The report appears rigorous, but it notes in several places that the data is not acquired in a rigorous way as it was not intended to be used to make such assessments.
As to controls:
>"the relative safety of water-only fasting is necessarily descriptive in nature as we did not identify a comparison group(s)"
It's a good paper.
I was left wondering why people attended the facility. A 9 day water only fast, with limited activity, sounds pretty extreme for a 70+ yo.
As to controls:
>"the relative safety of water-only fasting is necessarily descriptive in nature as we did not identify a comparison group(s)"
It's a good paper.
I was left wondering why people attended the facility. A 9 day water only fast, with limited activity, sounds pretty extreme for a 70+ yo.