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NIH is running studies to see if the benefits of fasting result from increases in cellular nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+ which decreases with age). So far they have done a small scale study that indicates that a supplement with Nicotinamide Riboside (NR) significantly increased NAD+ levels in humans without apparent negative effects. A larger term study is underway to see if there is evidence of beneficial health results. Exciting life extension results were shown in mice but they were genetically engineered NAD+ deficient mice so that may not mean a whole lot for normals mice or normal humans. It will be interesting to see what comes out of this study.Some other very interesting things have been discovered recently as well. There is a theory that people who undergo fasting live longer. It turns out that this is partially true but the fasting is best achieved by going at least 14 hours once a day without food and not by starving for days at a time. So, if you have your last meal at 1800 then wait until 0800 in the morning for breakfast you can enjoy the benefits of fasting without the pain and suffering of actual starvation. We have done this for years without actually knowing it was beneficial. It is just how we live. Generally we have breakfast around 1030 and don't eat any lunch.
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