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There is no science to support the notion of detoxifying or cleansing[1]. Not eating does not cause your body to repair itself. There is no relationship between
by cgh 9y ago
There is no science to support the notion of detoxifying or cleansing[1]. Not eating does not cause your body to repair itself. There is no relationship between the time taken for digestion and your immune system. It's not like your body can only do one thing at a time.
By all means, if fasting makes you feel good or whatever then continue to do it. Just realise that none of your stated claims of its physical benefits are true.
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/dec/05/detox-myth-health-diet-science-ignorance https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/dec/05/detox-m...
- mojoe 9y agoNot eating absolutely causes the body to repair itself -- there are many peer-reviewed journal articles covering animal and human clinical trials that demonstrate this (a google scholar search returns huge numbers of results, but here are just a couple examples: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550413115002247 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550413115..., https://news.usc.edu/63669/fasting-triggers-stem-cell-regeneration-of-damaged-old-immune-system/ https://news.usc.edu/63669/fasting-triggers-stem-cell-regene...).
- JPLeRouzic 9y agoThe words were: "as a sort of detox/cleanse" There are things your body cannot do, for example eliminating a molecule longer than some threshold. That is why the pharma industry insists on using small molecules and why beta-amyloids (and others) are a huge problem.