Navratri is an auspicious time where many people keep fasts to show devotion to the goddesses and celebrate the event.
Although these fasts have religious reasons. And various cultures have been keeping fasts for many centuries .
There are various scientific benefits of fasting and it has again seen a recent surge in popularity.
In this article we will read about the benefits of fasting from scientifical lens.
There are many ways of fasting .
Some abstain from all foods while some just restrict certain food and drink . While some keep 24 hours long fast or some keep fasts for certain hours .
Some keep it once a week while some keep it everyday by restricting their eating window . Also known as intermittent fasting.
Fights inflammation
Studies have shown that inflammation reduces drastically when a person fasts and thus It can help in healing the inflammation that happens in day to day to basis and also curing chronic inflammation , heart disease , cancer and rheumatoid arthritis.
Improves heart health
Switching up your diet and lifestyle is one of the most effective ways to reduce your risk of heart disease.
And fasting helps in improving heart health .
One of the research revealed that 8 weeks of alternate day fasting reduced levels of ‘ bad ‘ LDL cholesterol and blood triglycerides bby 25% and 32% respectively .
Induces a cellular repair process
When we fast the body goes through autophagy .
Autophagy involves the breakdown of dysfunctional proteins that build up inside over time in the cells .
It triggers the metabolic pathway and removes the material from cells.
Prevent Neurodegenerative disorders
Fasting can have a powerful impact on brain health
As u may have read fasting triggers autophagy .
Which provides protection against several diseases , includung cancer and many Neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s disease .
Various studies have shown that a lifestyle intervention that included daily short term fasts was able to significantly improve Alzheimer’s symptoms in 9 out of 10 people .
Fasting is a very wieght loss method but the benefits extend beyond that . It helps one live longer and healthy , active life .
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Malvika Tiwari, |
