Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Health, Aging, and Disease.

@article{deCabo2019EffectsOI,
  title={Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Health, Aging, and Disease.},
  author={Rafael de Cabo and Mark P. Mattson},
  journal={The New England journal of medicine},
  year={2019},
  volume={381 26},
  pages={
          2541-2551
        }
}
Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Health and Aging Evidence is accumulating that eating in a 6-hour period and fasting for 18 hours can trigger a metabolic switch from glucose-based to ketone-base... 
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