Scientifically-designed fasting diet lowers risks for major diseases

There you go, yet another attempt at making money on something you can do for free.

As I understand it, the benefits of fasting come from the energy liberated from not having to digest food, energy that can be spent on repairing the body (this is why animals don't eat when they're sick).

If you don't have medical problems that would prevent fasting, do 5 days of REAL fasting or one day a week or whatever feels right to you. Then you will understand that for western people "hunger" is more psychological than physical.

The longest fast I did was 2 weeks. I could have gone longer physically (no hunger sensation) but psychologically I needed to eat something. I do much shorter but more frequent fasts nowadays, it's easier on the willpower.

http://news.usc.edu/116479/scientifically-designed-fasting-d...

with author credit stripped.

Journal article:

http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/9/377/eaai8700

Paper available there (paywalled)