The illustration to the left shows the chemical structure of LaKe. The graphs to the right show how the blood concentrations of lactate and ketones (BHB) change over time in rats that have ingested either LaKe (blue curves) or a control substance (black curves). Both lactate and BHB can be seen to increase significantly in...
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Fasting’s effects on stem cells linked to increased cancer risk
By Michael FrancoAugust 27, 2024 Fasting for some period of time has been shown to have certain health benefits, but if a new mouse study applies to humans, the practice may also hold some risksDepositphotos A new study from MIT has revealed the exact mechanism by which fasting causes intestinal stem cells to regenerate, which...
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Fasting-like diet lowers risk factors for disease, reduces biological age in humans: Study
by University of Southern California Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainCycles of a diet that mimics fasting can reduce signs of immune system aging, as well as insulin resistance and liver fat in humans, resulting in a lower biological age, according to a new USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology-led study. The study, published in Nature Communications on...
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A neural mechanism that could underlie fasting-mediated immune regulation
by Ingrid Fadelli , Medical Xpress Model of neuronal regulation of the immune system during fasting. Orexigenic CAVLM neurons are activated during fasting, whose activation stimulates the release of glucocorticoids via the CAVLM→CRHPVN neural circuit targeting the adrenal glands, thereby driving T-cell homing to the bone marrow in a CXCR4CXCL12 axis-dependent manner and suppressing autoimmune...
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Ramadan fasting linked to favorable metabolic changes and reduced chronic disease risk
By Hugo Francisco de SouzaReviewed by Susha Cheriyedath, M.Sc. In a recent study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers carried out a metabolomics investigation to elucidate the impacts of Ramadan fasting on health and metabolism. Their study group comprised 72 participants who provided blood shortly before and after Ramadan fasting, based on...
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Scientists identify how fasting may protect against inflammation
by University of Cambridge Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Reports (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113700Cambridge scientists may have discovered a new way that fasting helps reduce inflammation, a potentially damaging side-effect of the body’s immune system that underlies a number of chronic diseases. In a paper titled “Arachidonic acid inhibition of the NLRP3 inflammasome is a mechanism to explain...
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Scientists identify how fasting may protect against inflammation
Peer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE Cambridge scientists may have discovered a new way in which fasting helps reduce inflammation – a potentially damaging side-effect of the body’s immune system that underlies a number of chronic diseases. In research published in Cell Reports, the team describes how fasting raises levels of a chemical in the blood...
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Dopamine Fasting: Some MDs Are Prescribing It. Should You?
Julie StewartIt’s an appealing concept: Stop addictive behaviors for a while — think social media, video games, gambling, porn, junk food, drugs, alcohol (dry January, anyone?) — to reset your brain’s reward circuitry, so you can feel great minus the bad habits. People call it dopamine fasting, abstinence sampling, or dopamine detox. But is shutting...
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New research finds that 14-hour fasting improves hunger, mood and sleep
by King’s College London Credit: CC0 Public Domain Eating in a ten-hour window is associated with higher energy and mood and lower hunger levels, new results from the largest UK community science study of its kind shows. Results from the trial are presented today by researchers from King’s College London at the European Nutrition Conference in...
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Brain tricked into thinking it is fasting to cope better with inflammation
Mice who have been tricked into thinking they are fasting manage inflammation more easily, according to neurobiologists at The University of Manchester and collaborators from the University of Naples ‘Federico II, in Italy. The study of mice and published in Current Biology is also the first to show that the well-established protective effects of fasting...