In 2016 the Nobel Prize in Physiology & Medicine went to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his research on the mechanisms of autophagy.  Autophagy, a natural process, means “self” “eating”.  This is a process that our bodies undergo cellularly to recycle or rid itself of old parts within the cell, such as organelles and microbes.  Essentially, autophagy is self-cannibalism.  However, it is much more than that because it is a key to understanding detoxification at the cellular level and that is where we can finally understand chronic degenerative diseases and how to prolong life.

Probably the most effective method of “detoxing” is something that has been talked about for millennia but is only recently getting the public recognition it deserves.  That method is fasting or intermittent fasting.  Part of Dr. Ohsumi’s research showed how the effects of fasting and calorie restriction came to increase autophagy.  For those who work in the natural health fields, this research gives scientific proof to fasting, and how restricted oxygen (hypoxia) aid in detoxification and cleansing ourselves.

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