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Anti-Aging Benefits of Fasting - The Brothers Green

Fast Series Part 5: Reversing the Aging Process Through Fasting

Fasting and Anti-Aging - The Brothers Green

Fasting and Anti-Aging - What’s the Correlation?

“Recent ageing studies have shown that caloric restriction and fasting have a prolonging effect on lifespan in model animals, but the detailed mechanism has remained a mystery,” says Dr. Takayuki Teruya, first author of the paper and a technician in the OIST G0 Cell Unit led by Professor Mitsuhiro Yanagida.

The science of fasting and anti-ageing:

This study from Japan showed that not only does fasting speed up metabolism, it may also reverse the ageing process.

The study on ‘what exactly happens when the body goes without food’ was conducted by researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) and Kyoto University. They found that during fasting, 44 substances in the body increase and many of them are connected to health benefits.

Previous research on the G0 Cell Unit identified various metabolites whose quantities decline with age. Leucine, isoleucine, and ophthalmic acid - have been shown to lower as a person ages. In those who had fasted, these metabolites increased, suggesting fasting might increase molecules that help people live longer.

Dr Takayuki Teruya said, “These are very important metabolites for maintenance of muscle and antioxidant activity, respectively. This result suggests the possibility of a rejuvenating effect by fasting, which was not known until now.”

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      Anti-Aging Benefits of Fasting - The Brothers Green

      Fast Series Part 5: Reversing the Aging Process Through Fasting

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      I’ve fasted for about 50 years. It prevented illness and invigorated me. Miñor infections subsided by it. Boils disappeared
      It purified both mind and body

      Santanu Goswami

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