Fasting for the treatment of diseases

Proponents of fasting argue that this practice can effectively treat serious diseases, from arthritis and colitis, and ending with heart disease and depression Depression

Doctors involved in the practice of fasting, saying that watched as starvation, coupled with improvements in diet Diet: food, without which you can not do   before and after it, the condition improves in diseases such as lupus, arthritis, and chronic skin diseases such as psoriasis and eczema. Fasting also helps in the treatment of bowel, for example, in diseases such as ulcerative colitis Ulcerative colitis Crohn's disease, and also lowers blood pressure.

Fasting followed by a vegetarian diet affects the immune system, especially when the immune system responds too strongly, as it happens in autoimmune diseases.

The research, published in various medical journals, show that mice who were forced to eat in a day, and eat a double portion of food in the days when you could eat, had better insulin control, neurological reactions to trauma and other health indicators than the mouse who were on a diet with limited calories.

Fasting can also have beneficial physiological effects. Short-term fasting is used to enable patients to cope with stress and depression. You can start with a few hours of fasting to learn to refuse food. This may be the first step in to take control of their lives. Many patients then decide on a long fast.

Some doctors say that there is no scientific basis for the therapeutic effect of fasting. But there is a reason that the culture of each country for thousands of years practiced some form of fasting.

Fasting is recommended not to all. But those whose disease is not amenable to other treatments, sometimes three - four-day fasting month can help to reach a new level of the immune system.

Fasting can work only if it is preceded and followed by good food. For most diseases, if you stick to a strict diet, you do not even need to starvation, say experts.

Doctors warn that some people do not have to resort to therapeutic fasting, including:

• Pregnant women.
• People suffering from debilitating diseases or malnutrition.
• Those with a history of cardiac arrhythmias.
• Patients with hepatic or renal insufficiency.
• All who are hungry for a long time, should do so only under close medical supervision.

Medical conditions for starvation

Another topic in which doctors agreed - this is good, or even the necessity, of fasting before surgery.

The body should not digest food when he has to slow down breathing, or experience other changes under anesthesia.

Fasting is also needed to obtain reliable results of some tests. Acute starvation prior to assay for cholesterol and blood sugar levels, for example, helps to obtain more accurate data.

Fasting for a longevity

There are hundreds of studies that show that animals that consume fewer calories live longer. Studies of various animal species, ranging from worms and ending with monkeys have shown that alternating cycles starvation diet and with a very limited number of calories - is a reliable way to increase life expectancy.

Excess calories reduces the life of people in the modern world. If you want to live longer, doctors are advised to practice good nutrition and regular posts.

Some experts believe that the time will come when the rejection of this approach would be considered improper medical practice.

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