| CR | Caloric Restriction |
| CDD | Chronic Degenerative Diseases |
| ADF | Alternate Day Fasting |
| LDL-Cholesterol | Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol |
| HDL | High Density Lipoprotein |
| TOR-S6k | Target of Rapamycin-S6 Kinase |
| PKA | Protein Kinase A |
| Ras2 | Rat Sarcoma 2 |
| TOR1 | Target of Rapamicin 1 |
| Sch9 | Serin/Threonin-Protein kinase |
| Msn/4 | heterodimeric zinc-finger transcription factor |
| Gis1 | Transcriptional activator/repressor GIS1 |
| GTPase RHEB-1 | Regulatory Protein G of mTOR |
| mTORC1 | Mechanistic Target of Rapamicyn Complex 1 |
| IIS | insulin/IGF (insulin-like growth factor)-like signalling |
| IGF1 | Insulin Growth Factor 1 |
| AD | Alzheimer Disease |
| DNA | Deoxy Ribonucleic Acid |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| CAT | Catalase |
| SOD | Superoxide Dismutase |
| GPx | Glutathione Peroxidase |
| Aβ | Amiloide Beta |
| mTor | Mechanistic Target of Rapamicyn |
| mTORC2 | Mechanistic Target of Rapamicyn Complex 2 |
| TRF | Time Restricted Feeding |
| IF | Intermittent Fasting |
| MADF | Modified Alternate Day Fasting |
| HF diet | High Fat diet |
| TG | Triglycerides |
| PF | Prolonged Fasting |
| BDNF | Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor |
| NPC | Neural Precursor Cells |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| FFM | Free Fat Mass |
| RT | Resistance Training |
| ASMMI | Appendicular Skeletal Muscle Mass Index |
| BCMI | Body Cellular Mass Index |
| SBP | Systolic Blood Pressure |
| DBP | Diastolic Blood Pressure |
| CO | Carbon Monoxide |
| COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| HNQD | High Nutritional Quality Diet |
| MUFA | Mono-Unsaturated Fatty Acids |
| PUFA | Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acids |
| LM | Lean Mass |
| T2D | Type 2 Diabetes |
| HbA1c | Glycated Haemoglobin |
| T1D | Type 1 Diabetes |
| Sox2 | SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 2 |
| Ngn3 | Neurogenin3 |
| MI | Myocardial Infarction |