also known as the 5:2 diet ... fasting improves learning and memory by stimulating new brain cells in the region of the brain responsible for memory. In a study with mice, neuroscientist Mark ...

Intermittent fasting is becoming increasingly popular. But is it helpful for weight loss and other medical conditions?

Looking for a longer-term solution, he was eventually able to wane off the creams altogether after changing one part of his routine: his diet ... said Dr. Mark Mattson, a neuroscience professor ...

According to Johns Hopkins neuroscientist Dr. Mark Mattson ... choose to fast completely for 24 hours several days per week, but most nutritionists and doctors who practice weight loss medicine ...

“Intermittent fasting is not a fad diet; it does not impose restrictions on food selection or quantity,” says Mark Mattson, an adjunct professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins School of ...

Mark Mattson, a neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, in the US state of Maryland, studied intermittent fasting for 25 years and said it is similar to how prehistoric ...

Intermittent fasting is not the same as prolonged ... to dementia and Alzheimer's disease). In the lab, Mattson fed one group of mice a diet of junk food, while a different group of mice ate ...