Fasting
The voluntary abstinence from eating food, has been used throughout human history for various purposes, including religious, health, and spiritual. Whether you call it a fast, a cleanse, or a detoxification, the idea is that a periodic restriction of all foods is a healthy habit. In fact, all major religions embrace fasting as a cornerstone of healthy living.
Fasting is one of the keys to longevity because it improves dietary factors. It restricts calories and protein. It reduces insulin and activates autophagy. These benefits are delivered at no cost and without taking any time. Fasting is not something that you do; it's something that you do NOT do. It can both simplify and enrich your life.
So why has this ancient tradition been largely abandoned? People practiced fasting for millennia, but it has been only recently that many people have started to believe that fasting is harmful because it may cause malnutrition as the body metabolises its own protein for energy.
