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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! cheesy
Re: Fasting Can Boost The Entire Immune System Here's How by penrobber(m): 1:36am On Jun 23, 2015
nwaanambra1:
then y u no stop eating completely and fast all year round? mu-mu! cheesy
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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