Intermittent fasting enhances long-term memory consolidation, adult hippocampal neurogenesis, and expression of longevity gene Klotho (animal)

This 2018 review summarized recent literature on the role of memory in eating behaviors, and overviewed current evidence on the relationship between memory and weight gain. While working memory has been marked in research over the last few years as an important cognitive process that underpins many aspects of appetite control, recent articles have examined […]

As global life expectancy and the older adult population continue to increase, so do the incidence and concern for age-related cognitive diseases such as Alzheimer’s and dementia. Healthy diets (rich in vegetables, fruits, whole grains, seafood/fish, and low in sweets, and red meat) are thought to improve cognitive function and mitigate cognitive decline seen with […]