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Re:Intermittent fasting more effective than calorie restriction by joecool1029 on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @01:06PM (#38194384)
Is it possible some of the area it uses protein from is old cells? I'm thinking parts of digestive system, immune system, old cells it scrubs and reclaims some protein from when fasting. Still catabolic but useful catabolic?
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Re:Intermittent fasting more effective than calorie restriction by f311a on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @01:26PM (#38194685)
It is called autophagy and happens regularly in our body, but in very small amount. Do experiece greater results, you need prolonged fasting (3-5 days)
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