Fasting can provide many health benefits. Because fasting works to repair and heal on a cellular level, it can help conditions like obesity, diabetes, sleep apnea, some types of cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, arthritis, asthma, multiple sclerosis, IBS and chronic or autoimmune conditions. Here’s a quick list of benefits that can be expected when you fast depending on the duration of the fast:
- Stimulates growth hormones (a fat-burning hormone) secretion by 1300%
- Triggers autophagy (cleaning up of damaged cells)
- Helps generate Stem cells
- Stabilizes blood sugar
- Helps build the immune system
- Helps reduce depression and anxiety
- Helps in detoxification
- Helps boost metabolic function and aids weight loss
- Slows the ageing process
- Helps with longevity
- Helps with autoimmune conditions
- Normalizes insulin and leptin sensitivity
- Lowers blood pressure
- Helps with thyroid conditions
- Helps heal chronic pain
- Helps with candida and other gut issues
- Helps resolve gallbladder issues
- Improves biomarkers of disease
- Supports balancing hormones and fertility
- Helps with hormone balance for those in perimenopause or menopause
- Normalizes ghrelin levels, aka “the hunger hormone”
- Reducing inflammation and lessen free radical damage
- Lowering triglyceride levels
- Helps improve memory function and mood
- Boosts brain power by stimulating BDNF (a brain-boosting hormone) by 400%
- Supports the treatment and prevention of cancer