fascinating reading: http://www.fasebj.org/cgi/content/full/17/9/1133 http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=156352 Regarding neurological effects of intermittent fasting: "In addition, recent studies have shown that rats and mice maintained on an IF regimen exhibit increased resistance of neurons in their brains to insults relevant to the pathogenesis of several different human neurological disorders including epileptic seizures and stroke (6 <http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=156352#B6>, 8 <http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=156352#B8>, 14 <http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=156352#B14>). We therefore performed an experiment to determine whether LDF [limited daily feeding, e.g. calorie restriction] and IF diets exert similar beneficial effects on neurons in the brain." --Richard Persephone O'Donnell wrote: > >Has any research been done into this? Is there anything published on the >effects of blood glucose levels and the brain? I'll be researching this >myself, but if anyone has any links on this topic, I'd be grateful. > >Persephone > > > > >