The Claim
Genetic background and sex significantly influence the lifespan response to a 2-day-per-week intermittent fasting regimen in mice, with males from certain strains showing a modest median lifespan extension of 1.7 months, while females across strains showed no significant benefit and some strains experienced reduced survival.
What the research says
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In mice, a 2-day-per-week intermittent fasting regimen extends median lifespan by 1.7 months in males from certain genetic strains but has no significant effect in females and reduces survival in some strains.
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Genetic background and sex significantly influence the lifespan response to a 2-day-per-week intermittent fasting regimen in mice, with males from certain strains showing a modest median lifespan extension of 1.7 months, while females across strains showed no significant benefit and some strains experienced reduced survival, indicating that fasting effects are not universal but genetically and sexually dimorphic.
In male mice with certain genes, fasting triggers a stronger shift in how cells use energy, making mitochondria work more efficiently and boosting repair processes, which extends life. In females and other strains, the same fasting triggers a weaker or harmful energy shift, leading to less repair and more cell damage, so lifespan doesn't improve or gets shorter.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Genetic regulation of fasting-induced longevity effects
In mice, fasting two days a week made some male mice live a little longer, but female mice didn’t live longer—and in some cases, they lived shorter lives. Whether it helped or hurt depended on the mouse’s genes.
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