Episode 11: Saturday Night Live Top 5’s / Intermittent Fasting

In today’s episode, the guys start the episode discussing Elon Musk and their surprising takes on his recent Saturday Night Live hosting gig (1:08) -- plus a brief discussion on Wayne Gretsky’s (in)famous hosting gig. Then, to commemorate the upcoming season finale of the 46th season of Saturday Night Live, Ali and Asif discuss their top 5 SNL performers (9:25). Listen to find out who they include and who they shockingly leave out! Then Asif discusses the concept of intermittent fasting (27:30). He goes over the theory for why it should work and the basic science evidence. Then he reviews the clinical studies supporting and refuting the effectiveness of intermittent fasting. Finally, he discusses promising new trials regarding cancer and intermittent fasting.

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Show Notes

• The One Big Problem With Elon Musk’s Autism Announcement: https://slate.com/culture/2021/05/elon-musk-aspergers-snl-autism-spectrum.html
• A Conversation With a Harvard Geneticist on How to Live (Well) Past 100: Dr. David Sinclair talks intermittent fasting, Benjamin Button and more
• https://www.insidehook.com/article/health-and-fitness/how-to-live-past-100

• Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Health, Aging, and Disease: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1905136
• Intermittent fasting and weight loss: Systematic review: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32060194/
• Diet Review: Intermittent Fasting for Weight Loss: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-weight/diet-reviews/intermittent-fasting/
• Effects of Time-Restricted Eating on Weight Loss and Other Metabolic Parameters in Women and Men With Overweight and ObesityThe TREAT Randomized Clinical Trial: JAMA Intern Med. 2020;180(11):1491-1499. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.4153
• A Potential Downside of Intermittent Fasting: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/28/well/eat/a-potential-downside-of-intermittent-fasting.html