Fasting triggers stem cell regeneration of damaged, old immune system (2014)
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Re: Fasting triggers stem cell regeneration of damaged, old immune system (2014)
#2more like, after three days if fasting the entire immune system has to generate, but what do I know ^^
Re: Fasting triggers stem cell regeneration of damaged, old immune system (2014)
#3I didn't read the study, but what definition of fast are they using? Water only?
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#4Interesting, but until it's been independently replicated a couple of times, I wouldn't recommend changing your lifestyle.
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#5Article is from Jun 5 2014, here's the University of Southern California's article: https://news.usc.edu/63669/fasting-triggers-stem-cell-regene...
Re: Fasting triggers stem cell regeneration of damaged, old immune system (2014)
#6Looks like this is the study:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3608686/ (Edit: Nope, see reply below)
Interesting conflict of interest (edit: potential conflict) with the researcher being the founder of a food supplement marketing company. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valter_Longo
Edit: I was wondering what the fasting + supplement connection was. Here we go:
"L-Nutra's first line of products stems from 15 years of research by Prof. Longo and his team at the USC Longevity Institute, one of the world's leading centers for research on aging and its translation into human interventions that optimize longevity and healthspan. It was largely motivated by the request of many patients who wanted to take advantage of the potential beneficial effects of fasting during cancer treatment but were unable to fast and forego any all meals or and snacks." (Emphasis mine)
Re: Fasting triggers stem cell regeneration of damaged, old immune system (2014)
#7I wonder if similar benefits can be had by practicing the method of "lean gains" aka "intermittent fasting", or whether this only works with 3 days of fasting, which is a long time to go without food. I'd certainly find it hard to be productive during that extended period.
Re: Fasting triggers stem cell regeneration of damaged, old immune system (2014)
#8Once I fasted for 3 days, only drinking water. By day two I was pretty weak, afterwards I recovered pretty quickly. The point being, it shouldn't be to difficult to do if you aren't going to need to be too active.
Re: Fasting triggers stem cell regeneration of damaged, old immune system (2014)
#9I wonder if similar benefits can be had by practicing the method of "lean gains" aka "intermittent fasting", or whether this only works with 3 days of fasting, which is a long time to go without food. I'd certainly find it hard to be productive during that extended period.
Wonder this too. Found this: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/277860.php, "prolonged periods of fasting - repeated cycles of 2-4 days with no food - over the course of 6 months,"
Re: Fasting triggers stem cell regeneration of damaged, old immune system (2014)
#10Looks like this is the study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3608686/ (Edit: Nope, see reply below) Interesting conflict of interest (edit: potential conflict) with the researcher being the founder of a food supplement marketing company. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valter_Longo Edit: I was wondering what the fasting + supplement connection was. Here we go: "L-Nutra's first line of products stems from 15…
The study you linked is from Feb 8, 2012.
I think this is the actual study: http://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/abstract/S1934-5909(14)00...