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At our clinic, our focus is on restoring your hormones to a healthier, more youthful level. Our specialties are Human Growth Hormone (HGH) replacement therapy and Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT). As specialists in these areas, we are committed to staying on top of any safe, effective, and legal methods of boosting your hormones that may synergistically increase the benefits of our treatment regimens, including Intermittent Fasting (IF). 

Intermittent fasting is a hot topic right now, with people from all walks of life interested in fasting: weight lifters, vegans, and millennials. Fasting comes with different benefits than just simple dieting. It has been practiced for thousands of years across many different cultures.

Some studies have claimed that intermittent fasting promotes faster weight loss (in a healthier way), boosts growth hormone levels, and even increases lifespan.

A group of researchers wanted to find out if intermittent fasting affects brain functions and structures, especially in an anti-aging way. The scientists began their research on mice to get preliminary data.

Research Suggests Intermittent Fasting Improves Brain Functions

The mice were divided into control groups: intermittent fasting and a high-fat diet group. The control group mice were allowed free access to regular rodent food. The intermittent fasting mice group was allowed free access to rodent food every other day with zero food on an alternate day.

The high-fat diet mice had free access to high-fat food (45% fat). This diet style continued for 11 months. Water was never restricted. The high-fat diet group was supposed to represent the typical Western diet in terms of fat consumption.

After 11 months, the mice were subjected to the Barnes maze, designed to test spatial learning and memory. Both short-term and long-term memory retention was tested. After the Barnes maze, the mice were subjected to a fear conditioning experiment with freezing behavior recorded. After fear conditioning, motor coordination and exercise tolerance were evaluated.

The mice were placed on an accelerating rotarod to see how long they could safely tolerate it. Other biometrics were taken, such as blood samples for levels of lipids/glucose, western blot analysis, and measurements of the brain/hippocampus. This study was a lot of complex work!

Intermittent Fasting Improves Learning and Memory

The Barnes maze and fear conditioning results suggested intermittent fasting improves learning and memory. In addition, the thickness of a layer of the hippocampus (brain structure) was increased, suggesting improved brain structures.

Another benefit demonstrated for the brain was the reduction of oxidative stress, as shown by the ratio of specific proteins in the brain. Oxidative stress is known to cause injury to cells and premature aging. If intermittent fasting can reduce oxidative stress, that would undoubtedly cause anti-aging effects and improvement in brain structures and functions.

The high-fat group (typical Western diet) did not show impaired learning and memory (surprisingly!) and no significant difference in oxidative stress. However, they ended up being obese with hyperlipidemia.

Their exercise tolerance was significantly worse, but no harm to brain structures or functions was observed. The authors are worried about the effects of long-term obesity on the brain and need further research to conclude.

This study was very complex, and the details cannot be delved into here, but the link is available below for your study. In conclusion, intermittent fasting may have some seriously incredible benefits, which probably translate to humans. It would make sense why fasting has been such a popular diet for centuries if you can call it a diet. Some people may call it a lifestyle.

In addition to our cutting-edge hormone therapies, we will provide you with a specific program for all aspects of nutrition, including intermittent fasting. We will give you a detailed plan that has been tailor-made.

The best way to adopt healthy eating is not through diet but rather through a change in your lifestyle. Make healthy eating and intermittent fasting a habit, and you'll start seeing the benefits quickly.

Contact us for a FREE, no-obligation discussion about what growth hormone and testosterone restoration can do for you!

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