SynthesisHigh blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension2020
The Influence of Fasting and Energy Restricting Diets on Blood Pressure in Humans: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Short-term caloric restriction or resveratrol supplementation alters large-scale brain network connectivity in male and female rats.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- 2024 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association.Circulation · 2024Review
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- Effect and factors associated with weight and waist circumference reductions in information and communication technology-based specific health guidance.Environmental and occupational health practice · 2023Article
- The Role of Intermittent Energy Restriction Diet on Metabolic Profile and Weight Loss among Obese Adults.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Chrononutrition in Cardiometabolic Health.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Relationship between dietary energy intake, nutritional status and cardiovascular risk in adults from the communes of Quellón and Chonchi, Chiloé, Chile.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2022Article
- Intermittent Energy Restriction, Weight Loss and Cardiometabolic Risk: A Critical Appraisal of Evidence in Humans.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Effects of Caloric Restriction Diet on Arterial Hypertension and Endothelial Dysfunction.Nutrients · 2021Review
- Comparison of physiological and clinical markers for chronic sprint-interval training exercise performed either in the fasted or fed states among healthy adults.Current research in physiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionTo the best of our knowledge, no comprehensive meta-analysis has been carried out to investigate the effect of different approaches of fasting and calorie restriction on blood pressure.
aimThus, the present systematic review and meta-analysis was designed to examine the effect of fasting and energy restricting diets on blood pressure in adult subjects.
methodsWe searched PubMed/Medline, Scopus, the Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar up to June 2019. The clinical trials that examined the effects of fasting and energy restricting diets on Blood Pressure was identified using MESH and non-MESH terms.
results23 studies, including a total of 1397 participants, reported SBP and DBP as an outcome measure. Overall results from the random-effects model indicated that fasting and energy restricting administration elicited significant changes in SBP (weight mean difference (WMD): - 1.88 mmHg, 95% CI - 2.50, - 1.25) and DBP (WMD - 1.32 mmHg, 95% CI - 1.81, - 0.84, p = 0.000). Subgroup analyses displayed that intervention duration ≤ 12 weeks more effectively reduced SBP (WMD: -3.26 mmHg) and DBP (WMD - 1.32 mmHg). In addition, these analyses showed that fasting regimens (WMD - 3.26 mmHg) more effectively reduced SBP than energy restricting diets (WMD - 1.09 mmHg).
conclusionThe principal finding of this study was that fasting and energy restricting diets elicited, overall, significant reductions in SBP and DBP. Subsequent subgroup analyses revealed that intervention duration ≤ 12 weeks and fasting regimens more effectively reduced SBP and DBP.
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