Could fasting for 16 hours twice a week be good for your health (and not just your waistline)?

Is this enough information for your doctor and hospital to implement? Don't do this on your own, you know how damned dangerous 14-16 hour fasts are.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/fasting-16-hours-twice-week-good-health-just-waistline/?
This paragraph is interesting;
Mattson is interested in what happens to the brain — in terms of memory and learning — when the body starts to burn fat for fuel. And he’s been studying animals, mainly mice, for clues. During fasting, he says, fat can convert to compounds called ketones, “which have beneficial effects in making neurons more resistant to injury and disease.” He’s planning a study in people to evaluate what effect intermittent fasting may have on brain health.