Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Fasting Really Make We Longevity?
Fasting Really Make We Longevity?
Fasting, often associated with religion and religious context. Almost all religions and beliefs advised his followers to fast. This is reasonable because in addition to increasing faith in the Creator, was fasting proven to make the body more healthy, and likely to live longer.
A study at Harvard University revealed the goodness of intermittent fasting (not routine every day). This study, observe the life of a fasted mice. As a result, the lifetime of the animal can be longer with intermittent fasting.
Quoted by the Times of India, Michael Guo, a researcher from Harvard said, "Fasting can increase the production of SIRT3 gene, a gene known to be able to repair and improve the productivity of cells and response."
Michael states, increasing SIRT3 gene in the body by fasting, can increase protein production to maintain the youthfulness of bones, teeth, and skin, and keep you young. Levels of oxidative stress regularly, also can make your life healthier and live longer.
Moreover, according to Michael, fasting can also increase insulin, which is useful to protect the body from side effects of the diet. So, for which it is to lose weight, fasting can indeed be a proper solution.
"Fasting is intermittent, capable of limiting the consumption of carbohydrates, and make you eat less, and tend to eat food that is healthy, like taking vitamin C and E, which is good for the body," he said.
Did you know, that intermittent fasting is actually easy to do. Benefit from it also can not be doubted. But according to Michael, fasting should also be balanced with the selection of good food and healthy.
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