Laura,
Nothing ventured, nothing gained (or better; less eaten, less gained).
However, I'm not sure Rick's "gorge and starve" is advisable.

Seriously, this seems to be a recently recognized valid approach to enhancing brain health. I checked your links and some related recently published work that seem to support this approach.

Look out for hypoglycemia. I get really grouchy when my blood sugar gets low!
Robert