Opening: fasting completely updates the immune system

Opening: fasting completely updates the immune system

Opening: fasting completely updates the immune system

American scientists have found that during fasting the body gets rid of unwanted and damaged cells. When a person begins to eat again, his stem cells produce new white blood cells, effectively updating the immune system.

Refusal of food for three days can completely renovate the immune system, even in the elderly. According to experts, it is a «significant discovery».

Many nutritionists have criticized fasting, believing that it brings serious damage to the body, but in the new study found that after fasting stem cells begin to produce in large numbers of white blood cells (leukocytes), which are actively fighting off infection.

Scientists from the University of Southern California believe that their discovery could bring huge benefits especially for people with weakened immune systems, such as cancer patients after chemotherapy.