Comments by "Pottenger\x27s Human" (@LTPottenger) on "VAERS data with Dr Jessica Rose" video.
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If anyone you care about has been exposed, fasting is the best way to ensure the worst effects are not realized, and to clear it out by stimulating phagocytosis. 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 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.
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.
Fasting restores NAD+ to healthy levels.
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
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://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.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/
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://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.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.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.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.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://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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Many meds damage white blood cells which leaves you open to cancer and autoimmune issues. Thankfully, fasting can reverse this immune system damage quickly and also cycle out foreign substances quicker due to stimulating phagocytosis. 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 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.
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.
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/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://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.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/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/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
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.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://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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If anyone you love has been exposed, fasting can not only stave off the worst side effects but also has amazing effect in the battle against cancer which so many are now facing. 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 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.
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.
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!
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://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://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.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://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/
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.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
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://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/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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And it can stay in the body for years. Thankfully, some fasting stimulates phagocytsosis, which can help move it out faster and regenerates your WBCs to avoid most of the issues. 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 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.
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.
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/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/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/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.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://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.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://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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Fasting can do a great deal to help with these issues. It will undo much of the damage and importantly, repair the immune system itself, which has to be the first step in any recovery. 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 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.
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.
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.
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/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://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/
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/29727683/
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://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.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.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://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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The ministry of health with keeping people disabled and weak. The best way to get them out of your life is to do some fasting, which has an amazing effect on your immune system and also cancers many are suddenly facing. 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 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.
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 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.
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://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622
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.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/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://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712
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
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.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://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/
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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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The employees got the small batch process most everyone else got the biovat process and got who knows what injected into them. Thankfully, fasting can get this stuff out of the body and fix many of the horrible 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 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.
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 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.
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.
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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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