My friend Lynn texted me an Epoch Times article about how fasting helps people heal from long COVID and COVID-vaccine injury. I texted her back that my co-author, molecular geneticist Dr. Joe Wang, and I were also researching and writing about fasting as a way to induce autophagy, which is a cellular process to clear waste and toxins from inside your cells.
So when Lynn called the same day to say she wanted to do a water-only fast, I decided to join her.
Health Benefits of Fasting
Lynn, who struggles with her weight, has done multi-day fasts in the past. I fast for Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement, but I’ve never done a fast that lasted more than a day and a half. Still, I’ve read about the health benefits of fasting for years….