Lifestyle for the BRAin Health - Time Restricted Eating and Mindfulness

A structured 9-month program integrating physical yoga postures (asanas), breathing techniques, sound, and meditation. Sessions are conducted twice weekly (90 minutes each) and focus on enhancing physical health, stress regulation, and cognitive performance. Delivered by certified instructors.

Participants follow a 16:8 time-restricted eating schedule (16 hours fasting / 8 hours eating window) for 9 months, with nutritional counseling promoting a flexitarian dietary pattern. The intervention is designed to support metabolic health and reduce risk factors for neurodegeneration.

A 9-month structured program of twice-weekly cognitive training sessions (90 minutes each), targeting memory, attention, executive function, and social cognition using both paper-based and computer-based tasks. Supervised by trained therapists.

A twice-weekly stretching routine performed over 9 months (90-minute sessions), led by physiotherapists. This intervention provides low-intensity physical activity to control for physical engagement across study arms.