Abstaining from food for 16 to 18 hours a day could be key to treating a variety of health conditions — even if you've got to train yourself to push past the hunger.A review of past animal and human studies in The New England Journal of Medicine suggests that intermittent fasting can reduce blood pressure, aid in weight loss and improve longevity.The report functions as a road map of sorts for physicians to prescribe fasting as a method of prevention or treatment for obesity, cancer, diabetes and heart disease.
Study author Mark Mattson, a professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University, hones in on two types: Daily time-restricted feeding (eating 6-8 hours a day and fasting for 16-18 hours) and 5:2 intermittent fasting (fasting two days a week, usually capping a fasting day at 500 calories).
The catch? Most Americans don't intermittently fast (the norm is three meals a day plus snacks) and thus physicians are less inclined to consider fasting a solution to a broad range of health conditions, according to the review.
Because the research is relatively new, the report advises physicians to monitor their patients throughout intermittent fasting and gradually increase the duration and frequency of fasting to guide their transition.

The Artist as Dr. Frankenstein:
THE APPLE NUN by Athena Papadopoulos

For her first solo exhibition in Belgium, Canadian artist Athena Papadopoulos (b. 1988) presents a new body of work conceived for the context of Liebaert Projects. Papadopoulos has the space into a complex narrative that intermingles sculptures that sing – with sound derived from the artist’s book The Apple Nun painting and installation.

The central hall of Liebaert Projects features the keynote text that informs the narrative at large. A hand-written and sewn, painted and dyed, sculptural and oversized book titled The Apple Nun (Book of Hymns) sits atop a kneeling church lectern. The text takes as its point of departure the autobiography of the artist’s 94 year old grandfather. Papadopoulos hones in on the marginalised story of her great aunt Magdalina: a beautiful, young Greek woman, whose portraits are integrated on the front page of The Apple Nun (Book of Hymns).

#海外快讯# 西区音乐剧《女招侍(Waitress)》公布新卡司，塔林·亨德森(Tamlyn Henderson)将会在9月9日接替彼得•汉娜(Peter Hannah)加入该剧，饰演厄尔(Earl)。在此之前，塔林曾出演过《妈妈咪呀！(Mamma Mia!》和《悲惨世界(Les Misérables)》的巡演。该剧由黛安·保卢斯(Diane Paulus)执导，露丝•琼斯(Lucie Hones)、玛丽莎•华莱士(Marisha Wallace)等人主演。