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To: einUeevacation©gmail.comj From: Sent Fri 3/7/2014 8:52:21 PM Subject: Regarding the 5:2 diet and positive effect on the brain Dear Jeffrey, Here is some interesting reading on the subject. I BBC Scientists are uncovering evidence that short periods of fasting, if properly controlled, could achieve a number of health benefits, as well as potentially helping the overweight, as Michael Mosley discovered. http://www.bbc.com/news/health-19112549 Fasting at Least Twice a Week Seen as Alzheimer's Hedge http://www.bloornberq.com/news/2013-10-29/fastinq-at-least-twice-a-week-seen-as-alzheimer- s-hedqe.html The study was led by Mark Mattson, professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and senior investigator at the U.S. National Institute of Aging. Mattson is planning a new project to measure how fasting twice a week for two months affects human brain function and early signs of Alzheimer's. http://www.ncbi.nim.nih.govipubmed/17306982 Sent from my iPad EFTA_R1_00380543 EFTA01930438