Topic: Mark Mattson
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This advance in our understanding of the physiological changes caused by excessive production of cortisol may eventually play a role in preventing and treating cognitive decline in diabetes
Cortisol hurts memory in diabetics Feb 19, 2008
It is only very recently in human evolution that we have had the luxury of essentially continuous access to food. Many of our ancestors in hunter-gatherer societies often ate only one meal a day or were even forced to endure several days of fasting before finding a food source
Feasting plus fasting can boost health Apr 28, 2003
Our evidence that meal-skipping diets can protect against diabetes and cardiovascular disease in mice and rats suggests that studies should be performed to see whether the same is true in humans
Feasting plus fasting can boost health Apr 28, 2003
The available evidence from our studies suggests meal-skipping is beneficial because when the body is forced to go without food for extended time periods, this imposes a mild stress on cells. The cells respond to this mild energetic stress by improving their ability to cope with more severe stress and to resist disease
Feasting plus fasting can boost health Apr 28, 2003
Three meals per day plus snacks, which is the norm in our society, may not be as healthy as a meal-skipping diet
Feasting plus fasting can boost health Apr 28, 2003
