tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12467961192588443122011-08-22T08:13:04.214-04:00Intermittent FastingThis blog is devoted to intermittent fasting and its effects on physiology and health. The blog team consists of people who are both practitioners of intermittent fasting and scientists with an interest in the physiological effects of intermittent fasting. We are interested in the idea that intermittent fasting may be a preferable way of obtaining the health benefits associated with caloric restriction.Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264977010144529019noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246796119258844312.post-26153361168696641312010-11-11T16:08:00.002-05:002010-11-11T18:13:22.566-05:00Liping Zhao on caloric restriction, gut microbes and agingI just heard a very interesting talk from Dr. Liping Zhao, who is Director of the Laboratory of Molecular Microbial Ecology and Ecogenomics, and Associate Dean of School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is also associated with the new Shanghai Center for System Biomedicine. He described a consistent effect of diet (high fat vs. normal or normal vs. lowStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264977010144529019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246796119258844312.post-54377975875960619552010-07-26T21:08:00.002-04:002010-07-26T21:17:10.659-04:00"The Youth Pill," a new book on aging by David StippI haven't read it, but a review in the Economist (July 24, pg. 80) alerted me to a new book on aging, "The Youth Pill: Scientists at the Brink of an Anti-Ageing Revolution"). If the review is to be believed, this book successfully avoids many of the traps that anti-aging books fall into (such as "embracing decrepitude"). David Stipp is a medical writer for the Wall Street Journal.Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264977010144529019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246796119258844312.post-1938324255051455642007-11-23T19:12:00.000-05:002007-11-27T00:42:09.220-05:00One meal each day vs. intermittent fastingPeople in the intermittent fasting group on Yahoo are trying out many variations of intermittent fasting. The most popular appears to be daily (or frequent) fasts of greater than 18 hours, without caloric restriction. This normally means following the Fast-5 program of eating all food within a five hour window each day. The Fast-5 approach avoids longer fasts, but provides many more of them.Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264977010144529019noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246796119258844312.post-46729095138020304492007-10-13T14:05:00.001-04:002011-08-21T16:14:57.355-04:00Gary Taubes on Insulin and ObesityThe new book, "Good Calories, Bad Calories", by Gary Taubes, contains a wealth of information about nutritional research. The book will become famous and controversial, if it hasn't already, because it presents a point of view that is contrary to the medical consensus but growing in popularity (both within and without the medical world). Anyone interested in the science related to intermittent Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264977010144529019noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246796119258844312.post-34356251428506349352007-08-19T14:23:00.000-04:002007-08-20T11:31:59.668-04:00Intermittent FastingWhat is intermittent fasting?It has been known for a long time that caloric restriction (a significant reduction in food intake – to 60-70% of normal levels) prolongs life in many species (even including yeast!). Many people are interested in caloric restriction (for example, a caloric restriction support group on Yahoo! has over 2600 members; there is also calorierestriction.org) but relativelyStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15264977010144529019noreply@blogger.com0