Eat an appropriate amount at least 5 hours apart
Research has shown that intermittent fasting, one of the most popular diets of recent years, can increase the risk of premature death. According to a research team at the University of Tennessee in the US, intermittent fasting people who eat one meal a day are 30% more likely to die from any cause over the next 15 years than those who eat three meals a day .
Intermittent fasting is a method of artificially adjusting the fasting time to maintain a certain level or more by repeating eating and fasting regularly. Depending on the ratio of fasting time to meal time, 23:1 fasting (one meal a day) and 16:8 fasting (16 hours of fasting) are typical. Also, try changing this ratio little by little depending on the individual.
Intermittent fasting is a diet method practiced by celebrities such as Courtney Kardashian (American television personality and fashion designer), Mark Wahlberg (American actor), Hugh Jackman (Australian actor), and Jennifer Aniston (American actor) And he that helped to detoxify the body.” People who follow intermittent fasting say “because it helps to live a long and healthy life”, but in this study, the opposite result was found.
The research team conducted a study on 24,011 men and women over the age of 40 across the United States. The research team investigated the eating habits, health, and diseases of the subjects and analyzed the data. 40% of the subjects ate less than three meals a day on average. By the end of the study, 4175 people had died, including 878 deaths from heart problems.
The study found that compared to those who ate three meals a day, those who ate just one meal a day had a 30% higher risk of death from all causes and an 83% higher risk of death from heart disease. People who skipped breakfast also had a 40 percent higher risk of dying from heart disease compared to those who didn’t, but there was no difference in all-cause mortality. Those who skipped lunch or dinner were 12 to 16 percent more likely to die.
Meanwhile, people who ate three meals a day but separated their meals by an average of less than 4.5 hours had a 17% higher risk of all-cause death compared to those who separated their meals by more than 5 hours. “The results were the same even if you exercised, ate a healthy diet, didn’t smoke and drank very little alcohol,” said the research team. It can damage the body’s cells.”
Professor Sun Yang from the University of Tennessee (Health Science Center) of the research team said, “In this study, it was found that people who ate just one meal a day were more likely to die than those who eat two or three meals. .” “People are more likely to develop fatal cardiovascular disease, and those who skip lunch or dinner face a higher risk of death from all causes.” He added, “Based on these results, it is good to eat at least two or three meals a day in an appropriate amount and in between.”
Professor Wei Bao from the University of Iowa (epidemiology) explained the research team, “Skipping meals generally means taking in more energy at one time, which can aggravate the burden of controlling glucose metabolism and subsequently lead to metabolic deterioration .”
The results of this study (Meal Skipping and Shorter Meal Contact Are Associated with an Increased Risk of All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality among US Adults) were published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Diabetics.
