Intermittent Fasting: A Heart Healthy Dietary Pattern?

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.

Comparison of total 12-lead QRS voltage in a variety of cardiac conditions and its usefulness in predicting increased cardiac mass.

Echocardiography provides a more accurate method to determine increased cardiac mass than does electrocardiography. Nevertheless, most offices of physicians do not possess echocardiographic machines, but many possess electrocardiographic machines. Many electrocardiographic criteria have been used to determine increased cardiac mass, but few of the criteria have been measured against cardiac weight determined at necropsy or after cardiac transplantation.

The effects of caloric restriction on health and longevity.

There is increasing evidence that restricting caloric intake may have considerable health benefits in humans. Significant evidence in non-primate animals demonstrates that caloric restriction increases average and maximal life span. However, historically, caloric intake reduction in humans has been involuntary and accompanied by poverty, malnutrition, poor sanitation, and a lack of modern health care.

Revisiting niacin: reviewing the evidence.

Atherogenic dyslipidemia, defined by a cluster of lipoprotein abnormalities, including low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and elevated serum triglycerides, represents an important potential target for reducing cardiovascular risk. This has paved the way for revisiting niacin as a therapy in preventing progression of atherosclerosis. Niacin remains the safest and most effective agent for raising HDL-C and is a logical choice to target atherogenic dyslipidemia.