TEHRAN, November 6 - Intermittent fasting diets are all the rage these days. We are seeing everything from the conservative 5:2 diet to more extreme fasting methods gaining prominence in Silicon Valley circles, but while there has been plenty of observational research pointing out the correlation between fasting and positive health outcomes, we still don't have a good understanding of any underlying biological mechanism at play.
An Iranian scientist Ahmed Tawakol along with his colleagues at the Harvard University has found that increased levels of stress are indeed linked to greater risk of a heart attack or stroke.