New study suggests intermittent fasting may not deliver promised health benefits beyond weight loss, challenging beliefs ...

Medically reviewed by Sohaib Imtiaz, MD Key Takeaways Both calorie deficit and intermittent fasting can promote weight loss, ...

The notion behind intermittent fasting is simple: eat less for a time, improve your metabolism. The reality is more complex, ...

Laboratory studies have shown consistently that animals eating less food, or eating less often, can live longer. But scientists have struggled to understand why these kinds of restrictive diets work ...

Intermittent fasting has its benefits but effectively extending the lifespan of living beings might not be one of them, according to a recent Nature study. Instead, the mouse study revealed that ...

Cutting calories has long been linked to longer life in lab animals, but scientists are now tracing that effect down to the level of muscle proteins. Instead of simply shrinking our bodies, modest ...

Research suggests that while cutting calories might help you lose weight and reduce risk of disease, it also carries health risks. Living comes with a side effect: aging. Despite what you might hear ...

However, the simple caloric restriction group lost an average of 1.9 kg (4.1 lb) after four weeks. So, even though the restricted fasting group essentially consumed the same amount of calories as the ...

It’s inevitable that our health declines as we age, but maybe we can slow down that process. A new study led by Bar-Ilan University has found that boosting a certain gene in mice can increase their ...

Many people are interested (and invested) in finding ways to extend lifespan. Studies done in animal models support the hypothesis that caloric restriction can extend lifespan, however, the mechanism ...