Intermittent Fasting is WRONG — Here is What The Latest 2026 Science Actually Says About It

A major 2025 study claimed intermittent fasting raises cardiovascular death risk by 91 percent. The headlines were everywhere. But what did the research actually show? In this video, we break down the real science behind intermittent fasting, what the controlled trials actually say, and the most rational evidence-based approach in 2026. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 — Introduction 0:50 — What Is Intermittent Fasting? 1:45 — The Different Protocols Explained 2:45 — The Controversial 2024 Study 4:00 — What The Study Actually Showed 5:00 — What Controlled Trials Say 6:30 — Longevity Mechanisms of Fasting 7:30 — Sinclair vs Attia on Fasting 8:15 — The Protein Problem 9:15 — Meal Timing and Circadian Biology 10:00 — The Practical Takeaway 10:45 — Final Summary ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This video is for educational purposes only. Always consult your doctor before making any dietary changes or starting a fasting protocol. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━