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  1. Terrible to hear about all of the evil your family and friends have suffered through. This stuff can stay in the body indefinitely, just like a virus. Thankfully, fasting can help cycle it out quicker, and repair the immune system to help keep these strange side effects from occurring. Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time. Fasting increases nitric oxide release. Fasting restores NAD+ to healthy levels. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers, but some patients may need continued acid reducation medication while fasting. Telomeres are lengthened and fasting also increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' that is not supposed to be there. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies, rejuvenating your entire immune system. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system in a similar way to CBD oil. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. The thymus also plays a vital role in fighting cancer. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Some viruses activate glycolosis (the release of sugar in the body) and clinically it has been shown that decreasing glucose metabolism in the body weakens the influenza virus. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell which are used to produce organelles and proteins. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. The hormone Leptin is an immunomodulator that keeps the body from attacking itself and obesity causes leptin resistance. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance and leptin levels and one day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No, except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells Lowering insulin via fasting virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency and thereby making cells better able to fight off infection. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism and cancer prevention! Fasting also releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. In fact, the biochemical regulator of BDNF production is beta-hydroxybutyrate, which is the same ketone the body produces to nourish the brain while fasting. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. Those with Addison's disease may also be unable to fast without liberal use of exogenous ketones, depending on severity. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel which will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  2. The best way to get your immune system into shape and deal with an infection is to lower your carbs and do some extended fasting. This regenerates your white blood cells, including the critical T cell very quickly and modulates overwhelming immune reactions from spikes and other sources. Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time, including in the heart and lungs. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion plaques, growths and pathogens by the immune system. This will also remove spikes quicker, whether natural or unnatural in origin! Blood clotting is lessened. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered when fasting, reducing inflammation and allowing the immune bodies to move freely through the body. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. T cells and T reg cells are vital in fighting cancer, autoimmune disease and infections but as we age the thymus stops making as many of them. Fasting releases stem cells, which then can become new T cells. It also releases growth hormone, which regenerates the thymus itself! Fasting restores NAD+ and increases nitric oxide release to open blood vessels. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies in a 72h fast, rejuvenating your entire immune system. This helps prevent the onset of new autoimmune conditions, which develop through a leaky gut and damaged immune system. Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! Fasting increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors and increases average telomere length in stem cell pools. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell required for viruses to replicate. The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast but most teas and herbs are OK. Supplements and meds often break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasting sactivates autophagy (literally self eating). This will cause cells to recycle damaged proteins and foreign matter such as viruses. Lowering insulin via fasting virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The obese will lose loose skin while fasting, but the frail will have increased growth hormone release, which helps to make more lean tissue and reduce frailness. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility issues for some women. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system, just like the effect of CBD oil Just 24h of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half! This reduces leptin resistance, which impairs immune function. Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers. Some patients may need continued acid reduction medication while fasting. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism, fighting infection and cancer prevention! Fasting releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. They also help with dementia and many other issues even if you take them while not fasting! Glycine and trimethylglycine can also be useful supplements while fasting that won't break ketosis and have many benefits. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness or tremors, then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33530881/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube. Feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My community tab will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  3. Your natural immune system being in prime shape is always going to be the most important factor for both fighting illness and healing any damage, whatever the source because it is actually the immune system that does ALL repair in the body. Some benefits of occasional extended fasting and lowering carbs in the diet: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time, including in the heart and lungs. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion plaques, growths and pathogens by the immune system. This will also remove spikes quicker, whether natural or unnatural in origin! Blood clotting is lessened. T cells and T reg cells are vital in fighting cancer, autoimmune disease and infections but as we age the thymus stops making as many of them. Fasting releases stem cells, which then can become new T cells. It also releases growth hormone, which regenerates the thymus itself! Fasting restores NAD+ and increases nitric oxide release to open blood vessels. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies in a 72h fast, rejuvenating your entire immune system. This helps prevent the onset of new autoimmune conditions, which develop through a leaky gut and damaged immune system. Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! Fasting increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors and increases average telomere length in stem cell pools. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell required for viruses to replicate. The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast but most teas and herbs are OK. Supplements and meds often break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasting activates autophagy (literally self eating). This will cause cells to recycle damaged proteins and foreign matter such as viruses. Lowering insulin via fasting virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The obese will lose loose skin while fasting, but the frail will have increased growth hormone release, which helps to make more lean tissue and reduce frailness. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility issues for some women. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system, just like the effect of CBD oil Just 24h of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half! This reduces leptin resistance, which impairs immune function. Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers. Some patients may need continued acid reduction medication while fasting. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism, fighting infection and cancer prevention! Fasting releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. They also help with dementia and many other issues even if you take them while not fasting! Glycine and trimethylglycine can also be useful supplements while fasting that won't break ketosis and have many benefits. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness or tremors, then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33530881/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube. Feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My community tab will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  4. Fasting can do a great deal to undo the damage, even severe neurological problems. It also cycles it out more quickly to stop more side effects from appearing. Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time, including in the heart and lungs. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' like spikes that are not supposed to be there. Whether natural or unnatural in origin.. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered when fasting Fasting restores NAD+ to healthy levels. Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! Telomeres are lengthened and fasting also increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors. After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies, rejuvenating your entire immune system. This helps prevent the onset of new autoimmune conditions, which develop through a leaky gut and damaged immune system. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. The thymus also plays a vital role in fighting cancer. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The obese will lose extra tissue like loose skin while fasting, but the skinny or frail will have increased growth hormone release than the obese, which helps to make more lean tissue and reduce frailness. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell required for viruses to replicate. The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system in a similar way to CBD oil. One day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! This reduces leptin resistance, which impairs immune function. Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers. Some patients may need continued acid reduction medication while fasting. Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No. Except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells Lowering insulin via fasting virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism, fighting infection and cancer prevention! Fasting releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. They also help with dementia and many other issues even if you take them while not fasting! Glycine and trimethylglycine can also be useful supplements while fasting that won't break ketosis and have many benefits. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness or tremors, then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube. Feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My community tab will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  5. The best thing you can do for your immune system is fasting, which not only stimulates phagocytosis but also increases your body's ability to utilize vitamin D. It will ensure you are always able to deal with pathogenic threat and quickly develop natural immunity without immune overreaction! Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fasting restores NAD+ to healthy levels. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' like spikes that are not supposed to be there. Whether natural or unnatural in origin.. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time. Fasting increases nitric oxide release. Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies, rejuvenating your entire immune system. This helps prevent the onset of new autoimmune conditions, which develop through a leaky gut and damaged immune system. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. The thymus also plays a vital role in fighting cancer. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered when fasting, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The obese will lose extra tissue like loose skin while fasting, but the skinny or frail will have increased growth hormone release than the obese, which helps to make more lean tissue and reduce frailness. The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell required for viruses to replicate. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system in a similar way to CBD oil. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance, which impairs immune function. One day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers. Some patients may need continued acid reduction medication while fasting. Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No. Except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells Lowering insulin via fasting virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism, fighting infection and cancer prevention! Fasting releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness or tremors, then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  6. For those who did get harassed into taking it, it can be removed by the body's immune system and fasting can speed this process up tremendously. Some of the many benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time. Fasting increases nitric oxide release. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers, but some patients may need continued acid reducation medication while fasting. Telomeres are lengthened and fasting also increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system in a similar way to CBD oil. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' that is not supposed to be there. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Fasts from 36-96 h actually INCREASE metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles as much as 1/3 of all immune bodies and creates new ones, rejuvenating your entire immune system. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. The thymus also plays a vital role in fighting cancer. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Some viruses activate glycolosis (the release of sugar in the body) and clinically it has been shown that decreasing glucose metabolism in the body weakens the influenza virus. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell which are used to produce organelles and proteins. This means the mechanisms needed by viruses to replicate are by and large unavailable when you are in a deeply fasted state. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast, though if the amount is tiny you will go back into ketosis very quickly. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. The hormone Leptin is an immunomodulator that keeps the body from attacking itself and obesity causes leptin resistance. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance and leptin levels and one day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No, except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells. AMPK does many helpful things in the body including activating the body's antioxidant defenses. Deep ketosis virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency and thereby making cells better able to fight off infection. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism and cancer prevention! When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, which destroys them. Fasting also releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. In fact, the biochemical regulator of BDNF production is beta-hydroxybutyrate, which is the same ketone the body produces to nourish the brain while fasting. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. Those with Addison's disease may also be unable to fast without liberal use of exogenous ketones, depending on severity. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel which will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  7. Fasting can help a great deal with autoimmune conditions and can even reverse allergies over time. Even the dreaded peanut allergy has been reversed with fasting under doctor supervision. Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time. Fasting increases nitric oxide release. Fasting restores NAD+ to healthy levels. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' like spikes that are not supposed to be there. Whether natural or unnatural in origin.. Telomeres are lengthened and fasting also increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors. Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies, rejuvenating your entire immune system. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered when fasting, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Some viruses activate glycolosis (the release of sugar in the body) and clinically it has been shown that decreasing glucose metabolism in the body weakens the influenza virus. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell required for viruses to replicate. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system in a similar way to CBD oil. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance, which impairs immune function. One day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers. Some patients may need continued acid reduction medication while fasting. Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No. Except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells Lowering insulin via fasting virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism, fighting infection and cancer prevention! Fasting releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness or tremors, then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  8. It's an immune reaction and the best thing to do for it and other immune issues is to do some extended fasting. Some of the many benefits of fasting and a lower carb whole food diet on the immune system, blood pressure, blood sugar and anti-aging, all backed up by clinical data: Fasts from 36-96 h actually INCREASE metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy! Fribrosis/scarring is reversed over time. The hunger hormone ghrelin lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria and viruses by the immune system. Blood pressure is quickly and dramatically lowered, which is very important for a good outcome with the current pandemic. Fasting increases nitric oxide, which has manifold postive effects like reducing arterial plaque. Weight loss from fasting only loses10% lean tissue and 90% fat compared to the typical 25% lean tissue and 75% fat lost when calorically restricting for long periods. Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Ideal blood sugar is around 80. Some viruses activate glycolosis (the release of sugar in the body) and clinically it has been shown that decreasing glucose metabolism in the body weakens the influenza virus. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell which are used to produce organelles and proteins. This means the mechanisms needed by viruses to replicate are by and large unavailable when you are in a deeply fasted state. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast, though if the amount is tiny you will go back into ketosis very quickly. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it and helps build muscle by increasing insulin sensitivity! Fasts of several days will not affect short term female fertility and may increase long term fertility especially in women with PCOS. The hormone Leptin is an immunomodulator that keeps the body from attacking itself and obesity causes leptin resistance. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance and leptin levels and one day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No, your body always runs mainly on fat except for brief periods of very intense exercise. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells. AMPK does many helpful things in the body including activating the body's antioxidant defenses. Deep ketosis virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. This can offset the life threatening symptoms of viral pneumonia which effectively kills you through inflammation. This also creates BHB ketones in your body, which also help your immune system and anti-oxidative system, especially in the brain. Ketones also provide an additional energy source during infection, which is critical when trying to fight off a bug. In fact you can have as much as three times the total energy available in your blood when you are in deep ketosis, or even more. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency and thereby making cells better able to fight off infection. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism and cancer prevention! After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles large numbers of immune bodies and creates new ones, rejuvenating your entire immune system. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells. This kills these cells off completely. Senescent cells are responsible for the effects of aging and are the root cause of the development of cancer. If it were possible to destroy them all it would completely stop aging and cancer. That is not possible but fasting can help limit these effects by killing off many of the affected cells and limiting the future effects of aging. Fasting also releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth, helping a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. In fact, the biochemical regulator of BDNF production is beta-hydroxybutyrate, which is the same ketone the body produces to nourish the brain while fasting. Dieters losing weight through intermittent fasting show greater reduction in waist size and increase in insulin sensitivity for the same weight lost and alternate day fasters were shown to lose fat while gaining muscle at the same time over a six month period. Fasting reverses metabolic syndrome, which is tightly correlated to Chronic Fatiguque Syndrome, high blood pressurecancer and many other chronic diseases. Fasting has been shown to increase bone marrow volume by 10% and levels of carnosine in the body in as little as a few weeks. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. Eating one meal a day can bring most of these benefits to a lesser degree, and adding a few entire days off from eating per week will have even more effect especially when starting to feel poorly. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. Those with Addison's disease may also be unable to fast without liberal use of exogenous ketones, depending on severity. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://holistickenko.com/vitamin-d-kidney-liver-disease/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel which will always contain an updated list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health and wellness and make a little commentary on health and fitness as well.
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  9. The best way to rapidly reduce inflammation and stop autoimmune reactions including those from meds is to do some extended fasting! The many benefits of occasional extended fasting and lowering dietary carbs: Your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune cells in a 72h fast, rejuvenating your immune system. This helps with autoimmune disease, cancers and cytokine storm. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of proteins, pathogens and plaques by macrophages and other immune bodies. This will remove spikes quicker, whether natural or unnatural in origin! Reduces B cells by over half in a single fast, greatly reducing allergic and other autoimmune responses. Fasting and low carb help with POTS, which is driven by high insulin and blood sugar. Fibrosis aka scarring is reversed over time, including in the heart, lungs and clots. Clotting and fibrin are inhibited, stopping any 'unusual' clots. Fasting quickly lowers blood pressure levels. The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. Clots and plaques are removed over time due to accelerated phagocytosis. When insulin is high, vit D stays locked in the blood cells but fasting quickly lowers it. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and D in turn increases autophagy. Your brain prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when equally available to glucose. Except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns free fatty acids. Fasting reduces cortisol over time and improves your circadian rhythm. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered when fasting, reducing inflammation and allowing the immune bodies to move freely through the body. T cells are crucial in fighting cancer, autoimmune disease and infection. Tthymus generally stops making them with age but fasting releases stem cells, which then can become new T cells. It also releases growth hormone, which regenerates the thymus! Fasting increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors and increases average telomere length in stem cell pools. Fasting does not reduce testosterone over time. It raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. It also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. And removes fat, which also increases estrogen in men. Fasting activates autophagy (literally self eating). This recycles damaged proteins and foreign matter such as viruses. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mtDNA. Mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism, fighting infection and cancer prevention! 24h of fasting reduces leptin levels by half! This reduces leptin resistance, which impairs immune function. Fasting restores NAD+, reduces NADH and increases nitric oxide release to open blood vessels. Over time fasting normalizes stomach acid levels and during the fast acid levels go down to allow for the healing of ulcers. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release!. Fasting increases interferon, which shuts down the ability of viruses to replicate. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system, just like the effect of CBD oil Lowering insulin via fasting virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. The obese will lose loose skin while fasting, but the frail will have increased growth hormone release, which helps to make more lean tissue and reduce frailness. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn glucose, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility for some women. Fasting releases BDNF and NGF in the blood, creating new nerve and brain cell growth. This helps a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. Fasting stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. Glycine and trimethylglycine (TMG) can also be useful supplements while fasting that won't break ketosis and have many benefits. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD has about 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and zero net carbs. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast but most teas and herbs are OK. Supplements and meds usually break ketosis due to fillers or directly. Some of them also irritate the stomach. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. They also help with dementia and many other issues even if you take them while not fasting! Children, expecting or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors that excrete insulin or certain rare forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all or only with doctor supervision. T1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis and done under doctor supervision. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness or tremors, then simply break the fast with a low carb meal. Resources: https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33530881/ https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.17852 https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ This list compiled by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube. Feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed!
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  10. This stuff can stay in the system indefinitely if you don't take any special measures. Thankfully, fasting stimulates phagocytosis, which is the means by which the body removes foreign objects. It also repairs the immune system, which can prevent the autoimmune issues from popping up. Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time. Fasting increases nitric oxide release. Fasting restores NAD+ to healthy levels. Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers, but some patients may need continued acid reducation medication while fasting. Telomeres are lengthened and fasting also increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors. Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' that is not supposed to be there. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies, rejuvenating your entire immune system. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. The thymus also plays a vital role in fighting cancer. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Some viruses activate glycolosis (the release of sugar in the body) and clinically it has been shown that decreasing glucose metabolism in the body weakens the influenza virus. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell which are used to produce organelles and proteins. This means the mechanisms needed by viruses to replicate are by and large unavailable when you are in a deeply fasted state. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. The hormone Leptin is an immunomodulator that keeps the body from attacking itself and obesity causes leptin resistance. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance and leptin levels and one day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No, except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells Lowering insulin via fasting virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency and thereby making cells better able to fight off infection. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism and cancer prevention! Fasting also releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. In fact, the biochemical regulator of BDNF production is beta-hydroxybutyrate, which is the same ketone the body produces to nourish the brain while fasting. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. Those with Addison's disease may also be unable to fast without liberal use of exogenous ketones, depending on severity. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel which will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  11. The reviewers and editors are conflicted and that is the root of the whole issue. They just block anything their sponsors don't like.
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  12. If he suspects damage the best thing to do to stop side effects and heal some of the damage is to do some extended fasting. Your immune system has to destroy each affected cell to make it stop producing spikes and this is greatly speeded up by doing a little fasting! Some of the many benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Blood pressure is quickly and dramatically lowered. Fribrosis/scarring is reversed over time and telomeres are lengthened, which also helps with lung fibrosis. Fasting increases nitric oxide. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' that is not supposed to be there. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles large numbers of immune bodies and creates new ones, rejuvenating your entire immune system. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. Fasts from 36-96 h actually INCREASE metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! Weight loss from fasting only loses10% lean tissue and 90% fat compared to the typical 25% lean tissue and 75% fat lost when calorically restricting for long periods. The hunger hormone ghrelin lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Ideal blood sugar is around 80. Some viruses activate glycolosis (the release of sugar in the body) and clinically it has been shown that decreasing glucose metabolism in the body weakens the influenza virus. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell which are used to produce organelles and proteins. This means the mechanisms needed by viruses to replicate are by and large unavailable when you are in a deeply fasted state. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast, though if the amount is tiny you will go back into ketosis very quickly. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many medications are dangerous to take while fasting so you may have to talk to your dr. about discontinuing them during a fast. Fasts of several days will not affect short term female fertility and may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. The hormone Leptin is an immunomodulator that keeps the body from attacking itself and obesity causes leptin resistance. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance and leptin levels and one day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No, your body always runs mainly on fat except for brief periods of very intense exercise. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells. AMPK does many helpful things in the body including activating the body's antioxidant defenses. Deep ketosis virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. This can offset the life threatening symptoms of viral pneumonia which effectively kills you through inflammation. This also creates BHB ketones in your body, which also help your immune system and anti-oxidative system, especially in the brain. Ketones also provide an additional energy source during infection, which is critical when trying to fight off a bug. In fact you can have as much as three times the total energy available in your blood when you are in deep ketosis, or even more. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency and thereby making cells better able to fight off infection. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism and cancer prevention! When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells. This kills these cells off completely. Senescent cells are responsible for the effects of aging and are the root cause of the development of cancer. If it were possible to destroy them all it would completely stop aging and cancer. That is not possible but fasting can help limit these effects by killing off many of the affected cells and limiting the future effects of aging. Fasting also releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth, helping a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. In fact, the biochemical regulator of BDNF production is beta-hydroxybutyrate, which is the same ketone the body produces to nourish the brain while fasting. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and under 18 g of carb. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. Those with Addison's disease may also be unable to fast without liberal use of exogenous ketones, depending on severity. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel which will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  13. It's also important to realize that insulin resistance can stamp down your vit D levels. That makes it hard to get enough no matter what you take. Fortunately, some fasting can immediately reduce this problem and also has amazing effects for the whole immune system with up to 1/3 of all white blood cells regenerated after a single fast. Some of the many benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers, but some patients may need continued acid reducation medication while fasting. Telomeres are lengthened and fasting also increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system in a similar way to CBD oil. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' that is not supposed to be there. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Fasts from 36-96 h actually INCREASE metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles as much as 1/3 of all immune bodies and creates new ones, rejuvenating your entire immune system. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. The thymus also plays a vital role in fighting cancer. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Some viruses activate glycolosis (the release of sugar in the body) and clinically it has been shown that decreasing glucose metabolism in the body weakens the influenza virus. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell which are used to produce organelles and proteins. This means the mechanisms needed by viruses to replicate are by and large unavailable when you are in a deeply fasted state. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast, though if the amount is tiny you will go back into ketosis very quickly. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. The hormone Leptin is an immunomodulator that keeps the body from attacking itself and obesity causes leptin resistance. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance and leptin levels and one day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No, except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells. AMPK does many helpful things in the body including activating the body's antioxidant defenses. Deep ketosis virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency and thereby making cells better able to fight off infection. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism and cancer prevention! When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, which destroys them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. Fasting also releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. In fact, the biochemical regulator of BDNF production is beta-hydroxybutyrate, which is the same ketone the body produces to nourish the brain while fasting. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. Those with Addison's disease may also be unable to fast without liberal use of exogenous ketones, depending on severity. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel which will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  14. I'm very sorry for your loss. For any who took this treatment, be aware that some fasting can help cycle out of your system much more quickly and also reduces inflammation very quickly, and even repairs the immune system, which this treatment damaged. Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time. Fasting increases nitric oxide release. Fasting restores NAD+ to healthy levels. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers, but some patients may need continued acid reducation medication while fasting. Telomeres are lengthened and fasting also increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors. Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies, rejuvenating your entire immune system. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system in a similar way to CBD oil. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. The thymus also plays a vital role in fighting cancer. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Some viruses activate glycolosis (the release of sugar in the body) and clinically it has been shown that decreasing glucose metabolism in the body weakens the influenza virus. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell which are used to produce organelles and proteins. This means the mechanisms needed by viruses to replicate are by and large unavailable when you are in a deeply fasted state. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. The hormone Leptin is an immunomodulator that keeps the body from attacking itself and obesity causes leptin resistance. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance and leptin levels and one day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No, except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency and thereby making cells better able to fight off infection. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism and cancer prevention! Fasting also releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. In fact, the biochemical regulator of BDNF production is beta-hydroxybutyrate, which is the same ketone the body produces to nourish the brain while fasting. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. Those with Addison's disease may also be unable to fast without liberal use of exogenous ketones, depending on severity. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel which will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  16. If anyone is at risk, fasting right now could save your life. It also gets it out of the system faster by stimulating phagocytosis, otherwise you could get problems at any time! Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' like spikes that are not supposed to be there. Whether natural or unnatural in origin.. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time. Fasting increases nitric oxide release. Telomeres are lengthened and fasting also increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors. Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies, rejuvenating your entire immune system. This helps prevent the onset of new autoimmune conditions, which develop through a leaky gut and damaged immune system. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. The thymus also plays a vital role in fighting cancer. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered when fasting, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The obese will lose extra tissue like loose skin while fasting, but the skinny or frail will have increased growth hormone release than the obese, which helps to make more lean tissue and reduce frailness. The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell required for viruses to replicate. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance, which impairs immune function. One day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers. Some patients may need continued acid reduction medication while fasting. Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No. Except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells Lowering insulin via fasting virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism, fighting infection and cancer prevention! Fasting releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness or tremors, then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  17. The best thing you can do to protect yourself as a vulnerable person is to fast! Some of the many benefits of fasting and a lower carb whole food diet on the immune system, blood pressure, blood sugar and anti-aging, all backed up by clinical data: Fribrosis/scarring is reversed. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. The hunger hormone ghrelin lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria and viruses by the immune system. Blood pressure is quickly and dramatically lowered, which is very important for a good outcome with the current pandemic. Fasting increases nitric oxide, which has manifold postive effects like reducing arterial plaque. Weight loss from fasting only loses10% lean tissue and 90% fat compared to the typical 25% lean tissue and 75% fat lost when calorically restricting for long periods. Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy! Blood sugar and insulin are lowered, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Ideal blood sugar is around 80. Some viruses activate glycolosis (the release of sugar in the body) and clinically it has been shown that decreasing glucose metabolism in the body weakens the influenza virus. Fasting is beneficial for all infections but especially for viral infections: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hriuvUjOTM0 Is fasting just the same as caloric restriction? No! Dieting increases the hunger hormone ghrelin while fasting decreases it and has many other health benefits! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVl-nilhWLc What breaks a fast? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aRLsCpxy3o When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell which are used to produce organelles and proteins. This means the mechanisms needed by viruses to replicate are by and large unavailable when you are in a deeply fasted state. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it and builds muscle! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJUDucBWv4s Fasts of several days will not affect short term female fertility and may increase long term fertility especially in women with PCOS. Fasts from 36-96 h actually INCREASE metabolic rate! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeC_gIR2Z14 The hormone Leptin is an immunomodulator that keeps the body from attacking itself and obesity causes leptin resistance. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance and leptin levels and one day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No, it never uses mainly glucose for fuel and using glucose for fuel is very biochemically damaging! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf1jwMbvNxw Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells. AMPK does many helpful things in the body including activating the body's antioxidant defenses. Fasting can make you gain muscle faster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RM8GRzsIIg Deep ketosis virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. This can offset the life threatening symptoms of viral pneumonia which effectively kills you through inflammation. This also creates BHB ketones in your body, which also help your immune system and anti-oxidative system, especially in the brain. Ketones also provide an additional energy source during infection, which is critical when trying to fight off a bug. In fact you can have as much as three times the total energy available in your blood when you are in deep ketosis, or even more. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency and thereby making cells better able to fight off infection. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism and cancer prevention! Your body releases interferon which is also triggered by the body during viral attacks to shut down the replication ability of the surrounding cells and stop infections. After 72 hours or more fasted, your body actually recycles large numbers of immune bodies and creates new ones, rejuvenating your entire system. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells. This kills these cells off completely. Senescent cells are responsible for the effects of aging and are the root cause of the development of cancer. If it were possible to destroy them all it would completely stop aging and cancer. That is not possible but fasting can help limit these effects by killing off many of the affected cells and limiting the future effects of aging. Fasting also releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth, helping a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. In fact, the biochemical regulator of BDNF production is beta-hydroxybutyrate, which is the same ketone the body produces to nourish the brain while fasting. Dieters losing weight through intermittent fasting show greater reduction in waist size and increase in insulin sensitivity for the same weight lost and alternate day fasters were shown to lose fat while gaining muscle at the same time over a six month period. Fasting reverses metabolic syndrome, which is tightly correlated to Chronic Fatiguque Syndrome, high blood pressurecancer and many other chronic diseases. Fasting has been shown to increase bone marrow volume by 10% and levels of carnosine in the body in as little as a few weeks. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. Eating one meal a day can bring most of these benefits to a lesser degree, and adding a few entire days off from eating per week will have even more effect especially when starting to feel poorly. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. Those with Addison's disease may also be unable to fast without liberal use of exogenous ketones, depending on severity. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://holistickenko.com/vitamin-d-kidney-liver-disease/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel which will always contain an updated list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health and wellness and make a little commentary on health and fitness as well.
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  18. It has been clear for some time everyone is a 'super spreader'.
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  19. If your EKG is off your heart is not fine. These are possible clotting symptoms. Fasting can undo these clots, even unusual ones.
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  20. Fasting is the best way to get this stuff out of the body if you or a loved one has been exposed. It stimulates phagocytosis which clears it out faster, and also generates now white blood cells, which is where the problems arise. Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time, including in the heart and lungs. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' like spikes that are not supposed to be there. Whether natural or unnatural in origin.. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered when fasting, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Fasting restores NAD+ to healthy levels. Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! Telomeres are lengthened and fasting also increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors. After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies, rejuvenating your entire immune system. This helps prevent the onset of new autoimmune conditions, which develop through a leaky gut and damaged immune system. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. The thymus also plays a vital role in fighting cancer. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The obese will lose extra tissue like loose skin while fasting, but the skinny or frail will have increased growth hormone release than the obese, which helps to make more lean tissue and reduce frailness. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell required for viruses to replicate. The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system in a similar way to CBD oil. One day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! This reduces leptin resistance, which impairs immune function. Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers. Some patients may need continued acid reduction medication while fasting. Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No. Except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells Lowering insulin via fasting virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism, fighting infection and cancer prevention! Fasting releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. They also help with dementia and many other issues even if you take them while not fasting! Glycine and trimethylglycine can also be useful supplements while fasting that won't break ketosis and have many benefits. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness or tremors, then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube. Feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My community tab will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  21. Some fasting can help prevent this, especially in that it will regenerate new white blood cells. Damaged WBCs is something you do NOT want and can cause life threatening side effects. Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fasting restores NAD+ to healthy levels. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' like spikes that are not supposed to be there. Whether natural or unnatural in origin.. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time. Fasting increases nitric oxide release. Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies, rejuvenating your entire immune system. This helps prevent the onset of new autoimmune conditions, which develop through a leaky gut and damaged immune system. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. The thymus also plays a vital role in fighting cancer. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered when fasting, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The obese will lose extra tissue like loose skin while fasting, but the skinny or frail will have increased growth hormone release than the obese, which helps to make more lean tissue and reduce frailness. The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell required for viruses to replicate. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system in a similar way to CBD oil. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance, which impairs immune function. One day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers. Some patients may need continued acid reduction medication while fasting. Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No. Except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism, fighting infection and cancer prevention! Fasting releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness or tremors, then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  22. They need to stop waiting for disasters to occur and cut out travel now!
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  23. For those who regret it, fasting can get it out of the body more quickly and also prevent many of the worst side effects! Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time, including in the heart and lungs. Fasting increases T cell production and regenerates the thymus. T cells are vital in fighting cancer, autoimmune disease and infections but as we age the thymus stops making as many of them. Fasting releases stem cells, which then can become new T cells. Fasting also releases growth hormone, which regenerates the thymus itself, which aids this process! Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. This will also remove any spikes, whether natural or unnatural in origin! Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered when fasting, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. Fasting restores your circadian rhythm to normal over time. Fasting increases nitric oxide release. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! Telomeres are lengthened and fasting also increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors. After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies, rejuvenating your entire immune system. This helps prevent the onset of new autoimmune conditions, which develop through a leaky gut and damaged immune system. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. The thymus also plays a vital role in fighting cancer. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The obese will lose extra tissue like loose skin while fasting, but the skinny or frail will have increased growth hormone release than the obese, which helps to make more lean tissue and reduce frailness. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell required for viruses to replicate. The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system in a similar way to CBD oil. Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers. Some patients may need continued acid reduction medication while fasting. Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No. Except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle damaged proteins and foreign matter such as viruses. It will can kill cancerous and senescent cells Lowering insulin via fasting virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism, fighting infection and cancer prevention! Fasting releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. They also help with dementia and many other issues even if you take them while not fasting! Glycine and trimethylglycine can also be useful supplements while fasting that won't break ketosis and have many benefits. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness or tremors, then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33530881/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube. Feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My community tab will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  24. The best way to enhance natural immunity is to do some fasting. This also helps clear out the spikes more quickly, whether natural or artificial in nature! Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time, including in the heart and lungs. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' like spikes that are not supposed to be there. Whether natural or unnatural in origin.. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered when fasting, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Fasting increases nitric oxide release. Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! Telomeres are lengthened and fasting also increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors. After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies, rejuvenating your entire immune system. This helps prevent the onset of new autoimmune conditions, which develop through a leaky gut and damaged immune system. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. The thymus also plays a vital role in fighting cancer. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The obese will lose extra tissue like loose skin while fasting, but the skinny or frail will have increased growth hormone release than the obese, which helps to make more lean tissue and reduce frailness. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell required for viruses to replicate. The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system in a similar way to CBD oil. One day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! This reduces leptin resistance, which impairs immune function. Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers. Some patients may need continued acid reduction medication while fasting. Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No. Except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Lowering insulin via fasting virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism, fighting infection and cancer prevention! Fasting releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. They also help with dementia and many other issues even if you take them while not fasting! Glycine and trimethylglycine can also be useful supplements while fasting that won't break ketosis and have many benefits. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness or tremors, then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube. Feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My community tab will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  25. I see people driving around with masks on all the time. Totally hilarious.
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  26. Fasting can quickly bring down high blood pressure. It can also remove spikes and clots, which are the probably cause. Some of the many benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time. Fasting increases nitric oxide release. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers, but some patients may need continued acid reducation medication while fasting. Telomeres are lengthened and fasting also increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system in a similar way to CBD oil. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' that is not supposed to be there. Fasts from 36-96 h actually INCREASE metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles as much as 1/3 of all immune bodies and creates new ones, rejuvenating your entire immune system. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. The thymus also plays a vital role in fighting cancer. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Some viruses activate glycolosis (the release of sugar in the body) and clinically it has been shown that decreasing glucose metabolism in the body weakens the influenza virus. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell which are used to produce organelles and proteins. This means the mechanisms needed by viruses to replicate are by and large unavailable when you are in a deeply fasted state. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast, though if the amount is tiny you will go back into ketosis very quickly. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. The hormone Leptin is an immunomodulator that keeps the body from attacking itself and obesity causes leptin resistance. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance and leptin levels and one day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No, except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells. AMPK does many helpful things in the body including activating the body's antioxidant defenses. Deep ketosis virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency and thereby making cells better able to fight off infection. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism and cancer prevention! When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, which destroys them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. Fasting also releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. In fact, the biochemical regulator of BDNF production is beta-hydroxybutyrate, which is the same ketone the body produces to nourish the brain while fasting. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. Those with Addison's disease may also be unable to fast without liberal use of exogenous ketones, depending on severity. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel which will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  27. When I got it I had fever and headache, slightly scratchy throat and dry cough shortly afterwards. I fasted though and the fever and scratchy throat were gone in two days and the cough in about 5 days. The other people I know had it for over 3 weeks and did not have a good time, and one died. Some of the myriad benefits of fasting on the immune system and for anti-aging, all evidence based: Blood sugar and insulin are lowered, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Ideal blood sugar is around 80. Some viruses activate glycolosis (the release of sugar in the body) and clinically it has been shown that decreasing glucose metabolism in the body weakens the influenza virus. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell which are used to produce organelles and proteins. This means the mechanisms needed by viruses to replicate are by and large unavailable when you are in a deeply fasted state. It stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will causes cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses. AMPK does many helpful things in the body including activating the body's antioxidant defenses. Deep ketosis virtually eliminates inflammation in the body. This can offset the life threatening symptoms of viral pneumonia which effectively kills you through inflammation. This also creates BHB ketones in your body, which also help your immune system and anti-oxidative system, especially in the brain. Various ketones also provide an additional energy source during infection, which is critical when trying to fight off a bug. In fact you can have as much as three times the total energy available in your blood when you are in deep ketosis, or even more. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency and thereby making cells better able to fight off infection. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism! T and B cells retreat to the bone marrow and are renewed at a genetic level, each cell having all its DNA repaired. This supercharges your immune system and makes your cells young again. On top of all this, fasting encourages the direct apoptosis (death) of infected cells, shortcutting the typically length process of killing them off through macrophages. Your body releases interferon which is also triggered by the body during viral attacks to shut down the replication ability of the surrounding cells and stop infections. After 72 hours or more fasted, your body actually recycles large numbers of immune bodies and creates new ones, rejuvenating your entire system. It also starts to release stem cells into the bloodstream at this point. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells. This kills these cells off completely. Senescent cells are responsible for the effects of aging and are the cause of the development of cancer. If it were possible to destroy them all it would completely stop aging and cancer. That is not possible but fasting can help limit these effects by killing off many of the affected cells and limiting the future effects of aging. Fasting also releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. Eating one meal a day can bring most of these benefits to a lesser degree, and adding a few entire days off from eating per week will have even more effect especially when starting to feel poorly. Pregnant or nursing women should not fast, nor should people with pancreatic tumors or hypoglycemia. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution.
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  28. Fasting can help a great deal with all these issues. It will also greatly increase the release of T cells from the thymus and even regenerate the thymus itself. Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time, including in the heart and lungs. Fasting increases T cell production and regenerates the thymus. T cells are vital in fighting cancer, autoimmune disease and infections but as we age the thymus stops making as many of them. Fasting releases stem cells, which then can become new T cells. Fasting also releases growth hormone, which regenerates the thymus itself, which aids this process! Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. This will also remove any spikes, whether natural or unnatural in origin! Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered when fasting, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. Fasting increases nitric oxide release. Fasting restores NAD+ to healthy levels. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! Telomeres are lengthened and fasting also increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors. After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies, rejuvenating your entire immune system. This helps prevent the onset of new autoimmune conditions, which develop through a leaky gut and damaged immune system. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. The thymus also plays a vital role in fighting cancer. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The obese will lose extra tissue like loose skin while fasting, but the skinny or frail will have increased growth hormone release than the obese, which helps to make more lean tissue and reduce frailness. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell required for viruses to replicate. The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system in a similar way to CBD oil. One day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! This reduces leptin resistance, which impairs immune function. Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers. Some patients may need continued acid reduction medication while fasting. Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No. Except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle damaged proteins and foreign matter such as viruses. It will can kill cancerous and senescent cells Lowering insulin via fasting virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism, fighting infection and cancer prevention! When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. They also help with dementia and many other issues even if you take them while not fasting! Glycine and trimethylglycine can also be useful supplements while fasting that won't break ketosis and have many benefits. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness or tremors, then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33530881/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube. Feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My community tab will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  29. Fasting is the best way to boost the immune system. Also repairs damage from the treatment and clears out the spikes, which otherwise can linger forever. Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time. Fasting increases nitric oxide release. Fasting restores NAD+ to healthy levels. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers, but some patients may need continued acid reducation medication while fasting. Telomeres are lengthened and fasting also increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' that is not supposed to be there. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies, rejuvenating your entire immune system. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system in a similar way to CBD oil. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. The thymus also plays a vital role in fighting cancer. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Some viruses activate glycolosis (the release of sugar in the body) and clinically it has been shown that decreasing glucose metabolism in the body weakens the influenza virus. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell which are used to produce organelles and proteins. This means the mechanisms needed by viruses to replicate are by and large unavailable when you are in a deeply fasted state. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. The hormone Leptin is an immunomodulator that keeps the body from attacking itself and obesity causes leptin resistance. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance and leptin levels and one day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No, except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells Lowering insulin via fasting virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency and thereby making cells better able to fight off infection. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism and cancer prevention! Fasting also releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. In fact, the biochemical regulator of BDNF production is beta-hydroxybutyrate, which is the same ketone the body produces to nourish the brain while fasting. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. Those with Addison's disease may also be unable to fast without liberal use of exogenous ketones, depending on severity. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel which will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  30. Fasting removes fibrosis throughout the body, including the lungs. Some of the many benefits of fasting and a lower carb whole food diet on the immune system, blood pressure, blood sugar and anti-aging, all backed up by clinical data: The hunger hormone ghrelin lowers over time with extended fasting and rise from dieting Thymus stem cells are regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria and viruses by the immune system. Blood pressure is quickly and dramatically lowered, which is very important for a good outcome with the current pandemic. Fasting increases nitric oxide, which has manifold postive effects like reducing arterial plaque. Weight loss from fasting only loses10% lean tissue and 90% fat compared to the typical 25% lean tissue and 75% fat lost when calorically restricting for long periods. Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy! Blood sugar and insulin are lowered, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Ideal blood sugar is around 80. Some viruses activate glycolosis (the release of sugar in the body) and clinically it has been shown that decreasing glucose metabolism in the body weakens the influenza virus. What breaks a fast? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aRLsCpxy3o Is fasting just the same as caloric restriction? No! Dieting increases the hunger hormone ghrelin while fasting decreases it and has many other health benefits! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVl-nilhWLc When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell which are used to produce organelles and proteins. This means the mechanisms needed by viruses to replicate are by and large unavailable when you are in a deeply fasted state. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it and builds muscle! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJUDucBWv4s Fasts of several days will not affect short term female fertility and may increase long term fertility especially in women with PCOS. Fasts from 36-96 h actually INCREASE metabolic rate! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeC_gIR2Z14 The hormone Leptin is an immunomodulator that keeps the body from attacking itself and obesity causes leptin resistance. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance and leptin levels and one day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No, it never uses mainly glucose for fuel and using glucose for fuel is very biochemically damaging! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf1jwMbvNxw Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells. AMPK does many helpful things in the body including activating the body's antioxidant defenses. Fasting can make you gain muscle faster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RM8GRzsIIg Deep ketosis virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. This can offset the life threatening symptoms of viral pneumonia which effectively kills you through inflammation. This also creates BHB ketones in your body, which also help your immune system and anti-oxidative system, especially in the brain. Ketones also provide an additional energy source during infection, which is critical when trying to fight off a bug. In fact you can have as much as three times the total energy available in your blood when you are in deep ketosis, or even more. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency and thereby making cells better able to fight off infection. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism and cancer prevention! Your body releases interferon which is also triggered by the body during viral attacks to shut down the replication ability of the surrounding cells and stop infections. After 72 hours or more fasted, your body actually recycles large numbers of immune bodies and creates new ones, rejuvenating your entire system. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells. This kills these cells off completely. Senescent cells are responsible for the effects of aging and are the root cause of the development of cancer. If it were possible to destroy them all it would completely stop aging and cancer. That is not possible but fasting can help limit these effects by killing off many of the affected cells and limiting the future effects of aging. Fasting also releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth, helping a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. In fact, the biochemical regulator of BDNF production is beta-hydroxybutyrate, which is the same ketone the body produces to nourish the brain while fasting. Autophagy induced by fasting even helps hair regrow. Dieters losing weight through intermittent fasting show greater reduction in waist size and increase in insulin sensitivity for the same weight lost and alternate day fasters were shown to lose fat while gaining muscle at the same time over a six month period. Fasting reverses metabolic syndrome, which is tightly correlated to Chronic Fatiguque Syndrome, high blood pressurecancer and many other chronic diseases. Fasting has been shown to increase bone marrow volume by 10% and levels of carnosine in the body in as little as a few weeks. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. Eating one meal a day can bring most of these benefits to a lesser degree, and adding a few entire days off from eating per week will have even more effect especially when starting to feel poorly. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. Those with Addison's disease may also be unable to fast without liberal use of exogenous ketones, depending on severity. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://holistickenko.com/vitamin-d-kidney-liver-disease/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel which will always contain an updated list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health and wellness and make a little commentary on health and fitness as well.
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  31. Fasting can help with both the infection and vx side effects! Some of the many benefits of fasting and a lower carb whole food diet on the immune system, blood pressure, blood sugar and anti-aging, all backed up by clinical data: Fribrosis/scarring is reversed. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. The hunger hormone ghrelin lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria and viruses by the immune system. Blood pressure is quickly and dramatically lowered, which is very important for a good outcome with the current pandemic. Fasting increases nitric oxide, which has manifold postive effects like reducing arterial plaque. Weight loss from fasting only loses10% lean tissue and 90% fat compared to the typical 25% lean tissue and 75% fat lost when calorically restricting for long periods. Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy! Blood sugar and insulin are lowered, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Ideal blood sugar is around 80. Some viruses activate glycolosis (the release of sugar in the body) and clinically it has been shown that decreasing glucose metabolism in the body weakens the influenza virus. Fasting is beneficial for all infections but especially for viral infections: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hriuvUjOTM0 Is fasting just the same as caloric restriction? No! Dieting increases the hunger hormone ghrelin while fasting decreases it and has many other health benefits! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVl-nilhWLc What breaks a fast? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aRLsCpxy3o When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell which are used to produce organelles and proteins. This means the mechanisms needed by viruses to replicate are by and large unavailable when you are in a deeply fasted state. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it and builds muscle! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJUDucBWv4s Fasts of several days will not affect short term female fertility and may increase long term fertility especially in women with PCOS. Fasts from 36-96 h actually INCREASE metabolic rate! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeC_gIR2Z14 The hormone Leptin is an immunomodulator that keeps the body from attacking itself and obesity causes leptin resistance. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance and leptin levels and one day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No, it never uses mainly glucose for fuel and using glucose for fuel is very biochemically damaging! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf1jwMbvNxw Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells. AMPK does many helpful things in the body including activating the body's antioxidant defenses. Fasting can make you gain muscle faster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RM8GRzsIIg Deep ketosis virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. This can offset the life threatening symptoms of viral pneumonia which effectively kills you through inflammation. This also creates BHB ketones in your body, which also help your immune system and anti-oxidative system, especially in the brain. Ketones also provide an additional energy source during infection, which is critical when trying to fight off a bug. In fact you can have as much as three times the total energy available in your blood when you are in deep ketosis, or even more. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency and thereby making cells better able to fight off infection. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism and cancer prevention! Your body releases interferon which is also triggered by the body during viral attacks to shut down the replication ability of the surrounding cells and stop infections. After 72 hours or more fasted, your body actually recycles large numbers of immune bodies and creates new ones, rejuvenating your entire system. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells. This kills these cells off completely. Senescent cells are responsible for the effects of aging and are the root cause of the development of cancer. If it were possible to destroy them all it would completely stop aging and cancer. That is not possible but fasting can help limit these effects by killing off many of the affected cells and limiting the future effects of aging. Fasting also releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth, helping a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. In fact, the biochemical regulator of BDNF production is beta-hydroxybutyrate, which is the same ketone the body produces to nourish the brain while fasting. Dieters losing weight through intermittent fasting show greater reduction in waist size and increase in insulin sensitivity for the same weight lost and alternate day fasters were shown to lose fat while gaining muscle at the same time over a six month period. Fasting reverses metabolic syndrome, which is tightly correlated to Chronic Fatiguque Syndrome, high blood pressurecancer and many other chronic diseases. Fasting has been shown to increase bone marrow volume by 10% and levels of carnosine in the body in as little as a few weeks. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. Eating one meal a day can bring most of these benefits to a lesser degree, and adding a few entire days off from eating per week will have even more effect especially when starting to feel poorly. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. Those with Addison's disease may also be unable to fast without liberal use of exogenous ketones, depending on severity. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://holistickenko.com/vitamin-d-kidney-liver-disease/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel which will always contain an updated list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health and wellness and make a little commentary on health and fitness as well.
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  32. For anyone you know who didn't have placebos, urge them to fast otherwise they could continue to have problems the rest of their lives. Some 72-96h fasts could mean all the difference. Some benefits of occasional extended fasting and lowering carbs in the diet: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time, including in the heart and lungs. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion plaques, growths and pathogens by the immune system. This will also remove spikes quicker, whether natural or unnatural in origin! Blood clotting is lessened. T cells and T reg cells are vital in fighting cancer, autoimmune disease and infections but as we age the thymus stops making as many of them. Fasting releases stem cells, which then can become new T cells. It also releases growth hormone, which regenerates the thymus itself! Fasting restores NAD+ and increases nitric oxide release to open blood vessels. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies in a 72h fast, rejuvenating your entire immune system. This helps prevent the onset of new autoimmune conditions, which develop through a leaky gut and damaged immune system. Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! Fasting increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors and increases average telomere length in stem cell pools. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Fasting restores your circadian rhythm to normal over time. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell required for viruses to replicate. The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast but most teas and herbs are OK. Supplements and meds often break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The obese will lose loose skin while fasting, but the frail will have increased growth hormone release, which helps to make more lean tissue and reduce frailness. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility issues for some women. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system, just like the effect of CBD oil Just 24h of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half! This reduces leptin resistance, which impairs immune function. Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers. Some patients may need continued acid reduction medication while fasting. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism, fighting infection and cancer prevention! Fasting releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. They also help with dementia and many other issues even if you take them while not fasting! Glycine and trimethylglycine can also be useful supplements while fasting that won't break ketosis and have many benefits. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness or tremors, then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33530881/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube. Feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My community tab will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  33. Fasting can very quickly reduce inflammation and stop this problem before it starts! Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fasting restores NAD+ to healthy levels. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' like spikes that are not supposed to be there. Whether natural or unnatural in origin.. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time. Fasting increases nitric oxide release. Telomeres are lengthened and fasting also increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors. Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies, rejuvenating your entire immune system. This helps prevent the onset of new autoimmune conditions, which develop through a leaky gut and damaged immune system. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. The thymus also plays a vital role in fighting cancer. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered when fasting, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The obese will lose extra tissue like loose skin while fasting, but the skinny or frail will have increased growth hormone release than the obese, which helps to make more lean tissue and reduce frailness. The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system in a similar way to CBD oil. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance, which impairs immune function. One day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers. Some patients may need continued acid reduction medication while fasting. Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No. Except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells Lowering insulin via fasting virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism, fighting infection and cancer prevention! Fasting releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness or tremors, then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  34. A little extended fasting will do even more for you. The benefits are truly incredible! Some of the many benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Blood pressure is quickly and dramatically lowered. Fribrosis/scarring is reversed over time and telomeres are lengthened, which also helps with lung fibrosis. Fasting increases nitric oxide. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' that is not supposed to be there. After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles as much as 1/3 of all immune bodies and creates new ones, rejuvenating your entire immune system. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. Fasting increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors! Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. Weight loss from fasting only loses10% lean tissue and 90% fat compared to the typical 25% lean tissue and 75% fat lost when calorically restricting for long periods. The hunger hormone ghrelin lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Ideal blood sugar is around 80. Some viruses activate glycolosis (the release of sugar in the body) and clinically it has been shown that decreasing glucose metabolism in the body weakens the influenza virus. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell which are used to produce organelles and proteins. This means the mechanisms needed by viruses to replicate are by and large unavailable when you are in a deeply fasted state. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast, though if the amount is tiny you will go back into ketosis very quickly. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many medications are dangerous to take while fasting so you may have to talk to your dr. about discontinuing them during a fast. Fasts of several days will not affect short term female fertility and may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone and helps build muscle by increasing insulin sensitivity! The hormone Leptin is an immunomodulator that keeps the body from attacking itself and obesity causes leptin resistance. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance and leptin levels and one day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No, your body always runs mainly on fat except for brief periods of very intense exercise. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells. AMPK does many helpful things in the body including activating the body's antioxidant defenses. Deep ketosis virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. This can offset the life threatening symptoms of viral pneumonia which effectively kills you through inflammation. This also creates BHB ketones in your body, which also help your immune system and anti-oxidative system, especially in the brain. Ketones also provide an additional energy source during infection, which is critical when trying to fight off a bug. In fact you can have as much as three times the total energy available in your blood when you are in deep ketosis, or even more. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency and thereby making cells better able to fight off infection. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism and cancer prevention! When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells. This kills these cells off completely. Senescent cells are responsible for the effects of aging and are the root cause of the development of cancer. If it were possible to destroy them all it would completely stop aging and cancer. That is not possible but fasting can help limit these effects by killing off many of the affected cells and limiting the future effects of aging. Fasting also releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth, helping a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. In fact, the biochemical regulator of BDNF production is beta-hydroxybutyrate, which is the same ketone the body produces to nourish the brain while fasting. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and under 18 g of carb. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. Those with Addison's disease may also be unable to fast without liberal use of exogenous ketones, depending on severity. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel which will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  35. Fasting is the best thing you can do for these cases. Not only undoes a lot of the damage, but also gets it out of the system faster so no more damage occurs! Even regenerates the white blood cells, which prevents many of the worst side effects. Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time, including in the heart and lungs. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' like spikes that are not supposed to be there. Whether natural or unnatural in origin.. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered when fasting, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! Telomeres are lengthened and fasting also increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors. After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies, rejuvenating your entire immune system. This helps prevent the onset of new autoimmune conditions, which develop through a leaky gut and damaged immune system. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. The thymus also plays a vital role in fighting cancer. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The obese will lose extra tissue like loose skin while fasting, but the skinny or frail will have increased growth hormone release than the obese, which helps to make more lean tissue and reduce frailness. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell required for viruses to replicate. The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system in a similar way to CBD oil. One day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! This reduces leptin resistance, which impairs immune function. Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers. Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No. Except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells Lowering insulin via fasting virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism, fighting infection and cancer prevention! Fasting releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. They also help with dementia and many other issues even if you take them while not fasting! Glycine and trimethylglycine can also be useful supplements while fasting that won't break ketosis and have many benefits. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness or tremors, then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube. Feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My community tab will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  36. Fasting can get it out of the body faster by stimulating phagocytosis, and will also prevent the worst side effects! Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fasting restores NAD+ to healthy levels. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' like spikes that are not supposed to be there. Whether natural or unnatural in origin.. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time. Fasting increases nitric oxide release. Telomeres are lengthened and fasting also increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors. Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies, rejuvenating your entire immune system. This helps prevent the onset of new autoimmune conditions, which develop through a leaky gut and damaged immune system. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. The thymus also plays a vital role in fighting cancer. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered when fasting, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The obese will lose extra tissue like loose skin while fasting, but the skinny or frail will have increased growth hormone release than the obese, which helps to make more lean tissue and reduce frailness. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell required for viruses to replicate. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system in a similar way to CBD oil. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance, which impairs immune function. One day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers. Some patients may need continued acid reduction medication while fasting. Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No. Except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells Lowering insulin via fasting virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism, fighting infection and cancer prevention! Fasting releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness or tremors, then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  37. Fasting will help a great deal with all of these issues, which are autoimmune, mitochondrial damage and immune system exhausting in their origin. A single 72h fast regenerates up to 1/3 of your white blood cells and has many mechanisms that stop the autoimmunity issues at play, including the creation of new T cells which are vital for fighting autoimmune reactions and cancer. The many benefits of occasional extended fasting and lowering dietary carbs: Your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies in a 72h fast, rejuvenating your entire immune system. This helps with autoimmune disease, cancers and cytokine storm. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion growths pathogens and plaques by macrophages and other immune cells. This will remove spikes quicker, whether natural or unnatural in origin! Clotting and fibrin are inhibited, stopping any 'unusual' clots. Fasting quickly lowers blood pressure levels. Clots and plaques are removed over time due to accelerated phagocytosis. Fasting reduces cortisol over time and improves your circadian rhythm. Fibrosis aka scarring is reversed over time, including in the heart, lungs and clots. When insulin is high, vit D stays locked in the blood cells but fasting quickly lowers it. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. Fasting restores NAD+ and increases nitric oxide release to open blood vessels. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered when fasting, reducing inflammation and allowing the immune bodies to move freely through the body. T cells and T reg cells are vital in fighting cancer, autoimmune disease and infections. With age, the thymus stops making as many of them but fasting releases stem cells, which then can become new T cells. It also releases growth hormone, which regenerates the thymus itself! Fasting increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors and increases average telomere length in stem cell pools. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell required for viruses to replicate. The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast but most teas and herbs are OK. Supplements and meds often break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasting activates autophagy (literally self eating), which causes cells to recycle damaged proteins and foreign matter such as viruses. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The obese will lose loose skin while fasting, but the frail will have increased growth hormone release, which helps to make more lean tissue and reduce frailness. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility for some women. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitochondrial DNA. Good mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism, fighting infection and cancer prevention! 24h of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half! This reduces leptin resistance, which impairs immune function. Over time fasting normalizes stomach acid levels and during the fast acid levels go down to allow for the healing of ulcers. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system, just like the effect of CBD oil Your brain prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal measure to glucose. Except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Fasting increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. Fasting releases BDNF and NGF in the blood. This stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth, which can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. Fasting stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. They also help with dementia and many other issues even if you take them while not fasting! Glycine and trimethylglycine can also be useful supplements while fasting that won't break ketosis and have many benefits. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors that excrete insulin or certain rare forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all or only with doctor supervision. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis and done under doctor supervision. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness or tremors, then simply break the fast with a low carb meal. Resources: https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33530881/ https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube. Feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed!
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  38. It is unbelieveable they go along. For anyone who has someone they loved in danger, fasting can do wonders for clots, inflammation and negative immune reactions. Some benefits of occasional extended fasting and lowering carbs in the diet: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time, including in the heart and lungs. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion plaques, growths and pathogens by the immune system. This will also remove spikes quicker, whether natural or unnatural in origin! Blood clotting is lessened. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered when fasting, reducing inflammation and allowing the immune bodies to move freely through the body. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. T cells and T reg cells are vital in fighting cancer, autoimmune disease and infections but as we age the thymus stops making as many of them. Fasting releases stem cells, which then can become new T cells. It also releases growth hormone, which regenerates the thymus itself! Your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies in a 72h fast, rejuvenating your entire immune system. This helps prevent the onset of new autoimmune conditions, which develop through a leaky gut and damaged immune system. Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! Fasting increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors and increases average telomere length in stem cell pools. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Fasting restores your circadian rhythm to normal over time. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell required for viruses to replicate. The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast but most teas and herbs are OK. Supplements and meds often break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasting activates autophagy (literally self eating). This will cause cells to recycle damaged proteins and foreign matter such as viruses. Lowering insulin via fasting virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The obese will lose loose skin while fasting, but the frail will have increased growth hormone release, which helps to make more lean tissue and reduce frailness. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility issues for some women. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system, just like the effect of CBD oil Just 24h of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half! This reduces leptin resistance, which impairs immune function. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism, fighting infection and cancer prevention! Fasting releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. They also help with dementia and many other issues even if you take them while not fasting! Glycine and trimethylglycine can also be useful supplements while fasting that won't break ketosis and have many benefits. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness or tremors, then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33530881/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube. Feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My community tab will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  39. People need to do something about this overreach while they still can! Unfortunately our medical system is less and less trustworthy, and that is one of the big reasons I fast. Fasting will help you stay free from the crazy system we are being forced into and which is tying doctors hands more and more. Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time, including in the heart and lungs. Fasting increases T cell production and regenerates the thymus. T cells are vital in fighting cancer, autoimmune disease and infections but as we age the thymus stops making as many of them. Fasting releases stem cells, which then can become new T cells. Fasting also releases growth hormone, which regenerates the thymus itself, which aids this process! Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. This will also remove any spikes, whether natural or unnatural in origin! Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. Fasting restores your circadian rhythm to normal over time. Fasting increases nitric oxide release. Fasting restores NAD+ to healthy levels. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! Telomeres are lengthened and fasting also increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors. After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies, rejuvenating your entire immune system. This helps prevent the onset of new autoimmune conditions, which develop through a leaky gut and damaged immune system. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The obese will lose extra tissue like loose skin while fasting, but the skinny or frail will have increased growth hormone release than the obese, which helps to make more lean tissue and reduce frailness. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell required for viruses to replicate. The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system in a similar way to CBD oil. One day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! This reduces leptin resistance, which impairs immune function. Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers. Some patients may need continued acid reduction medication while fasting. Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No. Except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle damaged proteins and foreign matter such as viruses. It will can kill cancerous and senescent cells Lowering insulin via fasting virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism, fighting infection and cancer prevention! Fasting releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. They also help with dementia and many other issues even if you take them while not fasting! Glycine and trimethylglycine can also be useful supplements while fasting that won't break ketosis and have many benefits. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness or tremors, then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33530881/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube. Feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My community tab will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  40. Clotting and plaques, whatever the source, can be reduced via taurine and fasting. These fibrous clots can be resolved but the immune system itself must do this, and when your white blood cells are damaged by nanoparticles in the blood it can no longer do this. Thankfully, fasting can regenerate up to 1/3 of your WBCs from a 72+h fast, and release stem cells so you can even produce some new T cells, which are required to fight cancer and reduce the autoimmune related side effects. It also reduces high blood pressure which can stop some of these other issues from cropping up. While people think that salt drives high blood pressure, it is really insulin, and fasting greatly reduces this which can help a great deal with controlling blood pressure very quickly.The many benefits of occasional extended fasting and lowering dietary carbs: Your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies in a 72h fast, rejuvenating your entire immune system. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion growths pathogens and plaques by macrophages and other immune cells. This will remove spikes quicker, whether natural or unnatural in origin! Clotting and fibrin are inhibited, stopping any 'unusual' clots. Fasting quickly lowers blood pressure levels. Fasting reduces cortisol over time and improves your circadian rhythm. Fibrosis aka scarring is reversed over time, including in the heart, lungs and clots. When insulin is high, vit D stays locked in the blood cells but fasting quickly lowers it. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. Fasting restores NAD+ and increases nitric oxide release to open blood vessels. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release!. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered when fasting, reducing inflammation and allowing the immune bodies to move freely through the body. T cells and T reg cells are vital in fighting cancer, autoimmune disease and infections. With age, the thymus stops making as many of them but fasting releases stem cells, which then can become new T cells. It also releases growth hormone, which regenerates the thymus itself! Fasting increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors and increases average telomere length in stem cell pools. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell required for viruses to replicate. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast but most teas and herbs are OK. Supplements and meds often break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting activates autophagy (literally self eating), which causes cells to recycle damaged proteins and foreign matter such as viruses. Lowering insulin via fasting virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The obese will lose loose skin while fasting, but the frail will have increased growth hormone release, which helps to make more lean tissue and reduce frailness. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility for some women. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitochondrial DNA. Good mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism, fighting infection and cancer prevention! 24h of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half! This reduces leptin resistance, which impairs immune function. Over time fasting normalizes stomach acid levels and during the fast acid levels go down to allow for the healing of ulcers. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system, just like the effect of CBD oil Your brain prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal measure to glucose. Except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Fasting increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. Fasting releases BDNF and NGF in the blood. This stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth, which can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. Fasting stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. They also help with dementia and many other issues even if you take them while not fasting! Glycine and trimethylglycine can also be useful supplements while fasting that won't break ketosis and have many benefits. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors that excrete insulin or certain rare forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all or only with doctor supervision. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis and done under doctor supervision. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness or tremors, then simply break the fast with a low carb meal. Resources: https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33530881/ https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube. Feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed!
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  41. People are dropping like flies, but for those who did take it the effects can go on for years if your immune system can't hunt down and kill every affected cell. Fasting can greatly speed up this process and also repair your immune system, which it damages. Some of the many benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fribrosis/scarring is reversed over time. Fasting increases nitric oxide release. Telomeres are lengthend and fasting also increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' that is not supposed to be there. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Fasts from 36-96 h actually INCREASE metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles as much as 1/3 of all immune bodies and creates new ones, rejuvenating your entire immune system. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. The thymus also plays a vital role in fighting cancer. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Ideal blood sugar is around 80. Some viruses activate glycolosis (the release of sugar in the body) and clinically it has been shown that decreasing glucose metabolism in the body weakens the influenza virus. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell which are used to produce organelles and proteins. This means the mechanisms needed by viruses to replicate are by and large unavailable when you are in a deeply fasted state. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast, though if the amount is tiny you will go back into ketosis very quickly. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many medications are dangerous to take while fasting so you may have to talk to your dr. about discontinuing them during a fast. Fasts of several days will not affect short term female fertility and may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone and helps build muscle by increasing insulin sensitivity! The hormone Leptin is an immunomodulator that keeps the body from attacking itself and obesity causes leptin resistance. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance and leptin levels and one day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No, except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells. AMPK does many helpful things in the body including activating the body's antioxidant defenses. Deep ketosis virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. This can offset the life threatening symptoms of viral pneumonia which effectively kills you through inflammation. This also creates BHB ketones in your body, which help your immune system and anti-oxidative system, especially in the brain. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency and thereby making cells better able to fight off infection. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism and cancer prevention! When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, which destroys them. Fasting also releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. In fact, the biochemical regulator of BDNF production is beta-hydroxybutyrate, which is the same ketone the body produces to nourish the brain while fasting. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. Those with Addison's disease may also be unable to fast without liberal use of exogenous ketones, depending on severity. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel which will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  42. If you sass a judge at a parking ticket hearing you get 6 months.
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  43. Your immune cells become damaged and this is the reason. Thankfully some fasting can regenerate new ones but for the rest they are wide open not just to this malady but also ones like sudden onset t1 diabetes because the immune system goes totally haywire. Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fasting restores NAD+ to healthy levels. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' like spikes that are not supposed to be there. Whether natural or unnatural in origin.. Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies, rejuvenating your entire immune system. This helps prevent the onset of new autoimmune conditions, which develop through a leaky gut and damaged immune system. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. The thymus also plays a vital role in fighting cancer. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered when fasting, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The obese will lose extra tissue like loose skin while fasting, but the skinny or frail will have increased growth hormone release than the obese, which helps to make more lean tissue and reduce frailness. The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell required for viruses to replicate. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system in a similar way to CBD oil. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance, which impairs immune function. One day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers. Some patients may need continued acid reduction medication while fasting. Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No. Except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells Lowering insulin via fasting virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism, fighting infection and cancer prevention! Fasting releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness or tremors, then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  44.  @sairym3607  Fasting helped my mother recover from the damage of chemotherapy. She did a couple 72 h fasts. Before that she could barely walk due to the foot pain and had to put expensive antibiotics in her eyes daily.
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  45. The best thing for your immune system is to do some extended fasting! Also helps to an amazing degree with autoimmune conditions, and much more. Some of the many benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Fribrosis/scarring is reversed over time and telomeres are lengthened, which also helps with lung fibrosis. The hunger hormone ghrelin lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy! Fasts from 36-96 h actually INCREASE metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria and viruses by the immune system. Blood pressure is quickly and dramatically lowered, which is very important for a good outcome with the current pandemic. Fasting increases nitric oxide, which has manifold postive effects like reducing arterial plaque. Weight loss from fasting only loses10% lean tissue and 90% fat compared to the typical 25% lean tissue and 75% fat lost when calorically restricting for long periods. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Ideal blood sugar is around 80. Some viruses activate glycolosis (the release of sugar in the body) and clinically it has been shown that decreasing glucose metabolism in the body weakens the influenza virus. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell which are used to produce organelles and proteins. This means the mechanisms needed by viruses to replicate are by and large unavailable when you are in a deeply fasted state. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast, though if the amount is tiny you will go back into ketosis very quickly. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many medications are dangerous to take while fasting so you may have to talk to your dr. about discontinuing them during a fast. Fasts of several days will not affect short term female fertility and may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone and helps build muscle by increasing insulin sensitivity! The hormone Leptin is an immunomodulator that keeps the body from attacking itself and obesity causes leptin resistance. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance and leptin levels and one day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No, your body always runs mainly on fat except for brief periods of very intense exercise. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells. AMPK does many helpful things in the body including activating the body's antioxidant defenses. Deep ketosis virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. This can offset the life threatening symptoms of viral pneumonia which effectively kills you through inflammation. This also creates BHB ketones in your body, which also help your immune system and anti-oxidative system, especially in the brain. Ketones also provide an additional energy source during infection, which is critical when trying to fight off a bug. In fact you can have as much as three times the total energy available in your blood when you are in deep ketosis, or even more. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency and thereby making cells better able to fight off infection. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism and cancer prevention! After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles large numbers of immune bodies and creates new ones, rejuvenating your entire immune system. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells. This kills these cells off completely. Senescent cells are responsible for the effects of aging and are the root cause of the development of cancer. If it were possible to destroy them all it would completely stop aging and cancer. That is not possible but fasting can help limit these effects by killing off many of the affected cells and limiting the future effects of aging. Fasting also releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth, helping a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. In fact, the biochemical regulator of BDNF production is beta-hydroxybutyrate, which is the same ketone the body produces to nourish the brain while fasting. Fasting reverses metabolic syndrome, which is tightly correlated to Chronic Fatiguque Syndrome, high blood pressurecancer and many other chronic diseases. Fasting has been shown to increase bone marrow volume by 10% and levels of carnosine in the body in as little as a few weeks. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and under 18 g of carb. Eating one meal a day can bring most of these benefits to a lesser degree, and adding a few entire days off from eating per week will have even more effect especially when starting to feel poorly. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. Those with Addison's disease may also be unable to fast without liberal use of exogenous ketones, depending on severity. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://holistickenko.com/vitamin-d-kidney-liver-disease/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel which will always contain an updated list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health and wellness and make a little commentary on health and fitness as well.
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  46. Getting big pharm (who owns the gov) out of my life is a big priority. That is one of the main reasons I fast! Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fasting restores NAD+ to healthy levels. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' like spikes that are not supposed to be there. Whether natural or unnatural in origin.. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time. Fasting increases nitric oxide release. Telomeres are lengthened and fasting also increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors. Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies, rejuvenating your entire immune system. This helps prevent the onset of new autoimmune conditions, which develop through a leaky gut and damaged immune system. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. The thymus also plays a vital role in fighting cancer. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered when fasting, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The obese will lose extra tissue like loose skin while fasting, but the skinny or frail will have increased growth hormone release than the obese, which helps to make more lean tissue and reduce frailness. The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell required for viruses to replicate. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system in a similar way to CBD oil. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance, which impairs immune function. One day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers. Some patients may need continued acid reduction medication while fasting. Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No. Except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism, fighting infection and cancer prevention! Fasting releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness or tremors, then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  47. Taurine can help a great deal, so can a low carb diet. Fasting helps even more but he is unlikely to be up to that any time soon. Best wishes! Some benefits of occasional extended fasting and lowering carbs in the diet: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time, including in the heart and lungs. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion plaques, growths and pathogens by the immune system. This will also remove spikes quicker, whether natural or unnatural in origin! Blood clotting is lessened. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered when fasting, reducing inflammation and allowing the immune bodies to move freely through the body. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. T cells and T reg cells are vital in fighting cancer, autoimmune disease and infections but as we age the thymus stops making as many of them. Fasting releases stem cells, which then can become new T cells. It also releases growth hormone, which regenerates the thymus itself! Fasting restores NAD+ and increases nitric oxide release to open blood vessels. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies in a 72h fast, rejuvenating your entire immune system. This helps prevent the onset of new autoimmune conditions, which develop through a leaky gut and damaged immune system. Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! Fasting increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors and increases average telomere length in stem cell pools. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell required for viruses to replicate. The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast but most teas and herbs are OK. Supplements and meds often break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasting activates autophagy (literally self eating). This will cause cells to recycle damaged proteins and foreign matter such as viruses. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The obese will lose loose skin while fasting, but the frail will have increased growth hormone release, which helps to make more lean tissue and reduce frailness. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility issues for some women. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system, just like the effect of CBD oil Just 24h of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half! This reduces leptin resistance, which impairs immune function. Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers. Some patients may need continued acid reduction medication while fasting. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism, fighting infection and cancer prevention! Fasting releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. They also help with dementia and many other issues even if you take them while not fasting! Glycine and trimethylglycine can also be useful supplements while fasting that won't break ketosis and have many benefits. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness or tremors, then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33530881/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube. Feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My community tab will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  48. It's hard to believe. For others who are in the same situation, some fasting can get this stuff out of the body more quickly. It will also repair the immune system, which is what opens you up to many of the worst side effects. Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time. Fasting increases nitric oxide release. Fasting restores NAD+ to healthy levels. Telomeres are lengthened and fasting also increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors. Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' that is not supposed to be there. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies, rejuvenating your entire immune system. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system in a similar way to CBD oil. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. The thymus also plays a vital role in fighting cancer. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Some viruses activate glycolosis (the release of sugar in the body) and clinically it has been shown that decreasing glucose metabolism in the body weakens the influenza virus. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell which are used to produce organelles and proteins. This means the mechanisms needed by viruses to replicate are by and large unavailable when you are in a deeply fasted state. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. The hormone Leptin is an immunomodulator that keeps the body from attacking itself and obesity causes leptin resistance. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance and leptin levels and one day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No, except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells Lowering insulin via fasting virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency and thereby making cells better able to fight off infection. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism and cancer prevention! Fasting also releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. In fact, the biochemical regulator of BDNF production is beta-hydroxybutyrate, which is the same ketone the body produces to nourish the brain while fasting. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. Those with Addison's disease may also be unable to fast without liberal use of exogenous ketones, depending on severity. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel which will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  49. There can be no herd immunity that protects granny if the R factor of transmission is above about 3 and this was 17. Lies all the way down.
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  50. I would not take it but if you did you can prevent an inappropriate immune reaction with some extended fasting. The benefits of fasting and a lower insulin whole diet on the immune system, blood pressure, blood sugar and anti-aging, all backed up by clinical data: Fasts from 36-96 h actually INCREASE metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy! Fribrosis/scarring is reversed over time and telomeres are lengthened, which also helps with lung fibrosis. The hunger hormone ghrelin lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria and viruses by the immune system. Blood pressure is quickly and dramatically lowered, which is very important for a good outcome with the current pandemic. Fasting increases nitric oxide, which has manifold postive effects like reducing arterial plaque. Weight loss from fasting only loses10% lean tissue and 90% fat compared to the typical 25% lean tissue and 75% fat lost when calorically restricting for long periods. Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Ideal blood sugar is around 80. Some viruses activate glycolosis (the release of sugar in the body) and clinically it has been shown that decreasing glucose metabolism in the body weakens the influenza virus. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell which are used to produce organelles and proteins. This means the mechanisms needed by viruses to replicate are by and large unavailable when you are in a deeply fasted state. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast, though if the amount is tiny you will go back into ketosis very quickly. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it and helps build muscle by increasing insulin sensitivity! Fasts of several days will not affect short term female fertility and may increase long term fertility especially in women with PCOS. The hormone Leptin is an immunomodulator that keeps the body from attacking itself and obesity causes leptin resistance. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance and leptin levels and one day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No, your body always runs mainly on fat except for brief periods of very intense exercise. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells. AMPK does many helpful things in the body including activating the body's antioxidant defenses. Deep ketosis virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. This can offset the life threatening symptoms of viral pneumonia which effectively kills you through inflammation. This also creates BHB ketones in your body, which also help your immune system and anti-oxidative system, especially in the brain. Ketones also provide an additional energy source during infection, which is critical when trying to fight off a bug. In fact you can have as much as three times the total energy available in your blood when you are in deep ketosis, or even more. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency and thereby making cells better able to fight off infection. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism and cancer prevention! After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles large numbers of immune bodies and creates new ones, rejuvenating your entire immune system. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells. This kills these cells off completely. Senescent cells are responsible for the effects of aging and are the root cause of the development of cancer. If it were possible to destroy them all it would completely stop aging and cancer. That is not possible but fasting can help limit these effects by killing off many of the affected cells and limiting the future effects of aging. Fasting also releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth, helping a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. In fact, the biochemical regulator of BDNF production is beta-hydroxybutyrate, which is the same ketone the body produces to nourish the brain while fasting. Dieters losing weight through intermittent fasting show greater reduction in waist size and increase in insulin sensitivity for the same weight lost and alternate day fasters were shown to lose fat while gaining muscle at the same time over a six month period. Fasting reverses metabolic syndrome, which is tightly correlated to Chronic Fatiguque Syndrome, high blood pressurecancer and many other chronic diseases. Fasting has been shown to increase bone marrow volume by 10% and levels of carnosine in the body in as little as a few weeks. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. Eating one meal a day can bring most of these benefits to a lesser degree, and adding a few entire days off from eating per week will have even more effect especially when starting to feel poorly. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. Those with Addison's disease may also be unable to fast without liberal use of exogenous ketones, depending on severity. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://holistickenko.com/vitamin-d-kidney-liver-disease/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel which will always contain an updated list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health and wellness and make a little commentary on health and fitness as well.
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