Comments by "Pottenger\x27s Human" (@LTPottenger) on "Young excess deaths" video.
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Fasting can help prevent blood clots and lower inflammation, and will also cycle any foreign materials out of the body very quickly. It even regenerates the immune system which prevents many of the worst side effects. Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting.
Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time.
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.
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.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/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://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.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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It's hard to believe. For others who are in the same situation, some fasting can get this stuff out of the body more quickly. It will also repair the immune system, which is what opens you up to many of the worst side effects. Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting.
Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time.
Fasting increases nitric oxide release.
Fasting restores NAD+ to healthy levels.
Telomeres are lengthened and fasting also increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors.
Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body.
Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' that is not supposed to be there.
Reflexes and short term memory are increased.
Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release!
After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies, rejuvenating your entire immune system.
Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures.
Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system in a similar way to CBD oil.
Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. The thymus also plays a vital role in fighting cancer.
Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting.
Blood sugar and insulin are lowered, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Some viruses activate glycolosis (the release of sugar in the body) and clinically it has been shown that decreasing glucose metabolism in the body weakens the influenza virus.
When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell which are used to produce organelles and proteins. This means the mechanisms needed by viruses to replicate are by and large unavailable when you are in a deeply fasted state.
What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting.
Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone.
Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS.
The hormone Leptin is an immunomodulator that keeps the body from attacking itself and obesity causes leptin resistance. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance and leptin levels and one day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again!
Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No, except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose.
Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells
Lowering insulin via fasting virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body.
When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with.
It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency and thereby making cells better able to fight off infection. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism and cancer prevention!
Fasting also releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers.
In fact, the biochemical regulator of BDNF production is beta-hydroxybutyrate, which is the same ketone the body produces to nourish the brain while fasting.
Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level.
When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer.
A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs.
Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia.
Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. Those with Addison's disease may also be unable to fast without liberal use of exogenous ketones, depending on severity. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness then simply break the fast and seek advice.
Resources:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6141719/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23408502/
https://www.amjmedsci.org/article/S0002-9629%2815%2900027-0/fulltext
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/
https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375657
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30849-9
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815756/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7714088/
https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.819.10
https://www.biorxiv.org/node/93305.full
https://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/16/study-shows-how-fasting-for-3-days-can-regenerate-your-entire-immune-system/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31890243/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931312809002832
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5895342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526871/
https://www.arcjournals.org/pdfs/ijrsb/v3-i11/7.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31877297/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/
https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908
https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622
https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/81/1/69/4607679
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470960/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093158/
https://n.neurology.org/content/88/16_Supplement/P3.090
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876457
https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(18)30605-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276518306051%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28235195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24905167
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23707514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607739/
http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(15)00224-7
https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1537&context=edissertations
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779438/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2518860/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29727683/
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2001176
https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for-the-liver-heart
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410865/
https://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/36/3/217
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20102774/
This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed!
My channel which will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.
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Fasting can help a great deal to prevent blood clots. It also cycles out the treatment more quickly which keeps it from shooting out other side effects, and it will repair the damage to the immune system, which is what opens you up for some of the more serious 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.
Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy.
Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers, but some patients may need continued acid reducation medication while fasting.
Telomeres are lengthened and fasting also increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors.
Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body.
Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' that is not supposed to be there.
Reflexes and short term memory are increased.
Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release!
After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies, rejuvenating your entire immune system.
Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures.
Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system in a similar way to CBD oil.
Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. The thymus also plays a vital role in fighting cancer.
Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting.
Blood sugar and insulin are lowered, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Some viruses activate glycolosis (the release of sugar in the body) and clinically it has been shown that decreasing glucose metabolism in the body weakens the influenza virus.
When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell which are used to produce organelles and proteins. This means the mechanisms needed by viruses to replicate are by and large unavailable when you are in a deeply fasted state.
What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting.
Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building.
Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle.
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://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/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://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://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/
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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For anyone who did take it, it can linger indefinitely but fasting can help cycle it out of the body much faster. It also repairs the immune system which can prevent the nasty autoimmune side effects from developing! Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting.
Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time.
Fasting increases nitric oxide release.
Fasting restores NAD+ to healthy levels.
Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers, but some patients may need continued acid reducation medication while fasting.
Telomeres are lengthened and fasting also increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors.
Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body.
Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' that is not supposed to be there.
Reflexes and short term memory are increased.
Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release!
After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies, rejuvenating your entire immune system.
Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures.
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.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/
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://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.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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Fasting can help a great deal with heart failure and can also move foreign material out of the body much more quickly. Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting.
Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time.
Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy.
Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers, but some patients may need continued acid reducation medication while fasting.
Telomeres are lengthened and fasting also increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors.
Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body.
Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' that is not supposed to be there.
Reflexes and short term memory are increased.
Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release!
After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies, rejuvenating your entire immune system.
Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures.
Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system in a similar way to CBD oil.
Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. The thymus also plays a vital role in fighting cancer.
Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting.
Blood sugar and insulin are lowered, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Some viruses activate glycolosis (the release of sugar in the body) and clinically it has been shown that decreasing glucose metabolism in the body weakens the influenza virus.
When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell which are used to produce organelles and proteins. This means the mechanisms needed by viruses to replicate are by and large unavailable when you are in a deeply fasted state.
What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting.
Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building.
Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS.
The hormone Leptin is an immunomodulator that keeps the body from attacking itself and obesity causes leptin resistance. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance and leptin levels and one day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again!
Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No, except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose.
Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells
Lowering insulin via fasting virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body.
When not in ketosis, the brain can only burn carbohydrate, which produces a great deal of damaging ROS the brain has to deal with.
It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency and thereby making cells better able to fight off infection. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism and cancer prevention!
Fasting also releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers.
In fact, the biochemical regulator of BDNF production is beta-hydroxybutyrate, which is the same ketone the body produces to nourish the brain while fasting.
Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level.
When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them.
A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs.
Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia.
Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. Those with Addison's disease may also be unable to fast without liberal use of exogenous ketones, depending on severity. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness then simply break the fast and seek advice.
Resources:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/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/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.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://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413655/
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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Very sorry to hear that. If you or anyone else was exposed some fasting can cycle it out and stop the side effects, otherwise it can stay in the body forever causing 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
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://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://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://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20921964/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272806000223
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6859089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25712
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407435/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15522942/
https://europepmc.org/article/MED/22402737?javascript_support=no
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02288.x
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa012908
https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/research-intermittent-fasting-shows-health-benefits
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-treatment-pulmonary-fibrosis-focus-telomeres.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10859646
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25909219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10232622
https://www.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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Very sorry to hear that. I hear a new case like that constantly. For those in a similar position fasting can cycle it out very quickly. It can also repair the immune system, this gets damaged and that is what sets you up for many of the worst side effects. Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting.
Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time.
Fasting increases nitric oxide release.
Fasting restores NAD+ to healthy levels.
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.
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/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/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://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/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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Fasting can help with this neurological condition. It also gets the stuff out of the body so side effects will stop. Some benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting.
Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time.
Fasting increases nitric oxide release.
Fasting restores NAD+ to healthy levels.
Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy.
Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers, but some patients may need continued acid reducation medication while fasting.
Telomeres are lengthened and fasting also increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors.
Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' that is not supposed to be there.
Reflexes and short term memory are increased.
Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release!
After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies, rejuvenating your entire immune system.
Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures.
Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system in a similar way to CBD oil.
Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. The thymus also plays a vital role in fighting cancer.
Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue! The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting.
Blood sugar and insulin are lowered, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Some viruses activate glycolosis (the release of sugar in the body) and clinically it has been shown that decreasing glucose metabolism in the body weakens the influenza virus.
When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell which are used to produce organelles and proteins. This means the mechanisms needed by viruses to replicate are by and large unavailable when you are in a deeply fasted state.
What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting.
Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building.
Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS.
The hormone Leptin is an immunomodulator that keeps the body from attacking itself and obesity causes leptin resistance. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance and leptin levels and one day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again!
Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No, except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose.
Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells
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://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/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://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://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27569118/
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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If they don't take steps to fix their immune system and cycle it out of the body, that is very likely. Thankfully fasting can 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.
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.
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
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://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://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/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://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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