Fast to gain health
Our daily habits can greatly influence how well our body’s homeostatic mechanism works. Aside from using mind power to increase your immune system, our dietary habits affect the strength of our system too. Dr Jason Fung in his book The Diabetes Code Prevent and Reverse Type 2 Diabetes Naturally talks about how frequent eating can make people very prone to develop Type 2 diabetes and other chronic illnesses. Our bodies are made to clean themselves out of toxins, viruses,bacteria and uncontrolled cells (cancer cells) as long as no sugar is provided to the system. Dr Y. Ohsumi won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2016 for his research on how cells recycle and renew their content, a process known as autophagy. Fasting activates autophagy, which helps slow down the aging process and has positive impact on cell renewal. Fasting for 12 to 24 hrs triggers physiological functions such as…