Intermittent Fasting: A Heart-Healthy Dietary Strategy?
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Public Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 January 2025 | Viewed by 108
Special Issue Editor
Interests: intermittent fasting; time-restricted eating; physical activity; nutrition; diet; public health; cardiometabolic health; mental health; exercise; nut consumption; inflammation; obesity; type 2 diabetes
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Dear Colleagues,
Intermittent fasting has received special attention from the scientific community and the general population in the last decade due to its potential benefits on health. Although intermittent fasting has been performed since ancient times, it has emerged as a dietary strategy to facilitate weight loss or improve cardiometabolic health, facilitating individuals' long-term adherence. Intermittent fasting is an umbrella term that includes different types, defined as a dietary approach that alternates periods of eating with periods of not eating (fasting). The two major types are alternate-day fasting (ADF), which involves a feast day (usually ad libitum diet) alternated with a fast day (from zero calories to 25% of energy requirements, also known as modified-ADF), and time-restricted eating (TRE), which involves defined daily periods of eating and fasting in sync with the circadian clock.
This Special Issue explores the relationship between intermittent fasting approaches and cardiovascular health, with the aim of determining and explaining the effectiveness and basis of this dietary strategy that are related or may impact heart and cardiovascular health in different types of populations. This Special Issue invites submissions on topics including epidemiology, clinical trials, observational studies, and systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Submissions of new findings from current work on intermittent fasting approaches that can provide insightful perspectives on cardiovascular health are welcome.
Dr. Rubén Fernández-Rodríguez
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- time-restricted eating
- intermittent fasting
- diet
- dietary strategy
- caloric restriction
- chrononutrition
- cardiometabolic
- cardiovascular
- public health
