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Benefit #3: Improves Heart health

“I fast for greater physical and mental efficiency” — Plato

Know anyone with heart disease, high cholesterol, or high blood pressure?

Yeah. Unfortunately, me too.

High cholesterol, high blood pressure are 2 of the strongest predictors for heart disease… and…you guessed it…both can be improved with fasting.

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Benefit #1 Weight Loss

“Fasting is the first principle of medicine; fast and see the strength of the spirit reveal itself” — Rumi

People who struggle with their weight, whether it is the last 10 or the last 100 pounds, can all benefit from fasting.

Temporarily restricting the food you consume has wonderful ...

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What is Autophagy?

Autophagy is basically spring cleaning of your cells.

Old cells, damaged cells, mutated cells, or ones that are not working are identified, and eliminated.

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Benefit #2 Improves Insulin Sensitivity

“A diet changes the way you look. A fast changes the way you see.” — Lisa Bevere

Who doesn’t know someone with type 2 Diabetes these days? It is an absolute pandemic.

Type 2 Diabetes, when you boil it down, is a lifestyle disease of consuming too much sugar and the body’s adaptation t...

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Benefit: #4 : Cancer Prevention

In addition to looking at cancer as a mutation of genes, it is also valuable to consider that cancer may also be an endocrine disease.

In other words, that there is a hormonal component, dictated by how we move, eat, and think.

While the exact protective effects of fasting and cancer ...

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Benefit #5: Brains that are…well…brainier

Fasting does some pretty cool stuff to the brain.

Ever feel like you can’t concentrate, and are just foggy all day long? Your ability to think, focus, and be productive are severely impaired?

Fasting has been shown to help by increasing something called BDNF — Brain Derived Neurotroph...

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