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Fasting For Life

Ep. 76 - Alternate Day Fasting (ADF) enhances Memory & Boosts Brain Cell Growth | Non-Weight Loss Benefits of Intermittent Fasting | Longevity, Klotho Gene, & Alzheimer's | Free Intermittent Fasting Plan

Fasting For Life

Scott Watier

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Get your FREE BOX OF LMNT hydration support for the perfect electrolyte balance for your fasting lifestyle with your first purchase here! In this episode, Dr. Scott and Tommy cover cutting-edge research that shows powerful effects of intermittent fasting on long-term memory, generation of new brain cells, and increasing longevity gene activity.   Dias, G.P., Murphy, T., Stangl, D. et al. Intermittent fasting enhances long-term memory consolidation, adult hippocampal neurogenesis, and expression of longevity gene Klotho. Mol Psychiatry (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-021-01102-4   Have a question you'd like us to answer? Click here to send it to us or leave us a voicemail we can play on the show!   Show Transcript: www.thefastingforlife.com/blog   If you enjoy the podcast, would you please tap on the stars below and consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it makes a difference in helping bring you the best original content each week. We also really enjoy reading them!   Sign up for the Fasting For Life newsletter at www.thefastingforlife.com   Join the Community on Facebook!   Follow Fasting For Life: www.facebook.com/thefastingforlife www.instagram.com/thefastingforlife

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0:00.0

Hello, I'm Dr. Scott Watier.

0:03.4

And I'm Tommy Welling, and you're listening to the fasting for life podcast.

0:07.1

This podcast is about using fasting as a tool to regain your health,

0:11.9

achieve ultimate wellness, and live the life you truly deserve.

0:15.0

Each episode is a short conversation on a single topic with immediate actionable steps.

0:20.0

We cover everything from fat loss and health and wellness to the science of lifestyle design.

0:25.0

We started fasting for life because of how fasting has transformed our lives and we hope to share the tools that we have learned along the way. Hey everyone, welcome to the fasting for life podcast. My is Dr. Scott Waddier I'm here as always

0:44.1

I'm a good friend and colleague Tommy Welling good afternoon to you sir. Hey Scott how are you doing awesome we're going to get

0:50.1

nerdy today on this episode. I'm excited this study that we're going to be

0:56.9

reviewing is absolutely incredible. Really cool stuff, can't wait to share.

1:03.1

And, you know, as always, we will try to give you some actionable things

1:08.4

and takeaways that you guys can do

1:11.4

to put fasting into your day-to-day life.

1:14.7

If you are new to the podcast,

1:16.2

feel free to go back and listen to the original few episodes.

1:20.8

It'll tell you a little bit more about who Tommy and I are and kind of why we are why we're here and why we are going over

1:30.0

You know research and real life applications and the benefits and the weight loss and all of these things that are taken into account

1:37.8

when it comes to fasting and fasting protocols so we're very grateful for each of one of you

1:44.4

that are listening.

1:45.1

In today's episode, Tommy,

1:47.6

I think has some really cool takeaways.

1:49.8

Yeah, I think so too, because when we start

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