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Is intermittent fasting going to kill you?

Investigating research which suggested that time restricted eating increased the risk of death from cardiovascular disease.

News stories earlier in the year appeared to suggest that time restricted eating 鈥� where you consume all your meals in an 8 hour time window 鈥� was associated with a 91% increase in the risk of death from cardiovascular disease.

But is this true? Tim Harford looks into the claim with the help of Cardiologist Dr Donald Lloyd-Jones, chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University in the US.

Presenter: Tim Harford
Producer: Debbie Richford
Series producer: Tom Colls
Production coordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound mix: Nigel Appleton
Editor: Richard Vadon

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