Could intermittent fasting improve organ function? Antonio Guillem/Alamy
Consuming meals within an 8-hour time frame each day leads to better organ function in mice.
The finding reveals how intermittent fasting — or cycling between periods of fasting and eating — may improve health, says Satchidananda Panda at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California.
Panda and his colleagues divided about 200 young male mice into two groups and fed each a high-fat, high-sugar diet with the same total number of calories. One group was restricted to eating within an 8-hour time window, while the other could feed freely. After…
