

Unlocking the Science of Fasting: How To Get The Most Benefits With Fasting w/ Dr. Joseph Antoun
14 snips Sep 1, 2023
Dr. Joseph Antoun from L-Nutra discusses the benefits of the fast-mimicking diet, including enhancing autophagy and reversing diabetes. They explore measuring autophagy, recommended fasting frequency, and nailing intermittent fasting. The podcast also highlights clinical trials on fasting mimicking diets, the challenges of longer fasting interventions, increasing stem cells, and the scientific evidence supporting fasting for diabetes. They discuss antioxidants, personalized supplement recommendations, and provide a discount code for fasting products.
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Fasting Benefits
- Multi-day fasting (3 days for mice, 5 for humans) leads to metabolic reset and cellular rejuvenation (autophagy).
- Autophagy, a cellular self-cleaning process, happens after day 2 or 3 of fasting, not after 16-18 hours.
Measuring Autophagy
- Autophagy is now measurable in humans using specialized machines that detect specific cellular changes.
- The level of autophagy may vary across organs based on their activity and calorie demands.
Chicken Fasting
- Chicken farmers use 3-day fasts to rejuvenate egg-laying hens, resulting in increased egg production.
- This illustrates the regenerative power of fasting, a practice lost in modern human routines due to constant food availability.