New Study States Intermittent Fasting can lead to early DEATH

What is going on I have warriors so today we have a interesting topic which is Doing intermittent fasting or doing any type of meal skipping Resulted in higher death rates based on a study that was posted And we'll talk about it. We'll talk about it soon. But one one thing I want to do is I want to give kudos to Terry rolled in 75. He wanted to see what my thoughts would be on this study He said I wanted wanted to hear your thoughts on the fasting study that states fasting can lead to early death I could not find the study, but I found an article discussing it and it was being discussed on Apple news now this is where my my plight for why Buzz titles and buzzwords and things that people know that will will get you know A community riled up or interested or to click through to read your article is if there's like these polarizing study Takes or study results that you could be like, oh, you know this study just you know, this study states That Intermittent fasting can lead to early deaths. This is crazy. And then that makes people go Oh Well, you know intermittent fasting because the study says it must lead to early deaths without actually looking at the study itself and understanding what that study is saying and it's almost irresponsible for those Those articles to even do that because they know what's gonna come of that They know what's gonna happen if they break it down that way they it's one thing to have the buzz title but then if you don't really break it down to even to In layman's terms, but break it down to in a way where people understand the pros and cons of what what's actually being Extrapolated from those studies so that they can make a more informed decision on what to do next, right? So first of all, I want to thank him for bringing this up I did find a study. I Had the study right here. It was posted in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Diet and dietetics Dietetics Here's the thing. This study was using the National Health and Nutrition Examination survey from 1999 to 2014 and I've used I've talked about the National Health and Nutrition Examination survey many times they use so many this this is basically a colon questionnaire Examination survey they started in 1999 and ended in 2014 and they basically have asked them so Many things so many things have been asked of these participants from this So so they test like oh, what what's a what are correlations that we're seeing or causations that we're seeing regarding? Their their health and their deaths as well And then one of the things that they are looking at here was when asked, you know Hey, did you eat three meals a day or what was your meal frequency? They saw that those who ate less who probably you know, just a one meal a day or skip breakfast or even just skip dinner or whatever it is They tend they tend to have higher death rates by sometimes even 80% Others by like 40% More depending on if it was that they skip breakfast or if it was that they skip dinner what have you right and it and it had a 185 thousand three hundred and ninety eight person years of follow-up period so these people were constantly following up constantly following up over the course of these years right 1999 to 2014 a Few caveats that you could a few things that you could already take out of this Beginning portion on the on the participant settings and how many participants 24,000 adults? Over the age of 40 years old and the fact that this happened around 1999 to 2014 Intermediate fasting right was not mainstream or in the public Zeitgeist or not really in the public Zeitgeist, but in in the public awareness for health and fitness until roughly until roughly around 2016 where it started to gain some traction, but really really exploded around 2018 2019 2017 it was growing but until around 2016 bare minimum intermediate fasting was not even a thing that was it was known that there was an understanding of it But it wasn't very mainstream. It wasn't popular. It wasn't something that was in the public consciousness the way for example eating multiple meals per day was Before you know before intermediate fasting started to come into the for into the forefront with other diets. So one 1999 to 2014 do you think that the people that were the majority of people that were doing one meal a day or the majority of people that were doing Skipping dinner or skipping breakfast or whatever and and doing intermediate fasting. Do you think that they were doing it on purpose? Do you think they were doing it with an intention to do it for physical health for? Health and fitness. Do you think that that was what was going on? Or do you think that there were? other Elements that were causing them not to be able to eat multiple times a day and then with that understanding What would lead to cardiovascular disease because that's what they saw They saw a higher risk of cardiovascular disease and then with the groups that were skipping dinner And skipping lunch. They saw a higher Risk for all-cause mortality, which means anything that that would kill them doesn't matter if it was because they were Smoking or whatever it is. They died Earlier than those who were doing three meals a day It was more likely that those who were with higher meal frequencies were doing it and Also living a healthier lifestyle because that what was that was what was being pushed at the time during this time frame as the healthier way to Rev up your metabolism or do what you need to do to get your nutrition and so on and so forth so they lived a healthier lifestyle or they Had they were more likely to live a healthier lifestyle Do you believe that these people that were doing intermittent fasting and doing one meal a day? We're doing it on purpose and living a healthier lifestyle No This is this is the problem with these kind of studies. A lot of people take A lot of people take Correlation and and pull from that causation But correlation is not causation It is simply correlation right if you walk across the street and get hit by a car That doesn't mean that walking across the street will automatically get you hit by a car You just happen to be walking across the street and happen to be getting hit by a car at that time, right? So it doesn't necessarily mean that because you do something something else will automatically happen. It is just Correlated it is not the cause of this and and and I could actually show you within the study itself When we look at the results And they talk about it here They show most participants fifty seven points fifty six point seven percent of the participants all 24,000 They ate three meals per day, which was the consensus at the time from 1999 to 2014 Compared with participants with three meals per day Participants eating fewer than three meals per day were more likely to be younger men non-hispanic black with less education and lower family income So that means quality of food is probably not as high because it costs more for higher qualities of food current smokers heavy alcohol Drinkers higher physical activity levels lower total energy intake and lower diet quality food insecure and higher frequency of snacks So they were not just not eating. They were also they were not just skipping meals They were also eating lower quality meals. They were also having They were smokers, right? They were heavy alcoholic drinkers, so they weren't even living a healthy overall an overall healthy lifestyle Therefore there were issues right there were issues With um, oh, sorry about that. There were issues with Their their their lifestyle in general. There were issues with their lifestyle in general They were they tend to be younger They you know, they were less educated lower income current smokers, right Quality lower lower diet quality, so They're taking see if somebody sat back and looked at this and if they put posted this in you know a like Apple news or whatever wherever they posted it as a person that does intermittent fasting today You would assume that this is looking at people that are doing intermittent fasting Intentionally, these are people that were doing intermittent fasting Unfortunately, not because they wanted to but because they didn't have the luxury of just eating three meals a day every day for all those years So they ended up having to skip meals and then even when they did eat they were eating meals of a lower quality Which is clearly stated through here that they were eating meals of lower quality And yes, they said oh, but we even adjusted for stuff like smoking and drinking and stuff like that But you still didn't adjust for the actual quality of the food If someone else is eating higher quality foods, they will have a higher Possibility for a longer lifestyle than someone who is eating lower quality foods That's just the way your body works. The higher quality food is gonna be better for your cardiovascular system than lower quality foods So that's I don't even have to dive into the full Study and everything. It was a It was a cohort study so in perspective a prospective cohort study, so it was just basically epidemiology was looking at Large groups of people over you know, a Long time span. It wasn't direct. It wasn't completely Controlled there was a questionnaire. They also had to recall sometimes even you know, hey, what did you eat? You know last year they had to recall these things which they're probably not even giving that much of an accurate recall but even if they were it is clear that this is a Correlation and not a causation with in regards to intramural fasting intramural fasting was not even Popular to be to use during 1999 to 2014. This is clearly just people Skipping Meals not because they want to but because they have to and then unfortunately eating lower quality foods All right Hopefully this video has helped you guys and if please hit that like button Please hit that subscribe button if you haven't already if you have thank you I appreciate you but hit the like button because it helps the algorithm and of course, we'll be back tomorrow with another video Thank you so much guys for the recent support that you guys have been giving me here. I Absolutely adore you guys Support it is it has been amazing. It's motivating me a lot to continue these kind of sit down look at Videos where we're looking at people talking about stuff on tick-tock or whatever on social media period and even when things like this pop up hopefully this was informative and We'll see you in the next one. Peace out