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- 1:45 What is intermittent fasting (IF)?
- 7:00 are the body composition effects simply due to a caloric deficit?
- 7:45 purported benefits of IF beyond body composition / weight management
- Anti Inflammatory
- Autophagy
- Glucose control
- 8:45 evidence for IF efficacy in weight loss
- 11:30 IF for endurance athletes
- 14:00 short or long-term practice?
- 23:00 difference in efficacy and safety of IF between males and females
- 31:00 adapting to IF
- 32:45 evidence for increased lifespan and reduction in cancer risk through autophagy b
- 28:30 a sidebar into epigenetics
- 43:00 keeping focused on what’s important
- 45:00 the role of novelty
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