In intermittent fasting, the person refuses to eat during certain periods or severely restricts their calorie intake. Of course, this diet is mainly used for weight loss, but scientists are studying its properties to find application in medicine.
Intermittent fasting has been found to promote the recovery of neurons in the peripheral nervous system of mice after injury. Animals injured sciatic nerve. Half of the rats engaged in intermittent fasting – one day they ate as much as they wanted and the next day they ate nothing. The other half ate as usual.
It turned out that the rate of recovery of axons in mice that died of starvation was about one and a half times higher.
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Source: Ferra
