It’s not surprising that many people have devised the same strategy to lose weight: don’t eat. After all, if eating makes us fat, not eating should make us thin. And according to this piece in the L.A. Times, it does make us thin, eventually. In fact, according to the Times, fasting could also extend our lives, reduce the likelihood that we will get cancer, and reduce cognitive decline in diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
The Times cites a new Salk Institute study that found that reducing calories 30 percent per day increased the
memory function of elderly men and women, and University of Utah research suggesting that the regular fasting of some Mormons led to a 40 percent reduction in heart disease risk. Read more about eating less in the L.A.Times.Read more about fasting safely at WebMD.
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Saturday, May 31, 2025
There are so many benefits to fasting. It is amazing how we as people tend to believe what others trying to sell us on there product (food) over proof of what happens to the body when fed all the time vs what happens when fasted. I mean really if you think about it as we evolved we did not have the convenience of the corner market we had to go out and find something to eat and if we did not expend that energy we went hungry. Fasting when do right is a huge benefit to not only your weight-loss goals but the clarity in thought and energy that use to go to digest food is now assessable to burn in what ever activity you like.
anyway I just wanted to chime in.
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Darrin Walton
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Fasting makes your brain work better and your body feel more alive. I fasted (water only) last summer for 11 days. It was life changing for the better in more ways than I can count.