Autophagy Is a Bifurcation of Two Types of Investments in Your Health

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Autophagy is when you break down things that are either useless or are waste of energy. During the fasting state, autophagy is dominant. Autophagy and antioxidant defense and repair is highest in the fed state. And so it's like both of those are good for your long term health.

Chris Masterjohn earned his PhD in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Connecticut in 2012. He served as a postdoctoral research associate in the Comparative Biosciences department of the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. From August 2014 to December 2016, he served as Assistant Professor of Health and Nutrition Sciences at Brooklyn College, part of the City University of New York.

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