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Body on a 3-day fast: Real-time data with Basis

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Re: Body on a 3-day fast: Real-time data with Basis

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

What type of diet would be of most interest?

There are a few fad diets that keep coming back, for example: * Paleo * Keto * Something with (only) liquids

Keto is a fad diet that was developed for legitimate reasons.

It helps in some cases of epilepsy.

Its just a tidbit I wanted to throw in, as not all diets are equal, but some diets are more equal than others.

Re: Body on a 3-day fast: Real-time data with Basis

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> At the 3-day mark, I've hit a key milestone in cellular regeneration. My body has broken down old immune cells and generated new ones (Cheng et al., 2014). ... if you were a mouse. Here's the article being referenced: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24905167/

There's now a number of studies on effects of fasting on chemo therapy patients, and they all make the same claim of regeneration through autophagy for some types of leukocytes.

Re: Body on a 3-day fast: Real-time data with Basis

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post #14

> At the 3-day mark, I've hit a key milestone in cellular regeneration. My body has broken down old immune cells and generated new ones (Cheng et al., 2014). ... if you were a mouse. Here's the article being referenced: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24905167/

There's now a number of studies on effects of fasting on chemo therapy patients, and they all make the same claim of regeneration through autophagy for some types of leukocytes.

Could you explain how this is used to support statements like:

> I've hit a key milestone in cellular regeneration

What's key about it? In what way is it a milestone? What's the expected health impact in human patients?

Re: Body on a 3-day fast: Real-time data with Basis

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What's the sensor being used? Doesn't show any detail on the site. I assume it only tracks glucose and the rest are done at lab?

There’s a continuous glucose monitor, ketone measurement through urine, hydration tracking, sleep tracking and less relevant to this experiment heart rate analysis in Basis. The more complex blood work was done in a lab that’s correct.

Re: Body on a 3-day fast: Real-time data with Basis

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post #14

> At the 3-day mark, I've hit a key milestone in cellular regeneration. My body has broken down old immune cells and generated new ones (Cheng et al., 2014). ... if you were a mouse. Here's the article being referenced: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24905167/

There's now a number of studies on effects of fasting on chemo therapy patients, and they all make the same claim of regeneration through autophagy for some types of leukocytes.

If so, why not cite those?
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