AHA FUD on Intermittent Fasting

(Jeff Pierson) #1

In this article on Fortune.com they grab people by the headline stating “Intermittent fasting linked to 91% increase in risk of death from heart disease, study says”, but are at least quick to point out the flaws and baselessness of the abstract that was published by the AHA. I haven’t seen this article discussed here so I thought I’d bring it up but in doing so I realized how many other posts have pointed out issues with the AHA and their stance on things from coconut oil to low carb lifestyle. I’d be interested in any insight people may have on the actual study or on the abstract.

(Bob M) #2

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It’s impossible to control for any variable in an analysis like this. What you’re doing is (1) guessing (2) based on your own biases.

(Jane) #3

I don’t believe it and it is obvious that keto and IF/EF threaten their status quo.

I can’t think of anyone on this board who stuck to keto and IF whose health declined. Everyone’s improved in many areas, includng my own.

I went from pre-diabetic and likely insulin resistant to a HOMA-IR score of 0.9 a year later (4.6 insulin, 83 glucose).

(KM) #4

OMG. LOL. And here’s the “younger man with food insecurity and a higher BMI” they highlight. :roll_eyes:

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(Bob M) #5

So, you’re studying younger, thinner men, and getting higher cardiovascular mortality?

(Bob M) #6

Oh, I see. It’s only an Abstract, so no one can get to the details.

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(KM) #7

No, they’re studying younger fatter men with food insecurity (which I would guess are younger men who are eating carbage because that’s all they have) who probably don’t have access to expensive medical care either, while picturing Mr. Fit and his bottle of fancy wine and demitasse coffee in his half million dollar apartment as an example of that so their readership will be drawn in and alarmed. :roll_eyes:

(Chuck) #8

I have even been told that by nurse practiceners. When I asked where they got that information the comment was from some report commissioned by the food industry. And we know the food industry wants to sell the processed crap they call food.

(Bill Kieger) #9

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: If true, our species would have gone extinct long ago! I doubt cavemen had pantry’s​:grin:

(Alec) #10

The AHA’s customers are drug and food companies. So they are serving their customers well.

Anybody looking for decent health advice from the AHA had better wise up and look elsewhere.

#11

I personally fully distrust an association that says eating a few eggs a day is harmful :slight_smile:
(And I remember they started to look more favorably on eggs several years ago…? They must have thought 0 is the only healthy amount before… Or IDK, I don’t care.)

(Chuck) #12

To be bluntly honest I find it extremely difficult to believe any study any more. Before I read any scientific research articles I investigate who funded the study, if it is funded by a corporation, I research what the corporation’s motivation is. I normally find that the corporation is only trying to bust its sales.
Both of my kids are degreed marketing experts so I hear their stories of what they do for the corporation’s that do marketing for. I also hear about the ones they refuse to work for, believe me the list of the ones they will not work for is much longer than the list they will work for. I will give you a hint they do no advertising for any food company.

(KM) #13

The marketing industry is horrifying, but this entire idiotic focus is not helped at all by every :+1: seeking media outlet just echoing the nonsense. One terrible clickbait “study” that appears to be evidence gathered directly from someone’s backside, and I’m seeing it on every news channel, health youtube, twitter, redit, instagram and probably tindr listing in creation. Out of 8 billion people on the planet, I’d bet 4 billion have heard this “news” about IF by now.

We have met the enemy, and he is us.

(Bob M) #14

Yes, I misread it initially and thought they had thinner men.

#15

It’s a study where subjects filled out questionnaires for only two days of a diet. -_-

#16

To be bluntly honest I find it extremely difficult to believe any study any more. Before I read any scientific research articles I investigate who funded the study, if it is funded by a corporation, I research what the corporation’s motivation is

This. This is me to a T. Kudos for not being among “the cattle”. Or I might have to eat you :rofl: