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Why do centenarians remain healthy through old age and avoid common illnesses like Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and cancer? The answer may partly be connected to how well the cells in their bodies manage to keep clean — through a process called autophagy. Ana Maria Cuervo, M.D., Ph.D., explains what autophagy is, how it slows down as we age—and the research she and her colleagues are doing to find ways to keep autophagy active. Watch more at: https://youtu.be/NVGExwX56oM | Albert Einstein Colle

🔥Autophagy is your body’s internal clean-up crew—and fasting activates it. • Fasting-induced autophagy clears pre-cancerous cells and reduces tumor growth → (Mizushima et al., Nature, 2008) • Intermittent fasting protects healthy cells and sensitizes cancer cells to treatment → (Longo & Panda, Cell Metabolism, 2016) • Fasting cycles shown to reduce side effects and improve outcomes in cancer patients → (Safdie et al., Science Translational Medicine, 2009) I used this breakthrough to detox, rebu