By losing 15% of their body weight, nearly 90% of those who have had type 2 diabetes for less than four years may achieve remission. Currently, more than…
Read more Is Fasting an Effective Treatment for Diabetes? | NutritionFacts.orgEver since the days of Hippocrates, 2,400 years ago, fasting has been offered as a treatment for acute and chronic diseases, based on the observation that when people…
Read more The Effects of Fasting on Cancer | NutritionFacts.orgWhat effects do fasting and a plant-based diet have on TBI and migraines? An uncontrolled and unpublished study purported to show a beneficial effect of fasting on migraine…
Read more Fasting and Plant-Based Diets for Migraines and Traumatic Brain Injuries | NutritionFacts.orgMore than half of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) sufferers appear to have a form of atypical food allergy. A chronic gastrointestinal disorder, irritable bowel syndrome affects about one…
Read more Should We Fast for IBS? | NutritionFacts.orgWe can raise BDNF levels in our brain by fasting and exercising, as well as by eating and avoiding certain foods. There is accumulating evidence that brain-derived neurotrophic…
Read more Boosting BDNF Levels in Our Brain to Treat Depression | NutritionFacts.orgCaloric restriction can boost levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which is considered to play a critical role in mood disorders. For more than a century, fasting has…
Read more Does Fasting Help Treat Depression? | NutritionFacts.orgThe Buchinger-modified fasting program is put to the test. A century ago, fasting—“starvation, as a therapeutic measure”—was described as “the ideal measure for the human hog…” (Fat shaming…
Read more The Largest Study on Fasting in the World | NutritionFacts.orgWhere did the idea of therapeutic fasting come from? The story of life on Earth is a story of starvation. Ash from massive volcanoes and asteroids blocked out…
Read more Can Fasting Be Healing? | NutritionFacts.orgThe same meal eaten at the wrong time of day can double blood sugar. We’ve known for more than half a century that our glucose tolerance—the ability of…
Read more Circadian Rhythms and Our Blood Sugar Levels | NutritionFacts.orgAsk anyone, and chances are, they’d love to be healthy. But the food industry doesn’t make it easy. Fad diets. Magic weight-loss pills. Cryptic food labels that make…
Read more 5 Best Online Nutrition Courses from Mindvalley Food ExpertsA calorie is not a calorie. It isn’t only what you eat, but when you eat. Mice are nocturnal creatures. They eat during the night and sleep during…
Read more Lose Weight by Eating More in the Morning | NutritionFacts.orgDairy consumption is associated with years of advanced ovarian aging, thought to be due to the steroid hormones or endocrine-disrupting chemicals in cow’s milk. When it comes to…
Read more Milk Hormones and Female Infertility | NutritionFacts.orgBreakthroughs in the field of chronobiology—the study of our circadian rhythms—help solve the mystery of the missing morning calories in breakfast studies. Where did this whole “breakfast is…
Read more Skip Breakfast to Lose Weight? | NutritionFacts.orgCalories eaten in the morning count less than calories eaten in the evening, and they’re healthier, too. Time-restricted feeding, where you limit the same amount of eating to…
Read more The Pros of Early Time-Restricted Eating | NutritionFacts.orgAre there benefits to giving yourself a bigger daily break from eating? The reason many blood tests are taken after an overnight fast is that meals can tip our…
Read more What the Science Says About Time-Restricted Eating | NutritionFacts.orgWhat are the effects of eating only five days a week or following a fasting-mimicking diet five days a month? Instead of eating every other day, what if you…
Read more A Look at the 5:2 Diet and the Fasting-Mimicking Diet | NutritionFacts.orgAlternate-day modified fasting is put to the test for lifespan extension. Is it true that alternate-day calorie restriction prolongs life? Doctors have anecdotally attributed improvements in a variety…
Read more Is Our Life Expectancy Extended by Intermittent Fasting? | NutritionFacts.orgEating every other day can raise your cholesterol. Are there any downsides to fasting every other day? For example, might go all day without eating impair your ability to…
Read more How Safe Is Alternate-Day Intermittent Fasting? | NutritionFacts.orgDoes eating every other day prevent the metabolic slowing that accompanies weight loss, or does it improve compliance over constant, day-to-day caloric restriction? Rather than cutting calories day…
Read more Putting Alternate-Day Intermittent Fasting to the Test | NutritionFacts.orgWhy should fasts lasting longer than 24 hours and particularly for three or more days only be done under the supervision of a health professional and preferably in…
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