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But if you're willing to give food the boot — at least temporarily — a new study shows it could potentially have amazing benefits for your health. (Via Wikimedia Commons / U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, stu_spivack)
"Fasting for as little as three days may regenerate your entire immune system ... Starving the body kick starts stem cells into producing new white blood cells which fight off infection."(Via WZTV)
Although in the past nutritionists have said fasting is not healthy, these researchers say when fasting your body recycles old or damaged immune cells. Then when you start eating again news cells begin to grow, not unlike rebooting a computer system. (Via KTXL)
In a statement the study's co-author said "While chemotherapy saves lives, it causes significant collateral damage to the immune system. The results of this study suggest that fasting may mitigate some of the harmful effects of chemotherapy." But the study's author also says more clinical studies are needed and a medical analyst for WNYW seems to agree. (Via University of Southern California)
