Why fasting bolsters brain power: Mark Mattson at TEDxJohnsHopkinsUniversity
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Published 2014-03-18
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All Comments (21)
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I've intermittent fasted for the past year. I have lost 100 pounds. Almost limitless energy. No need for anti depressants. Healthiest and happiest I've ever been. I'm 45 years old and in the shape of my life. Massive mental clarity. I have even subsided some of my health problems. I have reversed the aging process. Fountain of youth here folks. I look 10 years younger! So happy. All I can do is smile and dance.
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If you're feeling slow, fast!
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I give credit to any scholar who calls out the food and drug industry.
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I confess that my hand had started to shake in the past. I tried to deny it. I used to fast a lot, somehow I stopped. I started to fast this year, plus getting rid of sugar and the shaking is gone.Aleluyah
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This video has changed my life. I've lost 30 lbs in about 10 weeks! with 20 more to go. and feel great!
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Keto, Fasting and walking has changed my life. At 55 I feel better then I have in years. Listen to this man, You will live longer and feel better.
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Empty stomach is my friend. I'm healthy and have survived most of my friends.
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"Humans live on 1/4 of what they eat; on the other 3/4 live their doctor." Wow!!
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Ted Talks can be ego platforms on pointless issues but this man really convinces in a mild and intelligent tone. Wonderful lecture. Thank you Mr Mattson.
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Hi. I'm a Buddhist priest. Thank you for this video. I can personally say that intermittent fasting has always been part of our human nature. Have you ever noticed that when you got the flu, you barely want to eat? That's your body screaming you to leave it alone so it can heal! So why is it that you force yourself into having a bowl of chili or soup?
Fasting heals you. Make you feel great and the mind is sharp and clear. Most of the Buddhist monastic community worldwide have only 2 small meals a day and this has been going on for thousands of years.
So try skipping breakfast. That's all you need to lose weight, lower your carbon imprint and feel great. -
An intelligent presentation without hype or sounding like a sales pitchman. He speaks to us as a adults.
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Intermittent fasting + meditation + yoga = godmode
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intermittent fasting makes me feel like i'm in the movie Limitless
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I am a Muslim , I started fasting from the age of 8, at the age of 14 I was fasting for the whole month of Ramadhan, , I am past 70 , and I continue to fast through the whole mont of Ramadhan , always felt great ,
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I am on 65th hour of my 72 hour Autophagy Marathon.
Fasting is the best medicine for any ailment in a person.
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I have got into a weekly routine of fasting, last meal Sunday dinner until Monday dinner, only water for 23 hrs, I feel great and recommend it.
I also take a cold shower for 30 seconds after a 3 minute hot one, it's so invigorating even in the depths of winter and people say I'm looking younger. I'm 82. -
I fasted for 5 days drinking only warm water 10 years ago and felt that my brain started working much more clearly. I became also very sensitive, my intuition got incredibly strong.
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Fasting is incredible, the benefits you get from it are borderline super-powers. They've been shoving the lie that we need 3 meals a day down our throats (literally) for years. Too much food makes you fat, lethargic, toxic, depressed, dishonest, poor and I can go on and on. The hardest thing about fasting is the fear and the withdrawal from addiction to food that you will inevitably go through at first.
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I water fasted for 22 days and remember my mind feeling connected to the earth. The mental clarity was something I've never experienced before.
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Intermittent fasting and keto saved my life. I couldn't even go a couple of hours without needing to eat and was a sugar addict. Lost weight, health issues disappeared (big ones). Absolutely saved me.