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Fasting

I naturally do intermittent fasting whereby I fast for a majority of the day and only eat highly nutritious whole food plant based food.

I sometimes do one day fasts but not routinely. Here is a nice guide.

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Only eating between noon and 8 PM helped me eliminate brain fog.
Fasting activates autophagy which is the body's process of cleansing at cell level. This is the major reason for health improvements related to it.
Seems like a lot of the benefits of calorie restriction and fasting may come from the fact consuming food produces damaging by-products, note the way you cook the food strongly influences how much of these by products come in the food itself, but your body also produces the. AGE's = Glycation products
Skipping meals while maintaining adequate nutrition is not only good for you but will make you live longer.
Once-daily feeding is associated with better cognitive function and health in companion dogs
Animals, including us, are extraordinarily good at conserving energy and dealing with long periods of famine. One meal a day is a non event metabolically, and makes sense for most of us that lead a sedentary life.

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