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Fasting Can Improve Overall Health By Causing Circadian Clocks In the Liver and Skeletal Muscle To Rewire Their Metabolism, Study Finds (sciencedaily.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ScienceDaily: In a University of California, Irvine-led study, researchers found evidence that fasting affects circadian clocks in the liver and skeletal muscle, causing them to rewire their metabolism, which can ultimately lead to improved health and protection against aging-associated diseases. The study was published recently in Cell Reports. The research was conducted using mice, which were subjected to 24-hour periods of fasting. While fasting, researchers noted the mice exhibited a reduction in oxygen consumption (VO2), respiratory exchange ratio (RER), and energy expenditure, all of which were completely abolished by refeeding, which parallels results observed in humans.
"The reorganization of gene regulation by fasting could prime the genome to a more permissive state to anticipate upcoming food intake and thereby drive a new rhythmic cycle of gene expression. In other words, fasting is able to essentially reprogram a variety of cellular responses. Therefore, optimal fasting in a timed manner would be strategic to positively affect cellular functions and ultimately benefiting health and protecting against aging-associated diseases." This study opens new avenues of investigation that could ultimately lead to the development of nutritional strategies to improve health in humans.
"The reorganization of gene regulation by fasting could prime the genome to a more permissive state to anticipate upcoming food intake and thereby drive a new rhythmic cycle of gene expression. In other words, fasting is able to essentially reprogram a variety of cellular responses. Therefore, optimal fasting in a timed manner would be strategic to positively affect cellular functions and ultimately benefiting health and protecting against aging-associated diseases." This study opens new avenues of investigation that could ultimately lead to the development of nutritional strategies to improve health in humans.
The old religions have known about fasting for millennia. Science is way behind.
"Tempers are wearing thin. Let's just hope some robot doesn't kill everybody." --Bender
>Don't believe me, prove me wrong.
That's not how it works. YOU make a claim, YOU provide proof.
Your post was fine until that last sentence.
Besides, it's impossible to prove that what worked for you won't work for others.
You probably understand that your body might be an exception as well, just because it worked for you it won't necessarily work for others.
This is all anecdotal, which is just fine. Just don't start asking for "disproving proof" when you provide none in the first place.
That doesn't make it any more correct or relevant.
The quote is correct, in that it is a faithful representation of the line spoken in the movie. And that quote was far more relevant to the conversation than your pathetic protestation.
People who say "sheeple" have about as much sophistication as an AOL user, and in fact are probably actually AOL users.
Today people still believe that people 500 years ago believed the world to be flat.
by definition, it *is*, as "breakfast" is litterally the "breaking of the period of fast" :-/
Most of what had been "known" for millennia was wrong. That is the whole point of doing science.
But even a broken clock can be right twice a day.
The scientific process for doing dietary studies though is less than stellar today. But that can be fixed.
Science is working, not "struggling". Never before in human history has so much been uncovered in such a short time.
> "religions" are just archetypes of human biology pattern
If so, we would not have so many religions. Religions occasionally are codifications of natural human behavior - social, more than biological. Other times, they deny natural human behavior.
Down from 40's to 34's and even 32's after about 9 months of sticking to real food 32 pounds = 14.5kg. Weight of a 8 years old kid.
Don't believe me, prove me wrong. Unless one with a gene that growth no taller than 3 feets, 40 pounds basically spell mulnutritions.
I could be wrong, but I gather the comment was referring to pant sizes.