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Fasting Milestones:
4-8 Hours: Blood sugar drops, Insulin levels drop...
Blood sugar drops: When a person is fasting, their blood glucose levels decrease...
Insulin Levels Drop: Fasting for at least 16 hours gives the body a chance to rest...
12 Hours: Food burned, Healing begins, HGH increases...
Food Burned: After you eat, it takes about six to eight hours for food to pass through your stomach...
Healing begins: In the fasting state, the body will scour for dead cells, damaged tissues...
HGH Increase: Fasting enhances growth hormone secretion and amplifies the complex rhythms...
16 Hours: Fat burning begins...
Fat Burning Begins: Fat burning typically begins after approximately 12 hours of fasting...
Fat Burning Increases: Most people will deplete their glycogen stores after 12 hours...
HGH Increases: Fasting is a great stimulus to HGH secretion. During fasting, there is the spike...
18-20 Hours: Autophagy begins, Ketones released...
Fat Burning Continues: Beyond the 18th hour, the body continues fat burning at a cellular level...
Autophagy Begins: Under normal conditions, when the cell has sufficient nutrients, autophagy...
Ketones released: If you don't get enough energy from glucose, your body breaks down fats...
36 Hours: Autophagy increases by 300%...
Autophagy Increases by 300%: The study looking at liver cells found that the number of autophagosomes...
48 Hours: Cellular regeneration starts...
Cellular Regeneration starts: During each cycle of fasting, this depletion of white blood cells...
Inflammation reduces: Fasting reduces inflammation and improves chronic inflammatory diseases...
72 Hours: Immune system reset...
Continued autophagy and cell regeneration: Autophagy is a process by which a cell breaks down...
After 72 Hours: A three-day fast can essentially “reset” the immune system...