Health Benefits of Fasting
Each type of fasting has its own, like how intermittent fasting has
its own benefits. There are, however, some common benefits, that all types of
fasting are known to show. Here are a few of them:
1) Improved Cognitive Performance
Fasting has scientifically been
proven to improve cognitive performance and help relieve stress and also help
improve the mood of a person.
2) Reduced Risk of Chronic Diseases and Obesity
Several studies have proven that
fasting greatly helps in fighting chronic diseases and leads to lowered
cholesterol levels reduced insulin resistance and decreased blood pressure.
Fasting also helps fight obesity, by improving our metabolism.
3) Reduced Inflammation
Inflammation can lead to a lot of
risky and harmful diseases, and directly affects our immune system, causing a
lot of damage to our health. Studies have shown that 24-hour fasting can
greatly help reduce the risk of inflammation in our bodies.
4) Helps with Weight Loss.
A lot of people globally are
constantly trying to lose some of that excess weight and get fit in the
process. This would obviously mean that you would have to follow a strict diet,
but fasting every now and then, in a healthy way, will also greatly help with
your metabolism, and help you lose weight, or maintain your weight as well.
5) Reduced Risk of Metabolic Diseases
Our metabolism plays a very
crucial role in the overall health structure of our body’s health. This is why
it is always important to have a good metabolic rate. Having a good metabolism
will reduce the risk of being diagnosed with metabolic diseases such as blood
pressure, high blood sugar, excess body fat around the waist, and abnormal
cholesterol or triglyceride levels. Fasting helps maintain our insulin levels,
which has a very good impact on our metabolism and also helps maintain the above-mentioned
levels in check.
6) Beneficial for Cancer Patients
Fasting works very similarly to
Chemotherapy on tumor cells, or cancer. Studies are still being conducted on
whether this might lead to a solution to cancer in humans, as fasting has shown
highly impressive effects in reducing cancer in only animals and cells so far.
What cannot be denied is that fasting most certainly improves the effectiveness
of chemotherapy and cancer-related medicines, in a person.
These are just some of the benefits that come with fasting,
and these reasons just help us understand the importance of fasting regularly.
While fasting may be good, it should not be overdone at the same time. Fasting
regularly, at fixed intervals of time should always be preferred.
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