Effects of Caloric Restriction and Intermittent Fasting and Their Combined Exercise on Cognitive Functioning: A Review

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Caloric restriction and intermittent fasting may enhance cognitive function through multiple interacting pathways.

Dietary habits significantly impact cognitive function and are increasingly being studied.
Caloric restriction and intermittent fasting could improve cognitive function in healthy individuals.
These dietary practices may also influence cognitive function in neurodegenerative diseases, obesity, diabetes, and aging.
Exercise may have synergistic effects when combined with caloric restriction or intermittent fasting in preventing cognitive decline.

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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The impact of dietary habits on cognitive function is increasingly gaining attention. The review is to discuss how caloric restriction (CR) and intermittent fasting (IF) can enhance cognitive function in healthy states through multiple pathways that interact with one another. Secondly, to explore the effects of CR and IF on cognitive function in conditions of neurodegenerative diseases, obesity diabetes and aging, as well as potential synergistic effects in combination with exercise to prevent cognitively related neurodegenerative diseases.

RECENT FINDINGS: With age, the human brain ages and develops corresponding neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and epilepsy, which in turn trigger cognitive impairment. Recent research indicates that the impact of diet and exercise on cognitive function is increasingly gaining attention. The benefits of exercise for cognitive function and brain plasticity are numerous, and future research can examine the efficacy of particular dietary regimens during physical activity when combined with diet which can prevent cognitive decline.

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