It is programmed cell death, an energy-dependent, genetically controlled process that is triggered by specific signals and rids the body of weakened, unwanted or damaged cells.
Every day, about 5% of the body’s cells undergo apoptosis and new cells take their place. In the process of apoptosis, a cell disappears without a trace within 15-120 minutes. The genetic apparatus of multicellular organisms – animals, plants and fungi – contains a cell death program. This is a special program that under certain circumstances can lead a cell to death. In normal development, this program is aimed at removing excessively formed cells – “unemployed”, as well as cells – “pensioners” who have ceased to engage in socially useful work. Another important function of cell death is the removal of “disabled” and “dissident” cells with serious disturbances in the structure or function of the genetic apparatus. In particular, apoptosis is one of the main mechanisms of self-prevention ofbenign tumors,cystic formationsand cancer.
In case of pathological enhancement there are aplasias and degenerative processes, as well as some deformities with tissue defects, and in case of weakening – autoimmune processes, tumors and premature aging of the organism. There are, for example, serious enough reasons to believe that such dangerous diseases as aplastic anemia,rheumatoid arthritis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, AIDS, etc. are associated with pathological enhancement of apoptosis.
During fasting, a universal process takes place: on the one hand, the physiological process of apoptosis is intensified: renewal and rejuvenation of the organism by killing old, diseased, altered cells. On the other hand, pathological mechanisms of apoptosis are eliminated: premature aging, cancer, etc.
Let us consider these mechanisms in more detail. The body as a community of cells during starvation “eats” not only fat cells, but also everything that is “bad”. To be more exact, it is bad or does not work at all. Without the function of self-purification of cell populations, the life of the organism is impossible. Cells infected with viruses, damaged by radiation or toxins, as well as cells that have reached their biological limit, have one common property – they must leave the organism or be eaten.
In nature, it goes like this
In the absence of nutrition, a special kind of signaling molecules appear in a multicellular organism. These molecules cause activation of intracellular proteins in the cytoplasm of atypical cells. These cells, which are not involved in the collective activity of the organism, are sensitive to such molecules. A self-destruction mechanism is activated in them. The cell “closes” all programs – its nucleus “folds”. The cell undergoes fragmentation. Without destroying the outer shell, it is split into 5-10 “apoptotic cells” and absorbed by other cells. That’s what it looks like in a colony of microorganisms. Or digested in the intestine. It shares the fate of fat cells. The phenomenon of apoptosis was discovered relatively recently, in 1972. It has become the most interesting development in biology and medicine in the last 50 years. According to modern concepts, apoptosis is a general biological mechanism responsible for the constancy of cell populations, as well as the formation and culling of defective cells. Regular diet and terrible ecology stand in the way of this physiological mechanism. According to our observations, activation of the process of nutritional apoptosis occurs after 20 hours of dry fasting (if the correct fasting technique is followed).
When you eat continuously, “caloric waste” becomes the number one problem. It becomes the cause of diseases and premature aging of a person. Therefore, dry fasting dry fasting, is one of the promising methods of prolonging the quality of life.
“‘Conservation technologies’ save life when starving, but kill it when constantly satiated.”
