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Sep 07, 2021

Fasting Can Help Increase Lifespan

Written By: Tom Crowe
CAREGiver pouring a cup of coffee for a client during Overnight Care.
One way to increase the likelihood of a long and happy life is to monitor what and how much we eat. This can be done with the assistance of good senior care. Ventura, CA families have the option of a caring and experienced provider of residential assisted living to help make good eating a reality.

But beyond healthy eating and good nourishment for elder care, intermittent fasting has been shown to have a significant and very positive impact on heart health and life expectancy. Intermittent fasting has been a bit of a trendy diet plan lately, but the wisdom behind it spans cultures and centuries, and now the medical research is supporting its efficacy. Two recent studies have shown the positive impact of intermittent fasting on lifespan. In the first study, researchers found that those who fasted on occasion had nearly a 50 percent lower rate of mortality overall, while the second study showed a whopping 71 percent decrease in the rate of heart failure.

Ventura, CA residents can experience these benefits with the assistance of elderly assisted living that is trained and licensed, like that provided by Home Instead. Our compassionate care givers can help your loved ones keep to a healthy diet and eating regime that could include one or another of the intermittent fasting strategies, such as 16-8, where people fast for 16 hours and then eat meals within an 8-hour period. Other strategies include fasting for an entire day once or twice per week.

Of course, no fasting regime should be adopted without consultation with a medical professional, but if such an approach is approved, our elderly caregivers in the Ventura, CA area are able to help your loved one pursue such an approach.

So rather than just calling anyone answering to “elderly care near me,” call the most trusted name in Ventura CA, Home Instead, for licensed, bonded, experienced non medical caregivers for seniors. Call (805) 429-9789 today to find out more today!

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