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"The hippocampus is like a hub for memory and spatial navigation, but it’s also deeply tied to our emotional well-being. As it atrophies, not only do we lose memory function, but our ability to process and adapt to life’s challenges can diminish. Think about how profound it is that something as simple as walking could be a pathway to reconnect with our brain’s vitality.��
The walkers saw a 2% increase in hippocampal volume, while the stretchers experienced continued shrinkage. To put that in context, a 2% increase in brain volume in just one year isn’t just a statistic—it’s a window into what’s possible when we commit to small, consistent changes."
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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