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Fasting Might Be Good for Your Heart
From the AP via MSNBC.com:
Mormons have less heart disease — something doctors have long chalked up to their religion's ban on smoking. New research suggests that another of their "clean living" habits also may be helping their hearts: fasting for one day each month.--------------
A study in Utah, where the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is based, found that people who skipped meals once a month were about 40 percent less likely to be diagnosed with clogged arteries than those who did not regularly fast.
They concede that their study is far from proof that periodic fasting is good for anyone, but said the benefit they observed poses a theory [hypothesis! - LDSSR] that deserves further testing.
2 comments:
I have been following---somewhat---the research on caloric restriction. It's pretty shakey, but if you believe it then it says that chronic caloric restriction leads to longevity in rats, mice, dogs, worms, flies, and probably some more species that I've forgotten. The question I always had was, "What about intermittent fasting?" As you know, many genes are regulated by periodic signals, so I found the present study very interesting.
They do state an alternative hypothesis--that people who fast have better control of their eating habits.
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