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  1. Fasting an do a great deal to prevent this side effect, and also to clear out the cause through phagocytosis. It also repairs the immune system, which will prevent you from getting the autoimmune side effects. Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time. Fasting increases nitric oxide release. Fasting restores NAD+ to healthy levels. 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. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. In fact, the biochemical regulator of BDNF production is beta-hydroxybutyrate, which is the same ketone the body produces to nourish the brain while fasting. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. Those with Addison's disease may also be unable to fast without liberal use of exogenous ketones, depending on severity. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel which will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  2. When your T cells are damaged you are wide open for it. Thankfully, fasting can repair this damage and is also helpful for general cancer prevention! 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 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://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel which will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  3. Fasting can help a great deal to prevent this issues. If it comes from an external source then it can cycle that out of the system more quickly. It will also repair the immune system very quickly which prevents some of the worst side effects. Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time. Fasting increases nitric oxide release. Fasting restores NAD+ to healthy levels. 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 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. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. Those with Addison's disease may also be unable to fast without liberal use of exogenous ketones, depending on severity. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness then simply break the fast and seek advice. Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel which will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  4. Fasting greatly reduces inflammation, which is what any condition with the word itis in it really this. This can prevent these kinds of issues before they develop. Fasting also clears the forteign material out more quickly, which can otherwise linger a long time. It also repairs your immune system, which can prevent many of the worst side effects, and also helps protect against all infections and against sequelae! 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. 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://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel which will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  5. So sorry to hear that!
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  6. Fasting can help a great deal, plus low carb diet and taurine. 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/PMC6141719/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/ https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel which will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  7.  @carlose6010  As if you really read them. People are against fasting for many reasons but the main reason is laziness. They don't want to do the work to get the results for health and for fitness, so they have to attack things they don't want to do.
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  8.  @PianoMatronNeeNee  You're very welcome!
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  9. Fasting is the best thing you can do, which will also cycle it out of the system. Low carb helps a great deal, too, and taurine has great effect on the heart, blood pressure and many other aspects of health. 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. 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. 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.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908 https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/ https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/ https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/ https://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://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/ https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10 https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/ https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/ https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457 https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/ http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7 https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176 https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/ https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/ This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed! My channel which will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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  10. Even if you are not famous you will be hounded if you tell the truth. That is why social media was really created.
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  11. Fasting plus a low carb diet can help a great deal with your issues. Both generate new mitochondria and have other effects that can be helpful. Taurine will also help. 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 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. 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. 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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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  12.  @jeanniebeneanie3752  Happy to hear that!
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  13. Keep up the good work.
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  14.  @littleflower9425  You're very welcome!
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  15.  @kathleenking47  Yes they are used to constant muffins and burgers. But I find while traveling that fasting works great, and really helps avoid the junk food of traveling like fast food and cinnabon at the airport (which is also crazily overpriced).
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  16. For everyone exposed, some fasting can clear it out of the body much quicker. It also puts your immune system into top shape!
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  17.  @mchapman6835  You're welcome!
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  18. It's not really that significant. It is always the case when this happens. The body is holding on to salt more easily. The real solution is to lower insulin by cutting carbs in the diet, or better yet do some fasting. When your salt retention is elevated it's due to being in a pathogenic state.
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  19.  @flynneart1111  Thanks for the support!
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  20. It is amazing how gullible doctors are. They don't have access to any raw data from any study on any med and they just blindly push every one of them on us. Thankfully, fasting can help you get these glorified drugs dealers out of our lives. It repairs the immune system, which many meds damage, which leave you open for the worst possible side effects. It also cycles out any foreign bodies as well.
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  21.  @shodson314  72-96 h fasts will do the most help, but be careful and stop the fast if you feel dizzy or have serious weakness. Just work it up slowly and carefully.
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  22.  @tracyannyildiz8325  No one knows how much to do and it will vary but I would do at least one 72 h first to repair the immune system, which gets damaged, and this will help clear it out.
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  23.  @raven1864  Thank you for the kind words, it really made my day!
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  24.  @tracyannyildiz8325  Very true!
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