Can Fasting Save Your Life? The Danger Of Visceral Fat & The Incredible Benefits Of Prolonged Water-Only Fasting With Dr. Alan Goldhamer
The Rich Roll Podcast
Understanding Adverse Events in Fasting
Adverse events in fasting predominantly consist of normal symptoms like nausea, headache, and dizziness. Medically significant events are mainly hypertensive crises due to fluctuations in blood pressure during fasting. Category five events (death) are rare, and category four events (such as hyponatremia) are easily resolved by breaking the fast. Fasting promotes autophagy, leading to an increase in white blood cells, some of which are part of the immune system while others are non-functional.
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