Challenging Oneself Intermittently to Improve Health

Humans and their predecessors evolved in environments where they were challenged intermittently with: 1) food scarcity; 2) the need for aerobic fitness to catch/kill prey and avoid or repel attackers; and 3) exposure to biological toxins present in foodstuffs. Accordingly, cells and organ systems ac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mark P. Mattson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-10-01
Series:Dose-Response
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2203/dose-response.14-028.Mattson