Two weekends ago, my 52-year-old overweight, diabetic patient called me up frantically early in the morning and told me that he could not sustain his intermittent fasting or IF because it was giving him palpitations and profuse sweating, especially in the wee hours of the morning. He was feeling these symptoms at the time he called me.
He started doing IF after reading our column recommending it (“Skeptic tries intermittent fasting,” 11/03/20). He immediately went on a 16-hour fast and still continued the medicines he was taking for diabetes and high blood pressure at the same doses.
I asked him to check his blood pressure (BP), heart rate and blood sugar. The BP was well within no…
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