Just be aware that some recent studies showed that there are long term risks to cardiac health.
It’s still early, but IF may have some serious consequences if followed long term.
I have read some additional analysis on that study and there is definitely nuance. The study was not focusing on IF, but rather those who recalled only eating within a certain period of day for a long period of time. This wasn’t just intentional IF, but also people who couldn’t eat throughout the day because of scheduling or financial issues, both of which could be additional risk factors. They didn’t check for other health conditions, financial conditions, anything.
Basically, be very, very careful with correlation and causation for any scientific studies that don’t draw that line very explicitly. I’m excited to see more research done.
Agreed, it is being reported differently in different news postings, which can also be an issue with determining what the conclusions actually were.
Just something to be aware of, because if it ends up that intentional IF is as rough as unintentional IF, then it’s something to be avoided for long term dieting.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Intermittent fasting has taken off in popularity in recent years as an alternative to more traditional weight loss advice, including counting calories, which can be cumbersome and hard to sustain for some people.
Some research suggests this can be successful for weight loss in the short term because people end up eating less, but it has been less clear how well it works over a longer stretch of time.
Varady’s research finds that intermittent fasting can indeed help people lose weight and keep it off over the course of a year, with effects similar to tracking calories.
They’re doing it on their own," says Gilden, an associate professor of medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, who authored an editorial that was published alongside the new study.
But Peterson says previous research suggests that the legwork involved with calorie counting — what tends to be standard advice for people when they are counseled about weight loss — makes it hard to sustain.
The implication of this research is not that intermittent fasting is somehow an “excuse to change your diet for the worse,” says Dorothy Sears, a professor of nutrition at Arizona State University’s College of Health Solutions and executive director of clinical and community translational science.
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Why not both?
