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5 Reasons Why Intermittent Fasting Skyrockets Your Cognitive Function
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1-You are under stress
Intermittent fasting is about putting your body under stress to make your body stronger.
When you don't eat for an extended period of time, you stress your body, which is a good thing.
That stress triggers catecholamines.
Intermittent fasting is about putting your body under stress to make your body stronger.
When you don't eat for an extended period of time, you stress your body, which is a good thing.
That stress triggers catecholamines.
Cathecolamines= Adrenaline, noradrenaline
These hormones make you more alert and focused.
These hormones make you more alert and focused.
2-Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF)
Your body produces more BDNF when you fast.
What BDNF does within the body?
Your body produces more BDNF when you fast.
What BDNF does within the body?
-It grows new neurons
It grows new neurons in the specific portions of the brain such as cortex, hippocampus, and basal forebrain.
These areas are related to memory, focus
-It increases the synaptic connectivity
This will make sense when I explain the 3rd reason, read on...
It grows new neurons in the specific portions of the brain such as cortex, hippocampus, and basal forebrain.
These areas are related to memory, focus
-It increases the synaptic connectivity
This will make sense when I explain the 3rd reason, read on...
3-Decreased synaptic activity, increased synaptic connectivity
Synapse is basically the connection between two neurons.
Neurons communicate with each other through synapses.
When you fast, your body is more cautious about how it spends energy in the brain.
Synapse is basically the connection between two neurons.
Neurons communicate with each other through synapses.
When you fast, your body is more cautious about how it spends energy in the brain.
So, it decreases the unnecessary synaptic activity so that it can spend energy on the more necessary things.
And it increases the synaptic connectivity through BDNF.
So that neurons communicate with each other more efficiently
And it increases the synaptic connectivity through BDNF.
So that neurons communicate with each other more efficiently
Think of it like this.
Your brain is focusing one thing at a time with %50 of its energy instead of focusing 10 things at a time with %100 of its energy.
So, basically your body stops multitasking when you fast.
Your brain is focusing one thing at a time with %50 of its energy instead of focusing 10 things at a time with %100 of its energy.
So, basically your body stops multitasking when you fast.
4-Ketones
When you fast, your body starts to produce ketones.
Ketones have their place when it comes to cognitive function.
The beautiful thing about ketones is that your brain can use them as an energy source like glucose,
But it uses them more efficiently than glucose.
When you fast, your body starts to produce ketones.
Ketones have their place when it comes to cognitive function.
The beautiful thing about ketones is that your brain can use them as an energy source like glucose,
But it uses them more efficiently than glucose.
5-Mitochondrial biogenesis
Mitochondria is the powerhouse of your cells.
It's where the energy is produced.
And ketones also increase the number of mitochondria.
This means they increase both the efficiency and number of mitochondria in your brain.
Win/Win
Mitochondria is the powerhouse of your cells.
It's where the energy is produced.
And ketones also increase the number of mitochondria.
This means they increase both the efficiency and number of mitochondria in your brain.
Win/Win
When these 5 things are combined when you fast
Your cognitive function increases.
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