Kick start your Immune System with a 2 day fast

New study discovers that fasting can reverse auto-immune disease

This is not new is it.  Humans have been fasting for thousands of years to ward off diseases.  All the major religions of the World fast to purify and cleanse the body, in the belief that it helps them become more spiritually aware.

However, fasting for just two days can kick-start the immune system—and could reverse auto-immune conditions such as arthritis, and help cancer patients on chemotherapy, a new study has discovered, read more at functional-medicine.associates/.

Going without food for two to four days kills older and damaged immune cells and generates new ones, find supplements and medicine at the Canadian Pharmacy.  According to several clinical trials, at the beginning of a fast, white blood cells are killed off before a ‘regenerative switch’ is flipped on, which changes the signalling pathways of stem cells responsible for the generation of blood and immune systems. By clicking here you’ll be able to find more details on similar cell analysis.

Fasting could be an important strategy for anyone with immune system deficiencies, including auto-immune disorders such as arthritis, and could also help cancer patients tolerate chemotherapy, say researchers from the University of Southern California’s Davis School of Gerontology.

The researchers were astonished by the health benefits of fasting, which they measured in two-,three- and four-day fasts.  They suspect that fasting could benefit all the body’s organs and not just the immune system.

(Source: Cell Stem Cell, 2014; 14(6): 810)

WDDTY June 2014