Fasting Improves Brain & Neurological Detox!
A study published in Science in October 2013 entitled “Sleep Drives Metabolite Clearance from the Adult Brain” found that we need to sleep specifically so that the brain can focus on a built-in detox that happens each night.
Lead study author Dr. Maiken Nedergaard summarizes in a statement: “the restorative nature of sleep appears to be the result of the active clearance of the by-products of neural activity that accumulate during wakefulness.”
The study states:
...the restorative function of sleep may be a consequence of the enhanced removal of potentially neurotoxic waste products that accumulate in the awake central nervous system. Your Glymphatic System: A nightly brain detox
You probably haven’t read much about the glymphatic system; however, it is a vital function in your body. In 2012, researchers identified this 'maintenance system' called the glymphatic system, which uses the cells’ mitochondria to remove cellular waste from the brain. It was found that the clear cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) acts as a drainage mechanism, much like soapy water in your dishwasher. Basically, your brain cells’ mitochondria power the CSF to clean your brain and nervous system every night.
If you improve your mitochondrial function during sleep, you’ll turbocharge your brain’s maintenance system and get more cleanup done in fewer hours of sleep.
In this episode, you will learn - How Fasting Supercharges Your Brain’s Clean-Up System.
The core principle of fasting is that it improves metabolic health and the function of mitochondria which power all aspects of our body, from repair to activity.
In this episode, you'll learn how to engage in fasting specifically to supercharge your glymphatic system.
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