USC Researchers Discover How to Regenerate Your Entire Immune System in 72 Hours

USC Researchers Discover How to Regenerate Your Entire Immune System in 72 Hours

White blood cells (right) help immune response, and they can be recycled through fasting, the study showed.

Three Days to a Whole New Immune System

According to researchers at the University of Southern California, the act of fasting for as little as three days can regenerate the entire immune system,. They added that the discovery could be especially effective for people suffering from damaged immune systems, including chemotherapy patients, who were protected from the toxic impacts of the treatment during the fasting period.

A study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine found that five out of eight cancer types responded positively to fasting. In fact, fasting improved survival rates by slowing the growth and spread of tumors.

“In mice, the study found that fasting cycles without chemotherapy could slow the growth of breast cancer, melanoma, glioma, and human neuroblastoma. In several cases, the fasting cycles were as effective as chemotherapy,”confirms Science Daily

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