{"id":99154,"date":"2019-11-29T15:03:45","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T23:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/regular-fasting-could-lead-to-longer-healthier-life"},"modified":"2019-11-29T15:03:45","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T23:03:45","slug":"regular-fasting-could-lead-to-longer-healthier-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/regular-fasting-could-lead-to-longer-healthier-life","title":{"rendered":"Regular fasting could lead to longer, healthier life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/regular-fasting-could-lead-to-longer-healthier-life2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Regular fasting is associated with lower rates of heart failure and a longer life span, according to two new studies.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers sought to shed new light on the centuries-old debate about how <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/fasting\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">fasting<\/a> affects health. Recent studies have shown it contributes to reductions in blood pressure, \u201cbad\u201d LDL cholesterol and insulin resistance, a condition that can raise blood sugar. A 2017 study showed alternate-day fasting was as effective as daily calorie restriction for losing weight and keeping the pounds off.<\/p>\n<p>The new studies focused on data from patients evaluated for <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/heart\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">heart<\/a> disease in Utah and other Rocky Mountain states. The research included hundreds of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as Mormons, who typically fast one Sunday each month, for up to 24 hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regular fasting is associated with lower rates of heart failure and a longer life span, according to two new studies. Researchers sought to shed new light on the centuries-old debate about how fasting affects health. Recent studies have shown it contributes to reductions in blood pressure, \u201cbad\u201d LDL cholesterol and insulin resistance, a condition that [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-life-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}