The human body goes into a state known as autophagy, a natural cellular process where it "eats" its own damaged, aging, or malfunctioning cells to survive when it goes through extended periods of hunger or fasting.
The 2016 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine, Yoshinori Ohsumi, discovered autophagy, a purifying process that turns cellular waste into energy. According to studies, this procedure can identify and eliminate diseased and precancerous cells, lowering the risk of illnesses including cancer and neurological diseases.
After 16–20 hours of fasting, autophagy usually begins, and it intensifies during longer fasts of 24–72 hours. This self-healing process highlights how controlled fasting can have therapeutic benefits.
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