Since time immemorial, fasting has been practiced for rejuvenation, healing, detoxification, and for inspiration. Many prominent personalities who helped shape civilization fasted, people like Plato, Pythagoras, Joan of Arc, Andrei Sakharov, Hippocrates, Leonardo DaVinci, Michael Angelo, Thomas Edison, Ben Franklin, Buddha, Plutarch, Mahatma Gandhi, and Jesus of Nazareth to name a few. To date, researchers have only discovered the tip of the proverbial iceberg when it comes to fasting, but the ever growing scientific data confirms what these famous personalities knew all along.
Dr. Otto Buchinger, from the prestigious Buchinger Clinic in Germany, conducted over 200,000 clinical fasts and highlighted the phenomenon of autolysis, whereby the body consumes everything that does not belong before it begins to consume vital tissue or organs. Scientists have confirmed a similar process they liken to house cleaning called autophagy, which among other functions discovered during a fast, changes hormone levels, recycles and repairs cells, and increases the ability of muscles to utilize stored fat.
Researchers at MIT and other reputable institutions have conducted a series of studies that have confirmed several of fasting’s benefits. Coupled with a nutritious diet, ample hydration and a healthy lifestyle, fasting can…
- Help prevent disease.
- Cleanse and rest the organs.
- Clean the blood.
- Lower the risk of coronary heart disease.
- Support blood pressure management.
- Help stabilize triglyceride and cholesterol levels.
- Promote blood sugar control by reducing insulin resistance.
- Increase growth hormone secretion.
- Improve brain function.
- Help in weight loss.
- Help with rheumatoid arthritis and neurodegenerative disorders.
- Reduce inflammation.
- Help alleviate anxiety and depression.
- Boost metabolism.
- Clear up the complexion.
- Improve sleeping patterns.
- Stem cell regeneration is suppressed during a fast, but then surges during the refeeding period.
Test-tube studies in animals have shown a delay in aging. Animal studies have further suggested that fasting can help prevent cancer by blocking tumor development and have also demonstrated an increase in the effectiveness of chemotherapy. Studies have also shown that fasting helps cell growth in mice.
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