Health, Fitness & Human Performance · Practical Nutrition
A topic within Practical Nutrition, itself one of 11 topics in that field and part of Health, Fitness & Human Performance.
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Rafael de Cabo & Mark P. Mattson
Reviews the animal and human trial evidence for intermittent fasting and argues that the metabolic switch from glucose to ketone burning during a fast, not simple calorie reduction, drives most of the measured benefit.
Marie-Pierre St-Onge et al.
Reviews the trial evidence on meal frequency, breakfast skipping and intermittent fasting and concludes none is reliably shown to affect cardiovascular risk once total intake is held constant, against strong popular claims for each.
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