ReviewPreventive medicine reports2024
Effect of time-restricted eating and intermittent fasting on cognitive function and mental health in older adults: A systematic review.
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- Regulatory impact of intermittent fasting on autophagy in high fat diet induced structural and cognitive brain deteriorations in rats.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Association between mealtime regularity and breakfast frequency with postpartum depression in first-time Japanese mothers: a cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Fasting safely during Ramadan with diabetes: clinical practice recommendations for Arab populations from the Arab Diabetes Forum (FSR-ADF).Hormones (Athens, Greece) · 2026Review
- Impact of high-fat diet and feeding time on daily anxious-like behaviors in aged male rats.Behavioral and brain functions : BBF · 2026Article
- Interplay Between Autophagy, Cellular Senescence, and Brain Aging: Neuroprotective Implications of Intermittent Fasting.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2026Review
- The obesity-brain axis: a comprehensive review of neurological complications and therapeutic interventions in metabolic syndrome.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2026Review
- Time-restricted feeding rescues sociability deficits and reduces neuroinflammation in aged mice.Neurobiology of aging · 2026Article
- Nutritional Strategies and Aging: Current Evidence and Future Directions.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Four consecutive weeks of dawn-to-dusk intermittent fasting are associated with improved neuropsychiatric symptoms and neurocognitive functions among adults: a prospective cohort.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2026Article
- Intermittent fasting and immune aging: implications for immunosenescence, inflammaging, neuroinflammation, and frailty.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- One-month early time-restricted eating enhances cognition via white matter-cortical pathways in males with metabolic syndrome: evidence from TBSS and SBM analyses.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Does Energy Restriction and Loss of Body Fat Account for the Effect of Intermittent Fasting on Cognitive Function?Nutrients · 2025Review
- Intermittent Fasting as a Neuroprotective Strategy: Gut-Brain Axis Modulation and Metabolic Reprogramming in Neurodegenerative Disorders.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Mechanisms of time-restricted feeding-induced neuroprotection and neuronal plasticity in ischemic stroke as a function of circadian rhythm.Experimental neurology · 2025Review
- Cognitive benefits of sleep: a narrative review to explore the relevance of glucose regulation.Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 2025Review
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- Intermittent Fasting: Myths, Fakes and Truth on This Dietary Regimen Approach.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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Abstract
Objective: Emerging evidence suggests that dietary interventions hold promise for promoting cognitive function and mental well-being in aging populations. This systematic review aimed to examine the potential relationship between Time-Restricted Eating (TRE) and Intermittent Fasting (IFA) with cognitive function and mental health in older adults. Methods: A thorough exploration was undertaken on electronic databases such as PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Science Direct, and Google Scholar, up to October 2023, following PRISMA standards. The evaluation of the quality and potential bias in the incorporated articles involved the use of the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale and Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT). Results: From a total of 539 articles initially identified, eight studies met the eligibility criteria for inclusion in this review. Out of these eight studies, six focused on cognitive function, and 2 focused on mental health. The reviewed articles encompassed a wide range of population sizes, with the number of older adults studied varying from 10 to 1357, reflecting a diverse cohort of individuals. Conclusions.The findings suggest that TRE and IFA may have a positive impact on cognitive function and mental health in this population. However, additional research is needed to fully comprehend this relationship. Therefore, future research should specifically examine factors such as the duration and timing of the eating window in TRE, as well as the physical condition of older adults, to provide a more nuanced understanding of the cognitive and mental health benefits of TRE and IFA in older adults.
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