Alan Greene's List: Health

• Could this partly explain low calorie diets like the 5:2 diet which works by relative starvation 2 nonconsecutive days out of 7 which seems to have beneficial anti-aging effects as well as promoting weight loss. I wonder if this AMPK is being activated epigentically in such cases considering it is activated in low enegry cells according to the article above. If so it might be a way to gain the benefit without drugs.

   

  Also what about conditions where cell energy utilisation has been compromised like with certain diseases? Does it activate AMPK? Or if we indulge in regular physical exercise as a drain of excess energy in cells? (especially since the effect ranges beyond the cells targeted by the exercise).

   

  It kinda makes sense the body might step up autophagy if it is being starved.

• Over time rebounding helps to reset your resting metabolism and metabolic rate so you burn more calories even when you’re not exercising.
• Rebounding allows the body to achieve an alkaline ph in the body more easily.
• Rebounding lowers low-density lipoprotein (bad) in the blood and increases high-density lipoprotein (good) holding off the incidence of coronary artery disease.
• Mental synapses are improved and increased by rebounding.

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• dumping a huge amount of calories into the bloodstream from any source, be it fat or sugar, may overwhelm and inflame cells

• While many cruciferous vegetables are consumed throughout the world, the most common ones include Brussels sprouts, cauliflower and broccoli. Several leafy cruciferous vegetables such as bok choy, collard greens, kale, red and green cabbage, chard, turnip greens, arugula, mustard greens, savoy cabbage, Chinese cabbage, rapini and watercress are also eaten frequently. Some of the commonly consumed cruciferous root vegetables include radish, horseradish, turnip, rutabaga, wasabi and Oriental radish. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics notes that the flavor of these vegetables is enhanced if they are eaten either raw or cooked soon after purchase.