Well, new research says intermittent fasting may cause some health
risks.
News 12 Connecticut's Angelica Taruno joins us now in the
studio with what medical experts are saying.
Angelica A study found that the practice of intermittent fasting
could actually increase long term risk of dying from heart
disease.
The findings were presented at an American Heart Association meeting
in Chicago this week.
Intermittent fasting is a type of dining that is based
on time restrictions.
Most people will eat for 8 hours and fast for
16 hours.
Other very in the timings,
but the premise is to eat less calories,
which result in losing weight.
But recent data based on a study of 20,000 adults
that followed an 8 hour intermittent fasting found that those
adults had a 91%
higher risk of dying from heart disease compared to others
that followed a more traditional eating pattern.
But medical experts like Doctor Neil Flock,
A bariatric surgeon, says this finding isn't something to be
much of concern just yet.
I wouldn't change your diet yet,
everybody.
Should be treated as an individual and the diet still
could be good for you.
Later today, I'll explain what Doctor Flock believes you should
do before changing any of your eating habits in Joe.