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“Despite a beneficial improvement in vascular health, creatine did not improve biomarkers of oxidative stress but did improve fasting blood glucose from 103 to 99 mg/dL and triglycerides from 100 to 84 mg/dL. Both of these are traditional cardiovascular disease risk factors.”

“Insulin-like growth factor-1, or IGF-1, plays a primary role in the refeeding phase that occurs after fasting, which is essential for the generation of healthy cells. During fasting, when IGF-1 is low, damaged cells die and stem cells are activated.”

“Furthermore, while a higher dose of exercise (i.e., 300 minutes per week) was best for improving waist circumference, that same wasn't true for body fat percentage, which was reduced the most (2.1%) at 150 minutes per week, and body fat mass, which was reduced the most (2 kg or 4.4 lb) at 100 minutes per week of exercise.”

“Unlike intermittent fasting, which involves caloric restriction, time-restricted eating permits a person to eat as much as they want during the eating window. The intervention study involved 16 healthy young men (average age, 23 years) who were moderately active and had BMIs between 18 and 27.”

“A large series of systematic reviews and meta-analyses found dose-response associations between dietary fiber and lower cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, colorectal cancer, and mortality, with randomized trials also supporting favorable effects on weight, cholesterol, and blood pressure.”

“The liver is a versatile organ with many digestive functions. During feeding the liver metabolizes food from the intestines, and during fasting or while following a ketogenic diet, it produces ketone bodies. In this clip, Dr. Eric Verdin describes the liver's functions and posits that the ketogenic diet does not put any undue stress on the liver.”

“In addition, exercise preferentially causes the brain to take up lactate. Dr. Attia discusses some interesting research from several decades ago that uncovered the shifts in metabolism that occur in the human body and brain upon extreme fasting.”

“To learn more about time-restricted eating and intermittent fasting check out the two separate podcasts I did with Dr. Satchin Panda. The episodes have summaries, timelines, and transcripts!”

“An altered eating pattern that involves fasting in the evening can also reduce Hemoglobin A1C – a measure of blood sugar over the past three months. Women who attempted this method of eating found it a feasible and acceptable way to eat.”

“In a study in which fasting mice were provided either caffeinated or decaffeinated coffee in drinking water, autophagy was observed in the liver, muscle, and heart just four hours after consumption. In this clip, Dr. Guido Kroemer discusses the autophagy-inducing qualities of coffee.”