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    I. “Fasting is an effective and safe method of helping the body detoxify itself.” Quote by: James F. Balch, and Phyllis A. Balch. When you begin fasting, toxins are created in your body, mostly because of food and water. During your fast your body is provided resting time, most importantly, it gives your organs a rest which could potentially prolong your life. To prepare yourself for a fast you should try to eat mostly fruits, and vegetables. Intermittent fasting means fasting for certain hours of

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    benefits for humans. The availability of food has a well-documented effect on the rate of aging. For one thing, dietary restriction has been shown to protect mammals from age-related disorders. There are two types of dietary restriction that have been shown to increase life span, chronic calorie restriction and intermittent fasting. (Uno, 2013) Although chronic calorie restriction can increase life span, intermittent fasting has been shown to be more effective in increasing human life span. (Uno

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    N9-808-112 MARCH 18, 2008 TOBY STUART DAVID KIRON Sirtris Pharmaceuticals: Living Healthier, Longer "You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred." Woody Allen One Saturday in February 2007, Dr. David Sinclair and Dr. Christoph Westphal co-founders of Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, a Cambridge, MA-based life sciences firm, navigated the company’s narrow hallways and cramped offices to a conference room for their regular weekend strategy planning

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    Often times, when new information arises in today’s society, it is very likely for facts to be altered as it translates from the original scientific study to a broad mass media article while attempting to appeal to the target audience. I recently came across a medical study regarding the effects wine causes on one’s health and weight. This article was geared towards health professionals and was based upon extensive research and studies. However, this information was slightly altered as it went to

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    Anorexia is a kind of dietary issue, those who have an extraordinary dread of putting on weight. They seriously restrict the measure of what they eat and can turn out to be thin. Anorexia influences both the body and the psyche. Anorexia is an intense dietary issue, especially on the off chance that it is joined by co-happening psychiatric and addictive clutters. Like bulimia anxious and other dietary problems, anorexia is a medicinal malady that can bring about irreversible wellbeing complexities

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    Anorexia Nervosa Alma I Puga Western Iowa Tech Anorexia Nervosa According to the National Institute of Mental Health, death from starvation, or medical complications, heart attacks or kidney failure, affects 1 out of every 10 cases of Anorexia. Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that is most common in young adolescents girls . People diagnosed with this disorder have a distorted view of themselves and a fear of gaining weight. They often restrict how much food they eat in order to stop gaining

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    Sport Medicine Society, published in 2016 a scientific article about Intermittent fasting. The scientific article contains a variety of research studies and experiments that focused in the used of intermittent fasting as well as the use of caloric restriction in humans. It first talks about what it intermittent fasting, and what the idea behind this method, as well

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    always been a debate in the field of philosophy of whether individuals continue to live after death. Although many religions believe in the concept of “immortality”. I believe that immortality could exist, because of cloning, cryonics, and Calorie Restriction. For hundreds of years people have been attempting to preserve and prolong life, and essentially become immortal. There are many new technologies in this time of scientific exploration and advancement that claim to do these things. There are

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    the face of popular culture. People, globally, enjoy it for the cheap price and good taste, but what many people are unaware of is that fast food contains a multitude of calories. In fact the large calorie context has become such a problem that these multi billion dollar companies need to reduce the calorie content in the food being sold for the health of the customers. Part of the reason behind the high demand of fast food is that it is quick and affordable for the majority of the global population

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    Gut Sweeteners

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    It has been postulated by some researchers that NNS may not be useful for weight management because these sweeteners could potentially stimulate appetite or fail to provide a feeling of satiety (3, b-1). This could lead to an increase in food intake and, over time, weight gain (b-1). One proposed mechanism by which this could occur is if NNS fail to elicit the secretion of gut peptides. Carbohydrates usually stimulate the release of gut peptides such as glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and peptide

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