Peter Attia· MD
and to me that's probably the greatest line of reasoning that says fasting is probably protective against all chronic disease
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
and to me that's probably the greatest line of reasoning that says fasting is probably protective against all chronic disease
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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But other proposed benefits would probably include the prevention of several chronic diseases. So we would put in here the neurodeenerative diseases specifically the dementing diseases and cancer. Uh and also just the holy grail of them all which is extension of lifespan or reduction of all cause mortality.
Time-restricted eating produces fat loss independent of total calories.
A 72-hour fast measurably improves autophagy markers in healthy adults.
One-meal-a-day (OMAD) eating patterns increase all-cause mortality in long-running cohort data.
Eating the largest meal before 3pm improves 24-hour glucose vs. an evening-heavy schedule, calorie-matched.