Cambridge: A new study has found that Fasting may help prevent Alzheimer’s.
According to scientists from the University of Cambridge, the results of the latest research show that fasting can reduce inflammation in the body.
Inflammation is the body’s natural response to an infection or injury. However, chronic inflammation (a condition in which the body releases inflammatory cells for no apparent reason) has been linked to diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and type 2 diabetes.
In the new study, published in the journal Cell Reports, Cambridge experts examined nearly two dozen people who drank only water for 24 hours.
The volunteers ate a 500-calorie breakfast before 8 a.m. and then fasted for 24 hours and were only allowed to drink water during that time, after which they were given a 500-calorie breakfast the next day.
Blood samples were taken before the subjects fasted, at the end of the 24-hour period, and again the next day after eating breakfast.
The results showed that a lipid called arachidonic acid (which stores energy and transfers information between cells) rose sharply after one day. A decrease was observed.
In trials, high doses of arachidonic acid were found to reduce the activity of inflammatory NLRP3 cells. These cells are closely related to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. And in this case, starvation was found to reduce inflammation in the body.
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