| Title |
Effects of Intermittent Fasting, Caloric Restriction, and Ramadan Intermittent Fasting on Cognitive Performance at Rest and During Exercise in Adults
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| Published in |
Sports Medicine, October 2015
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| DOI | 10.1007/s40279-015-0408-6 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Anissa Cherif, Bart Roelands, Romain Meeusen, Karim Chamari |
| Abstract |
The aim of this review was to highlight the potent effects of intermittent fasting on the cognitive performance of athletes at rest and during exercise. Exercise interacts with dietary factors and has a positive effect on brain functioning. Furthermore, physical activity and exercise can favorably influence brain plasticity. Mounting evidence indicates that exercise, in combination with diet, affects the management of energy metabolism and synaptic plasticity by affecting molecular mechanisms through brain-derived neurotrophic factor, an essential neurotrophin that acts at the interface of metabolism and plasticity. The literature has also shown that certain aspects of physical performance and mental health, such as coping and decision-making strategies, can be negatively affected by daylight fasting. However, there are several types of intermittent fasting. These include caloric restriction, which is distinct from fasting and allows subjects to drink water ad libitum while consuming a very low-calorie food intake. Another type is Ramadan intermittent fasting, which is a religious practice of Islam, where healthy adult Muslims do not eat or drink during daylight hours for 1 month. Other religious practices in Islam (Sunna) also encourage Muslims to practice intermittent fasting outside the month of Ramadan. Several cross-sectional and longitudinal studies have shown that intermittent fasting has crucial effects on physical and intellectual performance by affecting various aspects of bodily physiology and biochemistry that could be important for athletic success. Moreover, recent findings revealed that immunological variables are also involved in cognitive functioning and that intermittent fasting might impact the relationship between cytokine expression in the brain and cognitive deficits, including memory deficits. |
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| United States | 8 | 17% |
| France | 4 | 9% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 6% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 2% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 2% |
| Slovenia | 1 | 2% |
| Australia | 1 | 2% |
| Mexico | 1 | 2% |
| South Africa | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 2 | 4% |
| Unknown | 24 | 51% |
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| Members of the public | 38 | 81% |
| Scientists | 4 | 9% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 9% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 2% |
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| France | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Singapore | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 580 | 99% |
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| Student > Master | 65 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 49 | 8% |
| Researcher | 48 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 26 | 4% |
| Other | 115 | 20% |
| Unknown | 164 | 28% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 83 | 14% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 66 | 11% |
| Sports and Recreations | 52 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 50 | 9% |
| Psychology | 37 | 6% |
| Other | 118 | 20% |
| Unknown | 180 | 31% |
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