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09/10/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Periodic fasting rapidly stimulates a multitude of healing processes

When you think of starving, everything that comes to mind is likely negative – extreme hunger, weakness, and eventual death. However, periodic starvation is another story entirely as extensive research has shown that temporarily restricting your caloric intake can quickly stimulate several healing responses in the human body. National Institute on Aging Senior Scientist Dr. […]

07/20/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

What you need to know before you begin a water-only fast

Water-only fasting is known to provide many health benefits. However, there is not much research on how safe it is. Therefore, researchers from the U.S. conducted a comprehensive review of the safety of water-only fasting. In the study published in the journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, the research group assessed the adverse events that happened […]

07/02/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Scientists reveal that restricting eating to a 12-hour window prevents obesity

Australian researchers report that restricting yourself to eating within a 12-hour window can help you avoid obesity. In an article on Health Medicine Network, the researchers show the results of a mice model where animals on a high-fat diet gained less weight when they were only allowed to eat during half the day. Mice are […]

05/21/2018 / By Jessica Dolores

Time-restricted eating is the best way to lose weight and keep it off

Timing is everything, especially when it comes to eating. This is what a group of scientists recently found in an experiment on 12-week old male mice fed a high-fat diet eight hours a day. One group were subjected to time-restricted feeding (tRF), while another ate food any time they wanted (ad lib feeding). The scientists reported […]

04/27/2018 / By Jessica Dolores

Less is more, as we age: Fasting, calorie and fat restriction found to help preserve brain health

Many changes happen as we age. Our energy levels drop. We’d rather stay home and putter in the garden than go outdoors and chase the wind. Declining muscle mass requires less energetic movements. Fasting becomes more important, becomes more doable. Less is more. A new study published in Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience showed why. Researchers conducted a […]

01/15/2017 / By Lance D Johnson

Researchers: Fasting can kill cancer cells in common childhood leukemia

Specific cancer cells from childhood leukemia regress when intermittent fasting is applied. That’s what researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center found out after testing their theory in laboratory mice. The most effective fasting method included six cycles of one day fasting, followed by one day of feeding. The finding sheds new light on the health […]

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