03/19/24 Editor’s note: The research authors have shared their full poster presentation for updated details about their research abstract. Please see the digital file attached, in the right hand column for these details. The most current statistics, ...
Although I would say it’s definitely wise to take a break from IF based on this preliminary data, there are a lot of unanswered questions about the individual diets, participants, and funding related to this study. It’s possible with more info that one may still be able to practice IF with relative safety. We won’t know until the full study has been scrutinized.
Hm. I am curious to see what the full study has to say. And as with any study, one isn’t usually enough; hopefully more such studies will follow.
Regarding the short-term benefits, from the article:
I don’t quite follow the bit about “…categorization into the different windows of time-restricted eating was determined on the basis of just two days of dietary intake.” Like, they just assumed people were doing constant IF based on looking at two days? That seems like a potential for trouble. Like, maybe the people who died fell off the bandwagon or something, idk?