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Fasting Can Boost The Entire Immune System Here's How by hustler86(m): 11:18pm On Jun 22, 2015 |
Fasting is an act of deliberately depriving yourself of all food, drink, or both, for a period of time. Fasting has been practiced across the world by many religions including Hindus, Christians, Buddhists, Muslims, Jews, Sikhs, and more. Throughout the age, fasting has been used as a powerful tool for physical and spiritual healing. Today, modern science has proven that fasting also has the many health benefits. According to the latest studies conducted by scientists at the University of Southern California, fasting for as little as three days can not only help prevent the damage of immune system but also rejuvenate the entire immune system as it causes the body to start producing new white blood cells. This discovery could be particularly helpful for people suffering from damaged immune systems, such as cancer patients on chemotherapy. As we know that chemotherapy kills cancer cells, but it also destroys everything else in your body, including your immune system. Prolonged fasting can not only produce the hematopoietic stem cells which generates blood and cells in the immune system but also protect it from chemotherapy. Scientists found that regularly fasting for between 2-4 four days over 6 month period can reduce the enzyme PKA, which is linked to ageing and a hormone which increases cancer risk and tumour growth. Prof Valter Longo, Professor of Gerontology and the Biological Sciences at the University of California says that “We could not predict that prolonged fasting would have such a remarkable effect in promoting stem cell-based regeneration of the hematopoietic system” “When you starve, the system tries to save energy, and one of the things it can do to save energy is to recycle a lot of the immune cells that are not needed, especially those that may be damaged,” added Prof Longo. Article Source : massreport.com |
Re: Fasting Can Boost The Entire Immune System Here's How by kiowy(m): 11:26pm On Jun 22, 2015 |
Warey |
Re: Fasting Can Boost The Entire Immune System Here's How by nwaanambra1(m): 11:57pm On Jun 22, 2015 |
then y u no stop eating completely and fast all year round? mu-mu! |
Re: Fasting Can Boost The Entire Immune System Here's How by penrobber(m): 1:36am On Jun 23, 2015 |
nwaanambra1:Take time to be wise a bit |
Re: Fasting Can Boost The Entire Immune System Here's How by oladimeji09(m): 6:47am On Jun 23, 2015 |
Good job U are wright |
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