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Photo Credit: www.mindful.org "Clinical and epidemiological data are consistent with an ability of fasting to retard the aging process and associated diseases. Major factors implicated in aging whose generation are accelerated by gluttonous lifestyles and slowed by energy restriction in humans include: 1) oxidative damage to proteins, DNA and lipids; 2) inflammation; 3) accumulation of dysfunctional proteins and organelles; and 4) elevated glucose, insulin and IGF-I, although IGF-1decreases with aging and its severe deficiency can be associated with certain pathologies (Bishop et al., 2010; Fontana and Klein, 2007)."1
"Periodic fasting can reverse multiple features of the metabolic syndrome in humans: it enhances insulin sensitivity, stimulates lipolysis and reduces blood pressure. "1 "Clinicians have found that fasting was frequently accompanied by an increased level of vigilance and a mood improvement, a subjective feeling of well-being, and sometimes of euphoria. Therapeutic fasting, following an established protocol, is safe and well tolerated. We aim in this article to explore the biological mechanisms activated during fasting that could have an effect on brain function with particular focus on mood..."2 1 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3946160 2 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165178112008153 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23332541 https://www.hal.inserm.fr/inserm-00789122/file/FASTING_revised_manuscript_11_12_12.pdf
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