4.Try Intermittent Fast
study out of King's College London. Researchers here wanted to determine if intermittent fasting might spur hippocampal neurogenesis and improve the memory performance of lab mice.
- A control group of mice who were treated and fed as always
- A calorie-restricted group (CR), for which daily food intake was reduced by 10%
- An intermittent fasting group (IF), for which food was similarly reduced, but that were fed only every other day during the study.
results-The study found that the intermittent fasting group had "improved long-term memory retention compared to the other groups."
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