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by andai 1694 days ago
Spent a few months reading about this stuff back in 2019 and basically concluded you can get roughly the same benefits from intermittent fasting / time restricted eating, caloric restriction and keto.

Fasting for 24-48 hours however triggers autophagy, which is quite significant; I don't think (but don't know if) you would get that from your runs.

You're definitely right about the many benefits of exercise, though. This is one of my favorite articles, and it only covers the benefits to the brain:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurobiological_effects_of_phy...

It helps with working memory, depression, self esteem, ADHD, alzheimer's, drug addiction, and the list just goes on and on...