Stem Cells and 10 Illnesses #4

The fourth disease you might have already guessed if you thought about it. Since stem cells have the potential of repairing nerve damage, using them to help in Parkinson's Disease is a logical step.

Because of the effect of Parkinson's on the motor function of patient's suffering from the disease, researchers have put stem cells into mice with a similar neurodegenerative disease. what they found was an increase in the motor function of these mice.

More on Fasting

A little more on fasting here. Fasting can help your bodies systems to take you toward disease prevention. One of the things that occurs during fasting for a couple of days is that your body begins to detoxify and get rid of the toxins that have built up within.

The other thing that occurs after fasting that researchers don't understand is that the seems to require fewer calories. They think this occurs because the cells are stressed just enough, not too much. This mild stress helps them produce proteins that are actually protective of more severe stress. This is a case of a little is good, but more is not better.

Research has also shown that reduced calories with intermittent fasting helps reduce the decline of cognitive function in diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. If you have ever fasted in an appropriate manner, you were probably aware of your own cognitive ability being sharpened.