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This post was initially released on October 25, 2020. It has been updated. Intermittent fasting has many benefits for diabetics. It reduces blood sugar, lowers weight, triglycerides, and total cholesterol, and decreases medication need. However, people with Type 2 diabetes or adult-onset diabetes who would like to practice intermittent fasting should avoid complications. Possible Complications…
Daily life exposes us to toxins. As they accumulate, they eventually exert detrimental effects on the body. These poisons are everywhere. Phthalates are in plastic bottles. 2-hydroxybutyric acid or 2HIB are in gasoline additives that end as air pollution. In time, these toxins accumulate in the body fat. Intermittent fasting reduces body fat. However, as…
A new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine presented for the first time that intermittent fasting can grow hepatocytes or new liver cells. bioRxiv released it on October 16, 2021, as a preprint. The research was able to determine the mechanism of how new liver cells form with intermittent fasting. Mice were used…
A new preprint study showed that chronic high-saturated fat and high sugar diets resulted in worse COVID-19 outcomes among Syrian hamsters. The study, Western diet increases COVID-19 disease severity in the Syrian hamster is from the National Institute of Health and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease and was recently published in biorxiv. …
The Buchinger Wilhelmi Clinic in Überlingen, Germany, is a specialized facility where people can stay for several days and undergo supervised therapeutic fasting. It was started by a German physician Otto Buchinger, credited to being the first to document the health effects of fasting on several diseases. His book, “The Therapeutic Fasting Cure,” published in…
Hyperinsulinemia means high insulin levels. Persistent high insulin leads to conditions like obesity, diabetes, and hypertension. The good news is there is something you can do about it. What is Insulin? Insulin is the primary hormone for fuel storage in the body. After eating, macronutrients like carbohydrates, proteins, and fats are broken down into easily…