Intermittent fasting helps with obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, increases longevity

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“Preclinical studies consistently show the robust disease-modifying efficacy of intermittent fasting in animal models on a wide range of chronic disorders, including obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancers, and neurodegenerative brain diseases,” notes a review paper on Intermittent fasting published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

 

Reference

de Cabo R, and Mattson MP. Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Health, Aging, and Disease. N Engl J Med, 2019 Dec 26; 381(26): 2541-2551.

Author’s Contact Info

Mark P. Mattson, Ph.D.
Department of Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
725 N. Wolfe St.
Baltimore, MD 21205 USA
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