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Slowing down aging, a new concept for the prevention of all chronic diseases

5 April 2024
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Dr Martin Juneau, M.D., FRCP

Age is an important risk factor for all chronic diseases, implying that finding ways to slow down aging could simultaneously delay the onset of all these diseases and significantly improve healthy life expectancy.

Time-restricted eating, a promising approach for chronic disease prevention

12 August 2022
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Dr Martin Juneau, M.D., FRCP

How can we explain that the simple fact of restricting caloric intake to a shorter window of time can lead to significant health benefits?

Modulation of the gut microbiota by dietary interventions to prevent cardiometabolic diseases

24 May 2021
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Dr Martin Juneau, M.D., FRCP

The results of recent studies suggest that modulation of the gut microbiota by dietary interventions (Mediterranean diet, intermittent fasting) could be a new preventive and therapeutic approach for diseases such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Time-restricted feeding: A tool to lose weight and improve cardiometabolic health

15 September 2020
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Dr Martin Juneau, M.D., FRCP

According to a study of obese people, time-restricted feeding, a type of intermittent fasting, can help to lose weight and improve metabolic health, both when eating is limited to a 6-hour as well as 4-hour period.

Exercise on an empty stomach to burn more fat

10 December 2019
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Dr Martin Juneau, M.D., FRCP

Exercising on an empty stomach, rather than after a meal, could burn twice as much fat according to a randomized controlled study.

Intermittent fasting: A new approach to weight loss?

12 July 2017
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Dr Martin Juneau, M.D., FRCP

Instead of uniformly decreasing the amount of calories consumed each day, which seems almost impossible to do for most people, intermittent fasting involves alternating periods of normal food intake with periods of fasting more or less extended.

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