What, Why and When We Are Fasting

 Here, we’re going to talk about what happens on the inside of your body when you’re fasting. 

There are a lot of beneficial effects of fasting on the body. Over a long period of time, the human body has developed and adapted to starvation. However, our bodies have not adapted to frequent eating. 

What happens when we fast?

Effects of fasting after 12 hours—There is a spike in growth hormone.

Growth hormone is involved with:

 • Anti-aging 

 • Fat burning 

What Really Happens When We Fast?

 

. . Check out these incredible health benefits of fasting, and learn why these effects of fasting occur. 

Here, we’re going to talk about what happens on the inside of your body when you’re fasting. 

There are a lot of beneficial effects of fasting on the body. Over a long period of time, the human body has developed and adapted to starvation. However, our bodies have not adapted to frequent eating. 

What happens when we fast?

Effects of fasting after 12 hours—There is a spike in growth hormone.

Growth hormone is involved with:

 • Anti-aging 

 • Fat burning 

 • Healing joints

 • Protein synthesis 

Effects of fasting after 18 hours—You develop autophagy.

Autophagy is involved with:

 • Recycling old and damaged proteins as well as microbes

 • Decreased amyloid plaquing 

Effects of fasting after 24 hours—You really start to deplete your glycogen reserve and run on ketones. 

Benefits of fasting after 24 hours:

 • Decreased hunger

 • Decreased cravings 

 • Increased antioxidant reserve

 • Increased oxygen 

 • Better fuel efficiency 

 • Decreased inflammation 

 • Gut healing 

 • Improved cardiovascular function 

 • Improved cognitive function 

Effects of fasting after 48 hours:

 • Stimulate stem cells

 • Decreased risk of cancer/tumors 

 • Make more mitochondria 

Effects of fasting after 72 hours—Do periodically 

 • More stimulation of stem cells 

 • Better immune function

How to get these incredible effects of fasting:

 • Do intermittent fasting on a regular basis

 • A good average pattern of intermittent fasting is doing 18 hours of fasting with a 6 hour eating window

 • Do periodic prolonged fasting to achieve additional fasting benefits 

 • Take minerals during fasting (water along with nutrients ) 

 • Exercise in the mornings 

 • You may have increased LDL (This may not be something to worry about)