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DECOLONIZING FASTING TO IMPROVE INDIGENOUS WELLNESS

Cultural survival quarterly, 2020-06, Vol.44 (2), p.18-19

Copyright Cultural Survival, Inc. Jun 2020 ;ISSN: 0740-3291 ;EISSN: 1944-7760

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  • Title:
    DECOLONIZING FASTING TO IMPROVE INDIGENOUS WELLNESS
  • Author: Bird, Michael Yellow
  • Subjects: Cardiovascular disease ; Civilization ; Coronaviruses ; COVID-19 ; Diet ; Eating behavior ; Fasting ; Food ; Health care ; Hunger ; Hunter-gatherers ; Immune system ; Lifestyles ; Native peoples ; Nutrition research ; Pandemics ; Starvation ; Westernization
  • Is Part Of: Cultural survival quarterly, 2020-06, Vol.44 (2), p.18-19
  • Description: [...]though, the round-the-clock availability of cheap, processed, inferior foods, lack of movement, and the stresses of westernized living has led to the "diseases of civilization:" coronary heart disease, obesity, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, epithelial cell cancers, autoimmune disorders, osteoporosis, anxiety and depression, and neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's. Research has found intermittent fasting increases life span, helps prevent malignancies, increases the efficacy of cancer therapies, and improves biological circadian rhythms associated with better sleep. The fasting mimicking diet, created by Dr. Valter Longo, a professor of gerontology and biological sciences at the University of Southern California, requires between 5-7 consecutive days of fasting a few times a year, with food intake that is reduced by about 40 percent of an individual's regular daily caloric intake. In an important study at the University of Southern California, Professor Valter Longo and colleagues found that prolonged fasting protected the immune system of patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment and activated stem cell regeneration of the damaged, old immune system.
  • Publisher: Cambridge: Cultural Survival, Inc
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0740-3291
    EISSN: 1944-7760
  • Source: Open Access: Freely Accessible Journals by multiple vendors
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