Fasting
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New research in hundreds of mice on different diet regimes suggests that a careful balance of restricting calorie intake and limiting eating to the most active hours of the day could significantly extend lifespan.
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In one of the longest trials of its type ever conducted researchers have found limiting food intake to a short period of time every day, known as time-restricted feeding, is no more effective a weight loss strategy than simple calorie counting.
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Evidence shows fasting diets can enhance cancer treatment and a new mouse study has found adding a keto diet to chemotherapy tripled survival time compared to chemotherapy alone. A human clinical trial testing the combination treatment is now underway.
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A study investigating the health effects of long-term calorie restricted diets in humans has homed in on a protein that seems to play a key role in age-related immune dysfunction, and the researchers hypothesize it could be targeted to extend lifespan.
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A new study has explored how physical activity at the outset of a dietary fasting period can accelerate a shift to ketosis, a metabolic state associated with the burning of stored fats and weight loss.
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A new study has shown how short spurts of so-called fasting-mimicking diets can bring about a range of benefits in otherwise unhealthy mice, ultimately preventing the buildup of fat and onset of obesity.
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A trial led by researchers from the University of Bath questions the value of popular fasting diets, finding a simple calorie-controlled diet is more effective at reducing weight. The trial also found fasting can lead to greater losses of muscle mass.
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Scientists at King's College London have used experiments in mice to demonstrate how fasting can also improve long-term memory and tackle age-related cognitive impairment, by boosting expression of what's known as the "longevity gene."
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A new study has discovered a previously unknown mechanism by which a hormone released from the gut hours after eating effectively switches off the body’s fat production processes, and found this mechanism is defective in those with fatty liver disease.
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Preliminary results from a trial investigating whether time-restricted eating influences weight loss suggest limiting your caloric intake may be more important than what time you eat. The research, not yet published or peer-reviewed, will be presented at the upcoming American Heart Association’s virtual Scientific Sessions meeting.
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A new study is challenging popular dietary dogma by suggesting a common type of intermittent fasting does not work for weight loss. The clinical trial found the 16:8 method of eating no more effective for losing weight than eating throughout the day.
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A new study from researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago is offering the first clinical trial data comparing the effects of two types of time-restricted feeding diets, a four-hour eating window (20:4) and a six-hour eating window (18:6).
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