UA study: Intermittent fasting, calorie restriction could be key to health aging

A new study in mice shows that intermittent fasting and calorie restriction may be the key to living longer.

Jennifer Stern is an assistant professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the University of Arizona in Tucson. She and her team have been looking at a hormone called glucagon.

“So, it turns on pathways that promote the breakdown of fats. It also turns on pathways that promote the synthesis and release of glucose from the liver,” Stern said…

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