How eating less might help your cells stay clean
Long-Term Calorie Restriction Enhances Cellular Quality-Control Processes in Human Skeletal Muscle.
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Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses
Max 100Randomized Controlled Trials
Max 90Cohort Studies
Max 72Case-Control Studies
Max 58Cross-Sectional Studies
Max 44Case Reports & Case Series
Max 30Expert Opinion & Narrative Reviews
Max 537 / 44
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A snapshot of a population at a single point in time. Can identify correlations and prevalence, but cannot determine the direction of cause and effect.
Publication
Journal
Cell reports
Year
2016
Authors
Ling Yang, Danilo Licastro, E. Cava, N. Veronese, F. Spelta, W. Rizza, Beatrice Bertozzi, D. Villareal, G. Hotamışlıgil, J. Holloszy, L. Fontana
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Claims (10)
Adequate protein intake preserves muscle mass, which maintains metabolic rate.
Frequent or prolonged fasting triggers adaptive thermogenesis, causing the body to reduce metabolic rate to conserve energy.
Caloric restriction for 3 weeks results in a 266-calorie per day reduction in resting metabolic rate, with approximately half of this reduction due to adaptive thermogenesis.
Daily 16:8 fasting can lead to a metabolic slowdown within 2-3 weeks due to unintentional caloric restriction.
People who eat fewer calories for many years have more of a protein called beclin-1 in their muscles, which helps start the process of cleaning up damaged cell parts.