The AHA says Fasting increases cardiac risk by 91%. Are they really that stupid?

Correlation is not causation. Healthy User Bias.

Dr. Jason Fung
9 min readMar 21, 2024

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This week, the American Heart Association presented an abstract that suggested a 16 hour fast is linked to a 91% increased risk of heart disease. This study simply shows a correlation, which is very, very far from proving that fasting CAUSES more…

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Dr. Jason Fung

Nephrologist. New York Times best selling author. Interest in type 2 diabetes reversal and intermittent fasting. Founder www.TheFastingMethod.com.