Posted on 01/06/2023 7:04:07 PM PST by ConservativeMind
Researchers have found more evidence that dry fasting (fasting without food or liquid intake) from dawn to dusk for four weeks has an anti-atherosclerotic, anti-inflammatory and anti-tumorigenic effect on the proteins in a type of immune cell called a peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC).
"We know that disruptions of the circadian rhythm are associated with cancer and metabolic syndrome. This type of fasting can potentially act as a reset to normal for the circadian rhythm," said Dr. Ayse Leyla Mindikoglu. "After fasting, our participants lost weight, and their blood pressure and insulin resistance improved."
The researchers previously found similar results in blood serum. The current study used samples from the previous study examining 14 people with metabolic syndrome, a group of conditions including obesity, insulin resistance (elevated blood glucose levels), elevated blood pressure, high triglycerides (a type of blood fat) and low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (good cholesterol). These conditions can lead to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer. The participants were observing Ramadan, which consists of fasting for four consecutive weeks without eating or drinking from dawn to sunset. Outside of fasting, participants were allowed to eat whatever they preferred and were not required to follow any exercise regimen or weight loss measures.
Participants gave blood samples before the fasting period began, at the conclusion of fasting and one week after fasting was completed. They found that proteins associated with atherosclerosis, heart disease and cancer promotion were decreased, while proteins associated with cancer and inflammation suppression were increased. They found that apolipoprotein B, which is a more accurate risk predictor for developing atherosclerotic heart disease than low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, was significantly decreased at the end of four-week dawn-to-dusk dry fasting compared with its level before fasting, and its decrease persisted even one week after the fasting period.
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I am surprised no one has liquids during the day, though. I wouldn’t normally think of fasting as meaning no liquids.
Sounds perilous to the kidneys.
Sounds like Ramadan!
Sounds like a really bad idea,great way to get seriously dehydrated, which can lead to all sorts of problems. No food Omis one thing, no liquids is just asking for health problems.
Well...because it was! (Though I deleted after looking at the article again!)
Does Ramadan have a fixed date or does it fall different times of the years? Fasting during June in Alaska would be hell!
In a situation like that they would follow Mecca sunrise and sunset, adjusted for their time zone.
Oh, that’s not so bad then.
“This was a good use of Ramadan subjects to identify intermittent fasting benefits. I am surprised no one has liquids during the day, though. I wouldn’t normally think of fasting as meaning no liquids.”
Agree, and good experiment, as they do it anyway, so might as well get some research value out of it. And, to no one’s surprise (other than the $3T medical community), once again, ideas from hundreds, or often thousands, of years ago, make more sense than our ‘enlightened’ (translated: totally corrupted) ‘experts’.
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The only thing they said about persistence of the benefits was that one lasted for a week. It would ve interesting to see if the benefits last for a year (or more).
Caused all kinds of trouble for George Clooney.
Better have my coffee super early.
No good in Arizona.
Yeah, I’m thinking I could set my alarm for a half hour before sunrise, just enough time to fry up a breakfast.
I’d be fine with fasting if I could sleep through it.
It falls at different times during the year. That’s because it is based on the lunar calendar not the solar calendar
Just to point this out, there is a higher rate of kidney failure among Middle Eastern men on average. Dehydrating yourself...over and over...wrecks the kidneys. Might be some logic on going to two meals a day, but it means breakfast has to be greater than normal to carry you through 12 hours....to dinner.
Yeah, I'd stick to doing it in January if I were one of them. LOL! Head for Fairbanks. What? Nothing from 11am to 3pm? Well... okay, I guess.
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