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I am sure fasting proponents promise way too many things, but the underlying cell cleanup mechanism [0] is very real and received the Nobel Prize in 2016 [1] [

I am sure fasting proponents promise way too many things, but the underlying cell cleanup mechanism [0] is very real and received the Nobel Prize in 2016 [1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autophagy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autophagy [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27912049/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27912049/

google234123 4y ago
The wiki page does not mention fasting.
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- sendfoods 4y ago
  > fasting and CR [calorie restriction] are the most potent non-genetic autophagy stimulators, and lack the undesirable side effects associated with alternative interventions. > We conclude that both fasting and CR have a role in the upregulation of autophagy, the evidence overwhelmingly suggesting that autophagy is induced in a wide variety of tissues and organs in response to food deprivation From: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30172870/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30172870/