During the fasting part of the diet, heart rate went up a bit but not enough to be a health concern.

Evidence Quality Assessment

Claim Status

appropriately stated

Study Design Support

Design supports claim

Appropriate Language Strength

association

Can only show association/correlation

Assessment Explanation

The claim accurately describes observed pulse changes without overstating clinical relevance.

Evidence from Studies

Supporting (1)

39

Prolonged Water-Only Fasting Followed by a Whole-Plant-Food Diet Is a Potential Long-Term Management Strategy for Hypertension and Obesity

Cohort Study

Human

2024 Nov 20

Contradicting (0)

0

No contradicting evidence found

Source Study

Prolonged Water-Only Fasting Followed by a Whole-Plant-Food Diet Is a Potential Long-Term Management Strategy for Hypertension and Obesity

Score: 39

DOI: 10.3390/nu16223959

Similar Assertions

When people with high blood pressure did a supervised water-only fast and plant-based diet, most side effects were minor and nothing serious happened.

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People with high blood pressure who did a water-only fast followed by a plant-based diet saw their blood pressure drop to normal levels and stay that way for at least six weeks.

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93% of people with high blood pressure stayed in the study for six weeks after doing a water-only fast and plant-based diet.

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People with high blood pressure who did the fast and diet didn't have any concerning changes in body temperature.

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