Autophagy: What Is It, Health Benefits, Role in Cancer, and More | Osmosis

🔥Autophagy is your body’s internal clean-up crew—and fasting activates it. • Fasting-induced autophagy clears pre-cancerous cells and reduces tumor growth → (Mizushima et al., Nature, 2008) • Intermittent fasting protects healthy cells and sensitizes cancer cells to treatment → (Longo & Panda, Cell Metabolism, 2016) • Fasting cycles shown to reduce side effects and improve outcomes in cancer patients → (Safdie et al., Science Translational Medicine, 2009) I used this breakthrough to detox, rebu