Fasting makes body 'eat' damaged cells, cuts inflammation, triggers 'autophagy' Ramadan, the month of fasting, giving and prayer, has begun. This year, Ramadan falls at the same time as Lent, when ...

The coming of spring harkens spring cleaning; a time to de-clutter your home and discard things that are no longer needed. In the body, a cellular process called autophagy occurs regularly to ...

Unlike many trendy diets, intermittent fasting appears to deliver real benefits—provided dieters can stick to the schedule, which usually restricts eating to an eight-hour window each day. Dieters, ...

Certain biological buzzwords spring out of relative scientific obscurity and lodge themselves in the popular consciousness — phrases like serotonin, ketosis, or probiotic. In some corners of the ...

Is a little understood background as to why IF works. And it is Autophagy. Autophagy is a naturally occurring process in our bodies where cells remove toxins, recycle parts and repair their own damage ...

Intermittent fasting became one of the most popular health trends of the last decade because it promised a simple idea: ...

(Left: Mouse liver) The panel shows the Hematoxylin-Eosin staining in the liver from 24-h-fasted mice. Control mice exhibited a significant accumulation of lipid droplets, whereas this accumulation ...

Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, is observed by Muslims worldwide as a period of fasting, prayer, reflection, and community. While primarily a spiritual practice, modern science has ...