The ritual of feeding intermittently throughout Ramadan, brings youth and well being to the physique because it results in restore of cells, offered that enough fluid is taken in the course of the hours when consuming is free, in keeping with a Turkish skilled.
Professor Şebnem Kılıç Gültekin, head of the Immunology Working Group of the National Allergy and Clinical Immunology Association of Türkiye (AID), acknowledged that the useful results of fasting on well being had turn into fairly clear after they studied the “intermittent fasting” eating regimen.
Explaining that when meals are interrupted for 14 to 16 hours, antioxidant protection mechanisms come into play, Gültekin acknowledged that DNA restore begins within the cells and autophagy, which is the physique’s approach of cleansing broken cells with the intention to acquire new and more healthy cells, which takes place after an extended interval of fasting.
Gültekin acknowledged that this break given to meals performs an essential position within the destruction of misfolded or clustered proteins, the cleansing of broken organelles and the elimination of intracellular pathogens.
“Staying hungry for a long time leads to improvement in brain functions, and an increase in learning and memory capacity. Ketone bodies, which occur as a result of the breakdown of fat cells after long fasting, delay the aging of our brain and body and play an important role in the active functioning of metabolism.”
Gültekin acknowledged that being hungry for a very long time additionally results in partial enchancment within the complaints of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s sufferers.
“This situation also reduces the risk of obesity, rheumatological diseases and cancer. It has been shown that this way of nutrition in patients receiving chemotherapy responds better to treatment,” Gültekin stated.
“The intermittent nutrition ritual brought by Ramadan brings youth and health to the body by repairing the cells, provided that sufficient fluid is taken during the free hours of eating. Most importantly, our immune system takes advantage of this and performs annual maintenance of our body.”
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