 hours and not eating anything else the rest of the day.
Most of those who follow this regimen eat in 8 hours and fast for 16.
A study of more than 20,000 adults has revealed that people who limit their eating to less than 8 hours are 91% more likely to die from cardiovascular disease compared to those who eat between 12 and 16 hours a day.
The results of this research were presented yesterday at the 2024 Scientific Sessions on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolism of Epidemiology and Prevention of the American Heart Association, an annual meeting being held this week in Chicago and at which the latest research will be presented. studies on health, well-being and lifestyle.
“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 truth is that “the effects are not known.” in the long term,” warns Victor Wenze Zhong, lead author of the study and head of epidemiology at the School of Medicine at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
To find out, the authors did a study with 20,000 adults, reviewed information on the dietary patterns of participants in the annual National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) from 2003 to 2018 and compared it with data on people died in the United States between 2003 and 2019.
The analysis found that those who ate less than 8 hours a day had a 91% higher risk of death from cardiovascular disease and noted a higher risk of cardiovascular death in people who had heart disease or cancer.
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Approximately 20,000 adults with an average age of 49 years participated (half men and half women) who were followed for 8 to 17 years. 73.3% of participants were white, 11% were Hispanic, 8% were black, and the remaining 6.9% were of another race.
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2024-04-15 17:33:05