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#399: Prof. James Betts – Does Fasting Have Benefits Beyond Those Caused By Calorie Restriction?
James Betts is Professor of Metabolic Physiology at the University of Bath, where he is Co-Director of the Centre for Nutrition, Exercise & Metabolism. His research employs randomised controlled trials to study the effects of nutrition on metabolic regulation.
His group recently published a trial aiming to separate out the effects of fasting from those of calorie restriction.
Show notes at sigmanutrition.com/episode399/