VIDEO: Scientific reasons why fasting is good for you!

What if you find out you can live longer, be more productive, avoid diseases and keep your brain functioning much longer if you fast? Well, in this video by TEDx, Mark Mattson - the current Chief of the Laboratory of Neurosciences at the National Institute on Aging and a professor of Neuroscience at The Johns Hopkins University proves just that.
Mattson is one of the foremost researchers in the area of cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.