ReviewThe American journal of medicine2020
Intermittent Fasting: A Heart Healthy Dietary Pattern?
Review in The American journal of medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 115 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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115 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Intermittent Fasting for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Risks: Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Current nutrition reports · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of time-restricted eating on body composition and metabolic parameters in overweight and obese women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of Intermittent Fasting on Cardiometabolic Health in the Chinese Population: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
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- The research progress and prospects of circadian rhythm in obesity: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- Meal frequency strategies for the management of type 2 diabetes subjects: A systematic review.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Time-Restricted Eating with Caloric Restriction vs. Caloric Restriction for Weight Loss and Health: Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Efficacy of Nutritional Strategies on the Improvement of the Performance and Health of the Athlete: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Dietary Patterns and Interventions to Alleviate Chronic Pain.Nutrients · 2020Pooled it
- Effect of exercise alone and in combination with time-restricted eating on cardiometabolic health in menopausal women.Journal of translational medicine · 2024Trial
- The Influence of Intermittent Fasting on Selected Human Anthropometric Parameters.International journal of medical sciences · 2024Trial
- Time-Restricted Eating Without Calorie Counting for Weight Loss in a Racially Diverse Population : A Randomized Controlled Trial.Annals of internal medicine · 2023Trial
- Influence of an acute fast on ambulatory blood pressure and autonomic cardiovascular control.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2022Trial
- Effect of time restricted eating on body weight and fasting glucose in participants with obesity: results of a randomized, controlled, virtual clinical trial.Nutrition & diabetes · 2021Trial
- Eating Habits, Body Weight Perception, and Psycho-Emotional Factors Among Romanian University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2026Observational
- Intermittent Fasting: Health Impacts and Therapeutic Potential.Nutrients · 2026Article
- The association of time-restricted eating and indices of organ-specific aging in relation to metabolic health and obesity.NPJ science of food · 2026Article
- Empagliflozin and intermittent fasting as a strategy to mitigate anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Fasting as a Multisystem Health Modulator: A Narrative Review of Metabolic, Cardiovascular, Immune, Neurocognitive, and Psychospiritual Effects.Current nutrition reports · 2026Review
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Abstract
Dietary patterns, such as the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) and the Mediterranean diet, have been shown to improve cardiac health. Intermittent fasting is another type of popular dietary pattern that is based on timed periods of fasting. Two different regimens are alternative day fasting and time-restricted eating. Although there are no large, randomized control trials examining the relationship between intermittent fasting and cardiovascular outcomes, current human studies that suggest this diet could reduce the risk for cardiovascular disease with improvement in weight control, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes. Intermittent fasting may exert its effects through multiple pathways, including reducing oxidative stress, optimization of circadian rhythms, and ketogenesis. This review evaluates current literature regarding the potential cardiovascular benefits of intermittent fasting and proposes directions for future research.
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