Your Brain on Intermittent Fasting: More Cognitive Benefits From Eating Less Often?

Although intermittent fasting is most widely known as a weight-loss strategy, emerging research suggests that it could have benefits for brain health and cognition. But does it actually work, are there any drawbacks and how long would you have to fast to see benefits?

WSJ’s Daniela Hernandez breaks down what’s known and what’s not about the neuroscience of intermittent fasting.

0:00 Could intermittent fasting help our brains work better and longer?
0:31 How long would you have to fast to see any potential cognitive benefits?
1:04 How intermittent fasting could affect your ability to focus
2:27 Potential mood-related benefits of intermittent fasting
2:48 How intermittent fasting can affect brain health
4:03 Potential drawbacks of intermittent fasting

I’m Daniela Hernandez, a health and science reporter for WSJ, and on this channel I’ll be covering a variety of subjects from Covid-19 to planetary science and climate change. If you’re interested in science and health and how cutting edge research impacts our lives, don’t forget to subscribe.

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