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  1. I used to suffer from afib before I started fasting. Thankfully, fasting is quite good at reducing chronic inflammation AND neurological 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. 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. 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://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ 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/pubmed/10232622 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ 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/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://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/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/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ 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/ 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/ 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. Fasting can help a great deal, but you have to be careful as during the fast it can cause palpitations occasionally. If you try it just lowly work your way up and stop if you have issues, and things will be fine. 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. 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://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/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/pubmed/10232622 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://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. I used to have it, as well. Thankfully, I was able to overcome it with fasting and no longer get clots! 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 releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. 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/31877297/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/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/pubmed/10232622 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ 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. Some fasting can help get it out of your system, and also will help with the afib. The issues can be very serious because it damages your immune system in a way that opens you up to cancer and autoimmune issues.
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  5. Not only can fasting help recover from the damage of cancer and the medications by fixing the immune system, but it also will stop any side effects of medications that are known to stay in the system a very long time and cycle them out! 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) 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. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. Those with Addison's disease may also be unable to fast without liberal use of exogenous ketones, depending on severity. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/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/pubmed/10232622 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ 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 can bring down the inflammation very quickly, though obviously go to a doctor if you have such serious symptoms. But everyone who took it should fast if they can to clear out the material, which can linger indefinitely. It will also repair the immune system, which becomes damaged by the treatment, and is needed to repair all the damage your body suffers, not just to fight infections.
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  7. Whatever the cause, say some foreign particle in the body, your immune system can filter it out. But most people have a damaged immune system which means it can linger forever. Fasting can repair the immune system and also speed up phagocytosis and autophagy, which is how the body clears out these substances! 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. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. The hormone Leptin is an immunomodulator that keeps the body from attacking itself and obesity causes leptin resistance. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance and leptin levels and one day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No, except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells Lowering insulin via fasting virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency and thereby making cells better able to fight off infection. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism and cancer prevention! Fasting also releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. In fact, the biochemical regulator of BDNF production is beta-hydroxybutyrate, which is the same ketone the body produces to nourish the brain while fasting. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. Those with Addison's disease may also be unable to fast without liberal use of exogenous ketones, depending on severity. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/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/pubmed/10232622 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 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.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf 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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  8.  @Theranchhouse1  I am glad to help if I can!
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  9. I was getting blood clots every few months for a while, but fasting helped me to get it in check. It works well for neuro-electrical problems and inflammation!
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  10.  @roberthunter8232  It's the best single thing we have found to date. There's some risk for the frail but they can do a fasting mimicking diet.
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  11. Fasting can help a great deal with heart failure. So can taurine supplementation. Also does wonders for your immune system. Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time. Fasting increases nitric oxide release. Fasting restores NAD+ to healthy levels. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers, but some patients may need continued acid reducation medication while fasting. Telomeres are lengthened and fasting also increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors. Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies, rejuvenating your entire immune system. Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures. Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system in a similar way to CBD oil. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. The thymus also plays a vital role in fighting cancer. Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. Blood sugar and insulin are lowered, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Some viruses activate glycolosis (the release of sugar in the body) and clinically it has been shown that decreasing glucose metabolism in the body weakens the influenza virus. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell which are used to produce organelles and proteins. This means the mechanisms needed by viruses to replicate are by and large unavailable when you are in a deeply fasted state. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building. Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. The hormone Leptin is an immunomodulator that keeps the body from attacking itself and obesity causes leptin resistance. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance and leptin levels and one day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No, except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency and thereby making cells better able to fight off infection. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism and cancer prevention! Fasting also releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. In fact, the biochemical regulator of BDNF production is beta-hydroxybutyrate, which is the same ketone the body produces to nourish the brain while fasting. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. 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/29727683/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ 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/ 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.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/15522942/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ 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://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ 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/ 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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  12.  @Chelzebelles  Thank you for the kind words, and always nice to meet another faster!
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  13. seed oils
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  14.  @thecatinthehat3931  You too, and thanks!
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  15.  @TruthIsFreedom7777  Thank you so much!
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  16.  @ladyemerygizer  Thanks!
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  17.  @yedahmerino1319  You will know, and the drs. did tests.
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  18. Fasting can help clear it out, otherwise the symptoms can go on forever. It damages the immune system which leaves you open for cancer, but fasting can fix this problem.
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  19.  @jtzoltan  That's great!
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  20.  @roberthunter8232  Not true at all. Your body burns mostly fat, and coverts sugar mainly to fat in liver when you have high carb diet.
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  21.  @alexforget  You are probably improving blood pressure, which has negative effect on eyesight!
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  22.  @sophiawoods6748  You're very welcome!
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  23.  @lyndareynolds850  I told you many times, fasting increases lean tissue, and the leaner you are the more growth hormone is produced. But you keep on with the same tired saw.
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  24.  @montanagal6958  Of course!
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  25.  @jeanetteshawredden5643  You can report all you want, yt doesn't ban people who get thumbs up and don't break rules, and don't link to sales sites. Now cry yourself to sleep, the alt you bought won't do you any good at all.
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  26.  @auburnandgrey4457  Thanks for your opinion, but it saved my life and has saved many others.
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  27.  @Romans15.32  I am glad you find it it worthwhile!
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  28.  @fanfatetefatarua9045  You are very welcome, and merci!
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  29.  @RJPhotographics  Yes sometimes the thing that works best for an issue also triggers it. Taurine should help, too, though!
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  30.  @DruncleBob  You didn't make the video and you aren't from the ministry of truth, worry about what you post instead of harassing others. What's wrong with the world today in a nutshell.
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  31.  @paulgealer21  Bless you, too! And yes, it helps a great deal with the gut.
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  32.  @stephangauthier911  Fasting can repair your immune system.
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  33.  @bobjames6622  For people who took it they can fast now to get it out, or they will be doing the final cleanse and fasting forever.
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  34.  @livinglifetothefullest22  You won't get them in the first place.
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  35.  @danilove8127  I'm so happy the word is spreading!
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  36. We're going to see a huge spike in childhood cancer, because it destroys many of the T cells that fight cancer.
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  37.  @dh2032  Very true, and quite unnatural!
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