Comments on: Autophagy: Why you should eat yourself

By: Intermittent Fasting – The No Hunger Method | Critical MAS

Intermittent Fasting – The No Hunger Method | Critical MAS — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:15:48 +0000

[...] By restricting protein, you can trigger autophagy. This is the process where cells consume and recycle their own damaged material. This results in many health benefits, including life extension. [...]

By: Antioxidants block cell repair — New information and what it may mean

Antioxidants block cell repair — New information and what it may mean — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 07:32:50 +0000

[...] producing wastes and recycled nutrients. It’s ongoing, tightly regulated, and as I discussed in “Autophagy: Why you should eat yourself”. it’s essential to life and [...]

By: Trehalose vs. trehalase

Trehalose vs. trehalase — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:26:47 +0000

[...] Autophagy: Why you should eat yourself [...]

By: Trehalose, autophagy, and brain repair: Sweet

Trehalose, autophagy, and brain repair: Sweet — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:40:22 +0000

[...] (* Autophagy is a universal, essential, ongoing cellular process that is upregulated in response to diseases that damage cells, and hence it is associated with damage. This has confused the story, particularly in the older literature. See also “Autophagy: Why you should eat yourself”.) [...]

By: Eric Drexler

Eric Drexler — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:00:53 +0000

@ Samantha, Frank — Ketogenic diets also induce autophagy. They are also strongly neuroprotective (papers here and here), which I think is likely to involve the neuroprotective role of autophagy.

By: Frank Taeger

Frank Taeger — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:59:01 +0000

@ Samantha : Short term fasting (24-48 hours) has been shown by experiments at the University of Florida to induce autophagy.

By: William L. Dye ("willdye")

William L. Dye ("willdye") — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:59:24 +0000

Samantha: The bottom line is that it’s too soon to say, especially in the case of humans. I expect that there will be controversy on that question for quite some time. The Wikipedia article on Caloric Restriction discusses the issue in non-technical terms (near the bottom, under the title “Intermittent fasting”), and includes links to some of the more technical medical articles.

By: Samantha Atkins

Samantha Atkins — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:09:36 +0000

So what would tend to trigger this sufficiently? Is it worthwhile to fast one day a week or part of the day?