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  1. For anyone who did do it, some fasting can speed up the spike clearance dramatically and also vastly improve your immune function. 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. 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. 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 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/PMC6526871/ 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/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/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/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.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://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.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/ 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. For anyone who got bullied into take this, your immune system can clear it out but only slowly. You can dramatically speed this process up by doing some extended fasting. 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. 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 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. 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. 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://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/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/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/pubmed/10859646 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ 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://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://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/ 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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  3. Fasting and low carb can keep you from having a second one. Heart disease is an inflammatory disease. 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. 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. 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/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://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 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/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/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://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/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://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ 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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  4. Fasting can help a great deal with clots and also to clear the spikes out of your body. Otherwise it can stay in the system long term and continuously cause 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. 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. 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. 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/PMC5895342/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ 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/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/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/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://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://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/ 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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  5. For anyone who got coerced into taking this stuff, it can linger permanently in the system causing side effects unless you get out every single spike. Fasting can vastly speed up this process, and also dramatically lowers inflammation which is ultimately what causes heart disease. 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 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. 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 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. 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://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ 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://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 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/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/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/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.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.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/ 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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  6. Fasting is one of the best things you can do for a better outcome in cancer and to avoid chemo issues. The jibs will bonk your t cells which leave you wide open to cancer, but fasting can also fix this. 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. 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. 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. 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/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://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://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://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://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/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/pubmed/10859646 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ 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. Also full of estrogenlike compounds and who knows what. Wet food packaged in plastic should be banned.
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  8.  @dsrtwillow6722  There's endless studies. 72-96 h fasts are best, but anything will help.
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  9. The best thing you can do is take your health into your own hands, and doing some extended fasting can go a log way towards that. I was able to throw out all my meds after just a month of 72 h fasts every week. That is much more than most will need however. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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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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  10. Well put!
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  11.  @HarryJensen-kr4qz  Lower your carbs and work up slowly. First try 24 h fast from lunch to lunch or dinner to dinner. Then a 36 h fast. Work up from there over time no need to jump into it. Water only is best but tea is ok too.
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  12. Big Pharm pays the bills for the news agencies, and is largely co-owned by the same people.
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  13.  @lostvayne9146  If you don't pay the bills, you don't have any power at all. Not that you have full control even then because of insurance.
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  14.  @User184dkcbt62s  You can do it either way. Or make any tea you want.
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  15. They always had links to vx and damage of some kind and always shouted it down, they are corrupt liars.
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  16.  @ArtisChronicles  It's just like a virus. You can't prove it's gone but if your immune system is strong and activated it can get it all eventually. The problem is the jibberjab destroys you immune system, too, and most people are already in terrible metabolic health. That means the immune system can't even reach many areas, and on top of that the t cells don't work which leaves you wide open for cancer, autoimmune disease and other unusual conditions. It's hard to say what the long term effects will be but if you took it and don't clear it quickly you are very likely going to be dying in the next couple years.
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  17.  @douglivingstone4285  Peer review doesn't mean something is valid, science whiz, it literally means nothing but every study listed is peer reviewed. Low carb diet gives low insulin, which makes high blood pressure impossible because insulin makes you hold on to water and swells the body.
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  18.  @iandunn9497  A fast will definitely help with that. Been cleaning up my diet more and more.
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  19. The best way for those who did to avoid becoming one is do a little extended fasting, which can dramatically speed up the removal of spikes so the side effects will finally stop. It also recycles your white blood cells which dramatically improves immune function. Which is useful not just for infection but also repairing the body from aging and other damage.
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