Mary Louise Kelly

Oh, no.

So let's start there.

This is, just to explain, this is where you restrict the times you eat, right, rather than what you eat?

Huh.

Okay, so it doesn't work.

I suppose worth pointing out, people may choose to fast, may choose to change their diet for reasons that go well beyond weight loss, right?

Good evergreen advice there.

Always talk to your doctor.

Okay, second story.

This is about chatbots and mental health.

I want to mention we are about to discuss suicide.

Gina, there have been a number of high-profile cases to do with chatbots, suicide, mental health.

Every three hours.

But do those reminders work?

Potential downsides?

Like what?

So if these reminders pinging you, you're actually talking to AI, not a human, if those don't work, if they may even make things worse, what's the way forward?

I'm going to move us to our last topic, which is how ultra endurance running changes the body.

I'm totally intrigued.

I'm a runner, although my ultra endurance is about four miles these days.