Does Intermittent Fasting Increase Heart Attack Risk 91%?

Sigh. Nutrition research is often bad, and how we talk about it is even worse. If you believe the hype from the past several years, intermittent fasting doesn’t only help you lose weight, it may go so far as to prolong your life. So what do we do with new data suggesting it significantly increases your risk for cardiovascular disease?

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