{"id":8078,"date":"2017-05-31T03:46:32","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T03:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/?p=8078"},"modified":"2021-04-15T07:17:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T07:17:43","slug":"five-scientific-benefits-of-fasting-you-probably-didnt-know-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/au\/facts\/five-scientific-benefits-of-fasting-you-probably-didnt-know-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Five scientific benefits of fasting you probably didn&#8217;t know about."},"content":{"rendered":"<amp-jwplayer layout=\"flex-item\" height=\"600\" data-player-id=\"bKajWAhe\" width=\"700\" data-media-id=\"TPjQsUsf\" class=\"wp-block-amp-amp-jwplayer\"><\/amp-jwplayer><div style=\"display: block; position: relative;\">\n\n<\/div>\nFasting as we all know brings many health benefits. Although these health benefits can motivate an individual to fast, Muslims, regardless of their health benefits should fast because Allah commanded it in the Quran. The following includes a list of scientifically proven health benefits: \u00a0\n<h2><strong>1.Fasting can lower risk of diabetes <\/strong><\/h2>\n<blockquote><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fasting can be an alternative to calorie restriction approach for\u2026 diabetes risk reduction.<\/span><\/i>\n\n(Barnosky et al., 2014)<\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>2.Fasting can assist in lowering fat<\/strong><\/h2>\n<blockquote><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">short-term fasting actually increases your metabolic rate by 3.6-14%<\/span><\/i>\n\n(Mansell, 1990)<\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>3.Fasting can reduce oxidative stress (aging)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<blockquote><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fasting extends lifespan <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and increase resistance to age-related diseases\u201d<\/span><\/i>\n\n(Mattson and Wan, 2005)<\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>4.Fasting is good for brain health<\/strong><\/h2>\n<blockquote><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fasting may increase the growth of new nerve cells, which should benefit the brain function.<\/span><\/i>\n\n(Lee et al., 2000)<\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>5.Increase of Human growth hormone<\/strong><\/h2>\n<blockquote><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two days of fasting induced a 5-fold increase\u2026 in growth hormone rate.<\/span><\/i>\n\n(M L Hartman., 1992)<\/blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n<h2><strong>Bibliography<\/strong><\/h2>\n<b>(M L Hartman., 1992)<\/b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">M L Hartman, J D Veldhuis, M L Johnson, M M Lee, K G Alberti, E Samojlik, M O Thorner; Augmented growth hormone (GH) secretory burst frequency and amplitude mediate enhanced GH secretion during a two-day fast in normal men. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">J Clin Endocrinol Metab<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 1992; 74 (4): 757-765. doi: 10.1210\/jcem.74.4.1548337 <\/span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>(Mansell, 1990)<\/b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mansell, P. (1990). Enhanced thermogenic response to epinephrine after 48-h starvation in humans. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American Journal of Physiology &#8211; Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 258, p.1.<\/span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>(Barnosky et al., 2014)<\/b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barnosky, A., Hoddy, K., Unterman, T. and Varady, K. (2014). Intermittent fasting vs daily calorie restriction for type 2 diabetes prevention: a review of human findings. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Translational Research<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 164(4), pp.302-311.<\/span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>(Mattson and Wan, 2005)<\/b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mattson, M. and Wan, R. (2005). Beneficial effects of intermittent fasting and caloric restriction on the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 16(3), pp.129\u2013137.<\/span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>(Lee et al., 2000)<\/b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lee, J., Duan, W., Long, J., Ingram, D. and Mattson, M. (2000). Dietary Restriction Increases the Number of Newly Generated Neural Cells, and Induces BDNF Expression, in the Dentate Gyrus of Rats. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Journal of Molecular Neuroscience<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 15(2), pp.99-108.<\/span>\n\n\u00a0","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fasting as we all know brings many health benefits. Although these health benefits can motivate an individual to fast, Muslims, regardless of their health benefits should fast because Allah commanded it in the Quran. 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