Journal
ADVANCED SCIENCE
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WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202204487
Keywords
aging; diseases; fasting-mimicking diet; intermittent fasting; time-restricted feeding
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Overnutrition poses risks for various diseases, and fasting has been extensively studied as a dietary intervention to combat overnutrition. Fasting has been shown to slow aging and protect against neurodegenerative diseases, metabolic disorders, and cancers in both animals and humans. It has the potential to delay aging and prevent/treat diseases with fewer side effects compared to chronic dietary interventions.
Overnutrition is a risk factor for various human diseases, including neurodegenerative diseases, metabolic disorders, and cancers. Therefore, targeting overnutrition represents a simple but attractive strategy for the treatment of these increasing public health threats. Fasting as a dietary intervention for combating overnutrition has been extensively studied. Fasting has been practiced for millennia, but only recently have its roles in the molecular clock, gut microbiome, and tissue homeostasis and function emerged. Fasting can slow aging in most species and protect against various human diseases, including neurodegenerative diseases, metabolic disorders, and cancers. These centuried and unfading adventures and explorations suggest that fasting has the potential to delay aging and help prevent and treat diseases while minimizing side effects caused by chronic dietary interventions. In this review, recent animal and human studies concerning the role and underlying mechanism of fasting in physiology and pathology are summarized, the therapeutic potential of fasting is highlighted, and the combination of pharmacological intervention and fasting is discussed as a new treatment regimen for human diseases.
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