Medicine is Much More Complex than a Media Soundbite

Today (March 19th, 2024), the media airwaves and the internet, along with social media, were flooded with reports of a “study” that found that the dietary approach of intermittent fasting adversely affects cardiovascular health. In fact, the American Heart Association (AHA) webpage title proclaimed “8-hour time-restricted eating linked to a 91% higher risk of cardiovascular death.”1 When I heard of this stud y, as a practicing cardiologist who had followed outcomes pertaining to intermittent fasting and published on the effects of fasting,2 as well as taken part in intermittent fasting and time restricted eating myself, as well as recommended the technique to certain of my own patients, I sought out thi s study for further review.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Commentary Source Type: research