Related Episodes for The importance of rest and refeeding after a fast | Dr. Mark Mattson

“In 15 people with severe traumatic brain injury, sodium lactate infusion increased brain lactate, pyruvate, and glucose without raising intracranial pressure, and a randomized study in 60 patients with mild traumatic brain injury reported better cognitive recovery than hypertonic saline.”

“A small randomized trial in trained athletes found that 20 milligrams per day for two weeks increased total antioxidant capacity and glutathione peroxidase and reduced post-training DNA damage versus placebo; it did not test performance or long-term adaptation.”

“A meta-analysis of 49 studies involving 1,863 adults found that protein supplementation during prolonged resistance training produced additional gains in one-repetition maximum strength, fat-free mass, and muscle size compared with training alone.”

“In a small trial of 30 people with stable heart failure, 1,000 milligrams twice daily approximately doubled whole-blood NAD and appeared tolerable while supporting further study rather than proving treatment benefit.”

“In a randomized factorial design, participants were assigned to one gram per day of algae-derived omega-3 or placebo, 2,000 IU of vitamin D3 or placebo, and a 30-minute home strength program three times weekly or a flexibility control.”

“It was associated with improved subjective sleep quality, sleep efficiency, and sleep latency. In practice, separating scrolling, worrying, and other wakeful activities from the bed reduces opportunities to rehearse wakefulness there, while getting up briefly removes the effort to force sleep.”

“A separate trial of 153 adults found that smartphone-based mindfulness training combining attention monitoring with acceptance reduced daily loneliness and increased social interactions compared with monitoring alone or an active control.”

“In later randomized trials, urolithin A improved some laboratory measures of muscle endurance or hamstring strength, but it did not significantly improve key primary outcomes such as six-minute walk distance, muscle ATP production, or peak power.”

“A separate 46-year study of 5,107 middle-aged men linked each 1 milliliter per kilogram per minute increase in estimated VO2 max with about 45 additional days of life expectancy. High-intensity intervals are one practical way to improve VO2 max.”

“In a randomized study of healthy adults, four four-minute intervals at 90 to 95 percent of peak heart rate performed three times weekly increased VO2 max by 7.2 percent over eight weeks and outperformed work-matched moderate training.”