Fasting—The Astonishing Physical And Spiritual Benefits

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Fasting—The Astonishing Physical And Spiritual Benefits

At the seventy-two-hour mark, autophagy hits an all-new level. On a cellular plain, IGF-1 (insulin-like growth factor 1) and PKA (protein kinase A) activity subsides. These two agents assure the life and growth of individual cells—regardless of their health—and thus inhibit autophagy.

While there is a lot of truth to the "holistic" medicine stuff, there is a wholelotta' bullshit,too. I will say this about fasting being spiritual. I went 8 days,flat of my back,split from the bottom of my breast bone,to the top of my "unhuh", mulling over the probability of my life expectancy exceeding 3-4 years. During that time, I had not one bite of anything but ice, and I had to spit that out. After about day four, I felt something that was different. I was no longer afraid, and I felt closer to God than I ever had before or since. I experienced that but if you had told me that fasting would help to produce that closeness, I would not have believed it. Yeah, there is something to fasting. I really need to do it again, for both the spiritual benefits and for this spare tire in my gut