168 fasting method may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease by 90%? Doctor: These two kinds of diet are good for heart health

The 168 fasting method is a popular diet strategy that involves eating within an 8-hour period each day and avoiding all calories for the remaining 16 hours. This method is simple and easy to follow. Many domestic and foreign celebrities have successfully lost weight using it, so it has attracted many followers. However, the latest research published by the American Heart Association recently pointed out that this dietary pattern may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, especially in people with cardiovascular disease or cancer, but this statement is still controversial and needs further research.

The main author of the study is Zhong Wenzhe, a scholar from the School of Public Health at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He originally wanted to study the relationship between 168-hour fasting and reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease, but the results were unexpected. The study analyzed the dietary patterns of 20,000 American adults with an average age of 49 between 2003 and 2018. The results showed that those who restricted their eating time to less than 8 hours a day had a 91% higher risk of death from heart disease than those who ate between 12 and 16 hours a day. Among them, people with cardiovascular disease who limit their daily eating time to 8 hours are 66% more likely to die from heart disease or stroke than those who do not implement it.

It is important to note that this study is observational and cannot establish cause and effect. The key is to find out why the study population could only eat within 8 hours. For example, people may have poor appetite due to illness or be unable to eat properly due to working overtime late at night, which results in them only eating within 8 hours a day rather than voluntarily fasting in a planned manner. The increased risk of cardiovascular disease in this group of people may be due to their poor health rather than the fasting method. Further research is needed to draw a definitive conclusion.

Li Yinghao, attending physician of the Department of Cardiology at the Yang-Ming Branch of Taipei City United Hospital, reminds that patients with cardiovascular diseases should measure their blood pressure regularly. He suggests that it is more important to pay attention to what you eat rather than when you eat. You can focus on eating habits that have been proven to improve heart health, such as DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension), pescetarian (fish diet) and Mediterranean diet. Promoting heart health through diet is more effective.

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