Is It Safe for an Older Person to Fast? | DrEricBergDC

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had someone ask me a question is it safe for an  older person to do fasting and the answer is no  

if you get over 50 it’s absolutely not safe in  fact it’s very very dangerous if you fast over the  

age of 50. and i’m being very very sarcastic it’s  not only safe it is vital it is essential that the  

older you get the more you should focus on doing  fasting and intermittent fasting why because it  

will extend your life a lot of research has been  done on animal studies even insects even bacteria  

if you restrict the frequent eating they live  longer and because of all the massive benefits  

of fasting it can definitely extend your life as  well it activates anti-aging genes it can help rid  

so many health problems that occur when you get  older obesity inflammation high blood pressure  

dementia and the biggest thing that fasting can  do for someone that’s older is repair dna repair  

mitochondria repair through what’s called  autophagy autophagy is a condition in your  

body it’s a natural condition that occurs when  you fast and what occurs is your body recycles  

old damaged proteins and microbes and from  even the standpoint of cancer cancer comes  

from damaged mitochondria and the more you can  get rid of and recycle damaged mitochondria the  

less risk you have for cancer and autophagy does  just that it will actually get rid of damaged  

tissue that your body doesn’t need and cancer  is on the top 10 list of things that kill people  

and so is heart disease so fasting is great  for the heart because it will increase ketones  

and your heart and your brain love ketones way  more than glucose fuel and so fasting helps  

repair heart tissue and brain tissue when you fast  you stimulate something called bdnf brain derived  

neurotrophic factor which is kind of like miracle  growth for the brain so you regenerate neurons in  

certain parts of your brain and the other thing  that fasting does is it increases your antioxidant  

network your body starts making massive quantities  of antioxidants which you need to reduce free  

radical damage to your dna and also to repair  the lining of the vessels in the heart and so  

there is no good reason to eat frequently there is  no good reason to not fast especially as you age  

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know how to begin keto or you’re on keto and you  need a debug because it’s not going as smooth  

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