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   The 5:2 diet helps beat cancer and Alzheimer's, study finds   
      
      
   Modern diets of three meals per day plus snacks are "abnormal" in terms of   
   human evolution, while periods of fasting can shrink tumours and protect brain   
   cells, according to new paper   
      
   The 5:2 diet could help against diabetes, cancer and Alzheimer's, a new study   
   has found   
      
      
      
   By Tom Brooks-Pollock   
   8:31PM GMT    
   24 Nov 2014   
      
      
   Fasting regimes such as the '5:2' diet could help the body guard against   
   diseases including cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer's, according to a new study   
   published today.   
   The common eating pattern in modern societies, of three meals per day plus   
   snacks, is actually "abnormal" in terms of human evolution, and is at-odds   
   with the body's natural rhythms, the paper finds.   
   The study, a review of a wide range of scientific research into the effects of   
   limiting calorie intake on the human body, calls of doctors to encourage   
   patients to adopt 'intermitten energy restriction' diets such as the 5:2 diet,   
   where participants eat    
   normally for five days and then eat no more than 500 calories for two days.   
   Such eating patterns are in fact much more consistent with that of wild   
   animals and "hunter-gatherer humans [who] rarely, if ever, suffer from   
   obesity, diabetes, and cardio-vascular disease."   
   Entitled 'Meal frequency and timing in health and disease', the paper is   
   published today in PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in   
   the USA.   
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   It surveys over 80 scientific papers spanning biology, neuroscience and   
   oncology into the relationship between meal timings, food quantities and human   
   health.   
   Fasting, or radically cutting calorie intake, can help the body break down fat   
   and repair cells, reversing the ageing process, shrinking tumours and guarding   
   neurons against damage caused by neurodegenerative disorders such as   
   Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.   
   The paper says: "For many of our ancestors, food was scarce and primarily   
   consumed during daylight hours, leaving long hours of overnight fasting.   
   "With the advent of affordable artificial lighting and industrialization,   
   modern humans began to experience prolonged hours of illumination every day   
   and resultant extended consumption of food."   
   Disruption of the body's natural body clock, or "circadian rhythms",   
   encouraged humans, and domesticated animals, to eat more, making them more   
   susceptible to obesity and associated diseases, the authors say.   
   The authors include experts from the National Institute of Aging in Baltimore   
   and Harvard Medical School in the US, and the Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention   
   Centre at Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester.   
   Dr Michelle Harvie, research dietician at Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention and   
   co-author of the paper, said: "There are many myths and assumptions concerning   
   diet and eating patterns, including the belief that a healthy lifestyle should   
   involve three    
   square meals, plus snacks, every day.   
   "However, this common eating pattern is in fact abnormal from an evolutionary   
   perspective. Emerging studies suggest that intermittent periods of energy   
   restriction can in fact improve health and even counteract disease processes,   
   such as the development    
   of breast cancer.   
   "As more research is done into the relationship between meal frequency and   
   health, it's important that these eating patterns are incorporated into   
   standard health care policies and that the general population knows how to   
   adapt their diets and lifestyles    
   appropriately."   
   The '2-Day Diet', a low-carb type of 5:2 diet devised by the centre for its   
   patients as part of the recovery process, Dr Harvie added.   
      
      
      
   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/dietandfitness/11250893/The-52   
   diet-helps-beat-cancer-and-Alzheimers-study-finds.html   
      
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