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Tag: Fasting

Dimming Lights, Eating Earlier Were Enough to Significantly Improve Cardiometabolic Health
Physiology

Dimming Lights, Eating Earlier Were Enough to Significantly Improve Cardiometabolic Health

June 26, 2026

Many modern lifestyle interventions purported to improve health outcomes like fasting and exercise can be somewhat summarized within the…

How Hormesis Creates a Resilient Organism Through Stressors Like Exercise and Caloric Restriction
ArchivesNutrition

How Hormesis Creates a Resilient Organism Through Stressors Like Exercise and Caloric Restriction

October 21, 2021December 11, 2023

Story at a glance… Intermittent fasting and time-restricted eating create stress in the body which fortifies it against future…

Nutrition

Fasting Mimicking Diet Shown to be a “Safe and Effective Supplement” to Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients

June 23, 2020

A juice detox, a water fast, or a soup diet are often talked about as ways to stimulate healthy…

Nutrition

New Intermittent Fasting Program Suppresses Cancer and Metabolic Disease in Mice and Humans

April 22, 2020

In terms of the spotlight on modern health trends, methods and strategies of fasting or caloric restriction of some…

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Fighting Obesity and Diabetes with Time-Restricted Eating

February 28, 2019

The “95%” statistic for failed diets is commonplace in blogs and publications of health and wellness, and while a…


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Central Bank Gold Purchases Continued Through the Yellow Metal’s Worst Month in 18 Years

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It’s been the worst performing month for gold since 2008, yet the world’s central banks continue to add tonnes…

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Andy Corbley June 18, 2026

There could have been fewer clearer signs that the Trump Administration had accepted major concessions in advance of Thursday’s…

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Iran War Reaches Critical Juncture in May

Suzanne Latre April 28, 2026

Nearly two months after the outbreak of war between the United States and Iran, the conflict is entering a…

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