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January 2019

Can a Fasting Diet Help You Live Longer? (Outside Magazine)

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Outside Magazine highlighted their deputy editor’s experience with USC Leonard Davis School’s Valter Longo’s fasting-mimicking diet. The article quoted Longo on how fasting can promote cellular regeneration in the body. Las Vegas Sun noted research by Longo on the benefits of intermittent fasting. Las Vegas Sun noted research by Longo on the benefits of intermittent fasting.

Stress Keeps 1 in 3 Americans Up at Night (HealthDay/WebMD)

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HealthDay highlighted research by Jennifer Ailshire of the USC Leonard Davis School about the increase in inadequate sleep among Americans. Ailshire found that 28.6 percent of respondents self-reported inadequate sleep in 2004, compared to 32.9 percent in 2017. The study also showed that African-Americans and Hispanics have a more severe sleep surfeit. “If you talk to people, the things you hear most often are economic insecurity and economic anxiety,” she said. “People are staying up worrying about things.” WebMD also featured the study.

Bleary-eyed Ventura County residents lament rising tide of sleeplessness (Ventura County Star)

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Ventura County Star highlighted research by Jennifer Ailshire of the USC Leonard Davis School about the increase in inadequate sleep among Americans. Ailshire found that 28.6 percent of respondents self-reported inadequate sleep in 2004, compared to 32.9 percent in 2017. The study also showed that African-Americans and Hispanics have a more severe sleep surfeit. “People are exposed to things reading the news that might keep them up at night,” said Ailshire. “People are a little more plugged into bad things happening in the world.”

Nearly One-Third of Americans Sleep Fewer Than Six Hours Per Night (Smithsonian Magazine)

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Smithsonian Magazine highlighted research by Jennifer Ailshire of the USC Leonard Davis School about the increase in inadequate sleep among Americans. “Poor sleep is a canary in the coal mine – we will see worse health outcomes as a result,” she said. Ailshire found that 28.6 percent of respondents self-reported inadequate sleep in 2004, compared to 32.9 percent in 2017. The study also showed that African-Americans and Hispanics have a more severe sleep surfeit.

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