Fasting

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• They are known as floaters or, more formally, muscae volitantes – Latin for flying flies.
• A recent article in the Mirror, Eye floaters: What causes them and how to get rid of them naturally, claims to have a solution.
• Despite the promise in the headline, Dr Brewer does not talk about getting rid of floaters.
• With age, the vitreous – a clear, gel-like substance inside the eye – starts to thicken and shrink.
• With age, it’s normal for the vitreous to pull away from the back of the eye, a process called posterior vitreous detachment, and this causes more floaters.

What about other solutions?

• But this surgery poses risks to a person’s vision far more significant than the floaters themselves.
• Zapping floaters with a laser (known as a YAG laser) is another option, but not all experts agree that this is safe.
• But while slowing ageing in the eye would be great, it’s not proof that it will stop people from getting floaters.
• You’re more likely to get floaters if you are shortsighted, had cataract surgery, or if you’ve had eye inflammation (swelling).

The verdict

• Can supplements and lifestyle changes slow the ageing process in the eye, delaying the onset of these age-related floaters?
• Dr Brewer makes excellent recommendations about nutritious food, hydration and sleep – all great ways to maintain your health.

• Dementia is a term used to describe a range of symptoms linked to the decline in brain function with age.
• The World Health Organization predicts that the number of people with the condition will triple by 2050.
• In recent years, one of the most promising areas of research on age-related diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, has been the accumulation of harmful proteins in the brain.
• We therefore sought to find out if dietary interventions, particularly intermittent fasting, would counteract the accumulation of amyloid-ß in the brain and potentially safeguard against age-related brain cell death.
• This process can therefore reduce the risk of amyloid-ß build-up and associated brain cell death.

How it works

• Intermittent fasting is a dietary approach that involves regulating food intake by alternating periods of fasting and eating.
• This dietary regimen comprises periods of restricted food consumption, followed by periods of normal eating.
• There are different types of intermittent fasting.

What we did

• Mice cells are frequently used as a model for human cells in scientific research.
• We found that 24 to 48 hours of intermittent fasting by mice provided protection against cell death in specific regions of their brain.
• Even in the presence of a high amyloid-ß protein load in brain cells, intermittent fasting maintained autophagy activity.
• The findings of this study suggest that interventions such as intermittent fasting could potentially protect against the development of age-related diseases.

• This unique case series study demonstrates the feasibility of achieving type 2 diabetes remission simply by eating healthy food without severe calorie restriction or liquid meal replacements.
• ST. LOUIS, June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A lifestyle-based treatment intervention promoting adherence to a whole-food, plant-predominant eating pattern and integrated into routine care can successfully achieve type 2 diabetes remission, according to a research study published in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine.
• The unique study demonstrates the feasibility of achieving type 2 diabetes remission simply by eating healthy food.
• Data points were extracted from the periods immediately before the lifestyle intervention and the most recent post intervention.