Lose weight by intermittent fasting! 5 anti-aging and disease prevention effects

When we first heard about "fasting", the purpose was for religion, spiritual practice, and bowel cleansing to lose weight. In recent years, with the advancement of medicine and empirical evidence from the general public, it has been shown that fasting at appropriate times and in moderation can not only stimulate immunity and metabolism, help burn fat and lose weight, but also has benefits such as anti-aging, cancer prevention, and disease prevention.

Effect 1: Can burn fat and help metabolize toxins!

The "fake food craze" that broke out recently has caused everyone to panic about processed foods, but have you ever thought about where all the toxins you eat go? Most of these harmful substances will be stored in fat tissue, such as heavy metal toxins, fat-soluble pesticides, etc. Therefore, the more fat a person has in the body, the worse their physical function will be. "Intermittent fasting" can help burn fat in the body, metabolize some toxins, and become healthy.

Effect 2: Activate "youthful genes"

The older you are, the younger you will be! Dr. Leonard Guarente of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has found that there are more and more women who take good care of themselves and whose real age cannot be judged by looking at their appearance. This is because they have maintained their "young genes". Everyone is born with "young genes" in their body, but some people have bad living habits, such as staying up late, eating too much, etc., which will cause physical harm, causing the young genes in the body to shut down, and turn on the "aging genes", accelerating aging, and causing many diseases and inflammations! Everyone wants to be younger. Scientists have discovered that intermittent fasting can turn on youthful genes. Once the switch is turned on, the mitochondria in the cells will be activated, increasing the efficiency of calorie consumption, repair ability, and greatly providing nutrient absorption, so that you can stay young.

Effect 3: Moderate fasting can help prevent cancer and slow down tumor growth!

Modern people are eating more and more. According to statistics from the Taiwan Cancer Foundation, in the past 15 years, the total food intake of Taiwanese people has increased by 50% compared to the past. This means that Taiwanese people are already overeating, with a significant increase in meat and dairy products. With this change in diet and lifestyle, the obesity prevalence rate among Chinese people is as high as 38%, and 8 out of the top 10 causes of death are related to obesity. From this result, we can see that eating too much and eating too delicately are obviously pathogenic factors. Of course, it is not just Taiwan; the entire world has fallen into a "food crisis."

The theory that fasting can make people healthier has always existed. In 2012, Walter Longo, a top professor at the University of Southern California, even proposed that fasting can effectively prevent cancer. In his research, he said: The best way to effectively defeat cancer cells may not be to try to find drugs to kill it, but to create a very extreme environment, such as fasting, so that normal cells can respond quickly and destroy bad cells.

The main reason is that obesity and cancer are both related to high insulin concentrations. This hormone stimulates cell growth and can also promote the mutation and proliferation of cancer cells. Fasting can reduce insulin concentrations and activate relevant protective measures in the endocrine and nervous systems. Dr. Seyfried of Boston University also mentioned in his book that it is recommended that cancer patients (stage 0 to 1) fast first to lower their blood sugar levels and shrink the tumor. Fasting can control cancer by forcing the body to eliminate damaged mitochondria and increase the efficiency of surviving mitochondrial cells.

This article is from Apple House Publishing House's "2-day intermittent fasting per week, lose 8 kg in 2 months"