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German study: Intermittent fasting shows modest cognitive benefit

intermittent fasting calorie restriction cognitive benefit German study older women

A six‑month German pilot study examined 47 older women with overweight or obesity who reduced their daily caloric intake by 500 kcal. Participants were assigned to eat within a roughly nine‑hour window (about 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.) or over a twelve‑hour period. Those who confined eating to the shorter window performed better on spatial‑planning and problem‑solving tests and made fewer errors on memory and learning tasks. Study leader Sue Shapses described the cognitive improvements as "moderate" and noted that the weight loss and cardiometabolic risk reductions were comparable to continuous calorie restriction. The researchers emphasized that longer‑term investigations are required to confirm these moderate benefits.

The findings add to existing evidence that intermittent‑fasting regimens can offer similar health outcomes to traditional calorie‑restriction diets, while potentially providing slight advantages for certain cognitive functions in this demographic.

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German research team · Sue Shapses

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Intervallfasten wirkt wie Kalorienreduktion – doch bei Tests zeigt sich ein kleiner, „moderater“ Vorteil [www.merkur.de]
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Intervallfasten wirkt wie Kalorienreduktion – doch bei Tests zeigt sich ein kleiner, „moderater“ Vorteil [www.kreiszeitung.de]
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Intervallfasten wirkt wie Kalorienreduktion – doch bei Tests zeigt sich ein kleiner, „moderater“ Vorteil [www.tz.de]
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