This is a summary of the book "The Best Medicine for an Empty Stomach" by Atsushi Aoki, a doctor who advocates fasting as a way to prevent and treat various diseases. The book explains how fasting for 16 hours activates autophagy, a process that renews old cells and removes harmful substances from the body. The book also claims that fasting can reduce fat, improve blood pressure, prevent cancer, and slow down aging. The author suggests that fasting for 16 hours is not difficult if one uses sleep time and weekends wisely. The summary ends with a recommendation to read the book.
Here are the extracted key facts from the text:
1. The author of the book is Atsushi Aoki, a doctor of medicine and director of the Saitama Diabetes Clinic.
2. Atsushi Aoki has achieved success in treating diabetic patients without insulin and medication using a diet method.
3. The author overcame a disease at the age of 40 and is practicing the cure diet method to prevent recurrence of cancer.
4. The eating method introduced in the book is based on autophagy research that won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2016.
5. Autophagy is a structure in the body that renews old cells.
6. Fasting can reset the damage done to the body by overeating and revitalize the body from within.
7. When the body is in a state of fasting, internal organs can get enough rest, and blood sugar levels will gradually decrease.
8. After 10 hours of fasting, the sugar stored in the liver is used up, and fat is broken down and used as energy.
9. After 16 hours of fasting, the body's autophagy structure begins to operate.
10. Autophagy is an activity in which old proteins within cells are made new.
11. Fasting can help prevent diseases such as cancer, dementia, diabetes, and high blood pressure.
12. Overeating damages DNA and cells, and increases the amount of free radicals in the body.
13. Free radicals can cause cell aging, wrinkles, and blemishes on the skin, and can lead to various diseases such as cancer.
14. Fasting can help reduce fat, improve blood condition, and rebirth cells through autophagy.
15. Professor Yoshinori Ugi of Tokyo Institute of Technology studied autophagy and won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his research.
16. Autophagy is a natural process that occurs when the body is in a state of fasting or low oxygen conditions.
17. Autophagy can help prevent cancer by destroying old cells and renewing them.
18. Fasting can help improve high blood pressure by breaking down visceral fat and reducing sugar and cholesterol in the blood.
19. Autophagy is estimated to be effective in preventing and treating vascular disorders such as arteriosclerosis.
20. Fasting can help prevent aging by renewing cells and reducing damage caused by free radicals.
21. Mitochondria are responsible for generating energy essential for cellular activity, and their quality and number decline with age.
22. Fasting can help prevent cell aging by cleaning out old mitochondria and creating new ones through autophagy.
23. A diet that allows for fasting time can also promote the secretion of growth hormone, which improves metabolism and prevents aging.
24. Growth hormone secretion is promoted when the body is in a state of fasting or low blood sugar.
25. The author recommends fasting for 16 hours, which can be achieved by adding 4 hours to 8 hours of sleep time and 4 hours in between.