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    Fasting Can Help You Live Longer

    • Fasting induces metabolic signaling that reduces your potential for diabetes, cardiovascular disease and some cancers.
    • Fasting reduces the amount of free radicals in your body and renews your immune system through the regulation of stem cell production.
    • Fasting triggers autophagy (mitophagy in the mitochondria), a process that cleans up damaged cells and reduces the inflammatory response.


    By Dr. Mercola

    The types and quality of food you eat influences more than how much you weigh. Food has an effect on your metabolism, insulin production, leptin release and a myriad of other hormonal and chemical balances.

    Scientists are also examining the way fasting affects cellular and mitochondrial function, and longevity.

    They've found the cells in your body react to fasting in much the same way as they do to exercise. In other words, when placed under stress — be it exercise or fasting--the reaction creates changes at the cellular level that helps extend your lifespan.1

    For starters, fasting shifts your body from using glucose as its primary fuel to fat, and being an efficient fat-burner benefits your health beyond weight loss.

    Although much of the research is on fasting or intermittent fasting, the newer term is sometimes referred to as TRF (Time Restricted Feeding) which promotes eating in a narrow window of time, typically 6-8 hours.

    Efficient Fat Burning Promotes Health

    Fat is a far cleaner burning fuel than carbohydrates and generates far less free radicals,

    Glucose is an inherently "dirty" fuel as it generates far more reactive oxygen species (ROS) than fat. But to burn fat, your cells must be healthy and normal. Cancer cells, for example, cannot burn fat, and this why a healthy high fat diet appears to be such an effective anti-cancer strategy.

    We're now starting to realize that mitochondrial dysfunction is at the core of virtually all diseases, and nutritional intervention — not only what you eat, but also when, and how often — is of key importance.

    To summarize, mitochondrial health is promoted by eating real food; avoiding food at least 3 hours before bedtime; and intermittently fasting.

    What Happens When You Fast?

    Fasting is a biological stressor with several amazing health benefits, including normalizing your insulin and leptin sensitivity, promoting human growth hormone (HGH) production, reducing oxidative stress and lowering triglyceride levels.

    And now a team of researchers from the University of Southern California believe they have discovered yet another benefit: The regeneration of stem cells...

    http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fit...rid=1415519324

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    Is there another thread on Fasting?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Valiant Woman View Post
    Is there another thread on Fasting?
    Bunch of them here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fuego View Post
    Bunch of them here.
    Oookay.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Valiant Woman View Post
    Oookay.
    Perhaps I'm misunderstanding something. If you wanted links, 'search' is your friend.

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    • We're now starting to realize that mitochondrial dysfunction is at the core of virtually all diseases, and nutritional intervention — not only what you eat, but also when, and how often — is of key importance.

      To summarize, mitochondrial health is promoted by eating real food; avoiding food at least 3 hours before bedtime; and intermittently fasting...
    There's that intermittent fasting again. ;)

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    Quote Originally Posted by fuego View Post
    Perhaps I'm misunderstanding something. If you wanted links, 'search' is your friend.
    I thought I saw another thread on Fasting on the Forum somewhere. Maybe not though.
    When your praise match your prayers, the answer will come.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Valiant Woman View Post
    I thought I saw another thread on Fasting on the Forum somewhere. Maybe not though.
    Again, there are MANY threads on fasting here. I repeat, search is your friend.

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