{"id":254061,"date":"2020-05-06T07:17:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T11:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=254061"},"modified":"2020-05-06T20:47:43","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T00:47:43","slug":"fasting-beneficial-in-time-of-covid-19-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/05\/06\/fasting-beneficial-in-time-of-covid-19-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"Fasting beneficial in time of Covid-19: expert"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_254062\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-254062\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/person-touching-cup-of-coffee-and-plate-with-food-3278000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-254062\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/person-touching-cup-of-coffee-and-plate-with-food-3278000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/person-touching-cup-of-coffee-and-plate-with-food-3278000.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/person-touching-cup-of-coffee-and-plate-with-food-3278000-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/person-touching-cup-of-coffee-and-plate-with-food-3278000-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/person-touching-cup-of-coffee-and-plate-with-food-3278000-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-254062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Uzun underlined that hunger triggers autophagy or &#8220;protective cell care&#8221; in healthy people who do not have any additional diseases that preclude fasting. (Pexels photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>SAMSUN, Turkey<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Time-restricted eating, such as fasting, strengthens the body\u2019s immune system, which provides the first line of defense against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), a medical expert said Monday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Dr. Yusuf Uzun, an internal medicine and gastroenterologist specialist, told Anadolu Agency that having a strong immune system is the most important protective factor against Covid-19, apart from measures such as wearing a mask, washing one\u2019s hands, and practicing social distancing.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Uzun underlined that hunger triggers autophagy or &#8220;protective cell care&#8221; in healthy people who do not have any additional diseases that preclude fasting.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Autophagy is the body\u2019s way of cleaning out damaged cells in order to regenerate newer, healthier ones.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for uncovering the key mechanisms of autophagy.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ohsumi has \u201cshown that time-restricted eating has an effect on cell renewal and slowing aging in the body. Therefore, at the end of a 10-15 hour period of hunger because of fasting, the immune system cells regain a stronger, vital physiological balance and rejuvenate by refreshing and show a more resistant and protective effect against cancer and infections,\u201d Uzun said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cAlthough further studies are needed on this subject, it has been understood that the cells in the body are rejuvenated by renewing and strengthened in intraday hunger because of fasting.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He also underscored the importance of regular sleep and a balanced diet in order to strengthen the immune system.<em><strong>\u00a0(Anadolu)<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAMSUN, Turkey\u00a0\u2013 Time-restricted eating, such as fasting, strengthens the body\u2019s immune system, which provides the first line of defense against &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":254062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,54365,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-254061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","category-instagram","category-lifestyle","mauthors-anadolu","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254061"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254063,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254061\/revisions\/254063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}