Discover the Surprising Benefits of Fasting for Your Brain and Body

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Fasting triggers the expression of unique proteins that have developed in the body over time, which improve brain function and help different parts of the body survive better.

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Growth hormone, the anti-aging hormone, fat-burning hormone, and hormone involved in healing joints and protein synthesis, increases during fasting.

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Fasting triggers the development of autophagy, which recycles old, damaged proteins and microbes, including advanced glycated end products and amyloid plaque.

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Autophagy cleans up cellular proteins that are not working anymore in the body, renews tissue, and starts at about 18 hours of fasting.

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Depleting the liver's glycogen reserve, the storage supply of glucose enables the body to start running on ketones as an alternative fuel,

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Inflammation drops significantly after 24 hours of fasting, and adding vitamin D can speed up the process, 

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helping conditions involving inflammatory states like arthritis, bursitis, and autoimmune conditions improve.

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Fasting leads to more gut healing, increased stem cell production in the gut, and improvement in cardiovascular and brain function.

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Fasting is efficient, does not lead to loss of muscle protein, and allows the body to use the old damaged proteins, which provides new protein, making the combination beneficial.

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