Comments on: What is Autophagy? Definition, Benefits, Ways to Increase It https://selfhacked.com/blog/autophagy-benefits-and-how-to-harness/ Cutting-Edge Solutions For a Better Life Mon, 20 Sep 2021 16:17:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.1 By: Christian Johnson Jr. https://selfhacked.com/blog/autophagy-benefits-and-how-to-harness/#comment-143491 Sun, 08 Aug 2021 18:53:10 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=22769#comment-143491 By: Anonymous https://selfhacked.com/blog/autophagy-benefits-and-how-to-harness/#comment-137458 Thu, 10 Jun 2021 04:48:36 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=22769#comment-137458 This article is unreal. So good. Love this website’s content.

]]> By: Traci https://selfhacked.com/blog/autophagy-benefits-and-how-to-harness/#comment-122571 Sun, 03 Jan 2021 23:42:24 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=22769#comment-122571 This article was edited to remove a link that cruciferous foods activate autophagy correct? Why? Thanks!

]]> By: Velvet https://selfhacked.com/blog/autophagy-benefits-and-how-to-harness/#comment-76057 Sat, 11 Jan 2020 15:37:44 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=22769#comment-76057 I have MS and several other autoimmune issues… add in chronic insomnia since I was a teen. Began Autoimmune Protocol 8yrs ago and stopped taking the 13 scrips that made me feel like crap. Felt amazingly better, joint pain wise and some other symptoms. Over the years, integrated a long list of additional supplements via trial and error. My labs have shown significant decreases in inflammation to the point it is virtually undetectable in some labs. *My (former) rheumatologist and neurologist say it is just a “fluke”. Cracks me up bc I have lab work going back 25yrs and my levels have never been this low.

But the insomnia continued. Added in intermittent fasting to work towards extended fasts. It has been transformative. I did 6 weeks of 96 hour fasts (1 cup of black coffee with a couple of pinches of pink salt + organic green tea otherwise. No additional supplements or oils, etc) I fasted Wednesday-Sunday. I didn’t go crazy refeeding but focused on nutrient dense foods and resuming my supplements. I am now sleeping! I frequently have multiple nights of 8+ hours of sleep… I have NEVER had that. And higher quality sleep. I drop maybe 5 lbs while fasting and gain back 2-3lbs. Have been monitoring via labs, blood pressure, etc – nothing out of kilter. Since I have historically single digit D levels, I will add in my D supplements while fasting.

I am back to my “regular” AIP eating 20:4 but doing the extended fasts every other week. My primary goal is sleep, losing a few extra pounds doesn’t hurt. If the sleep continues to remain stable, and I see no other “hiccups”, I plan on continuing it indefinitely.

All of that being said… my concern is during “flu season”. I haven’t had the flu (or a flu shot) in 19 years. Some articles say autophagy improves immunity but I have seen some others that state it may weaken immunity. I up my C, D, zinc and probiotics during winter months…. thoughts of those interfering with autophagy?

]]> By: FC https://selfhacked.com/blog/autophagy-benefits-and-how-to-harness/#comment-46059 Wed, 08 May 2019 07:02:22 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=22769#comment-46059 Autophagy is increased by ascorbic acid and DHA. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/28804003/

]]> By: Tonya Giddens https://selfhacked.com/blog/autophagy-benefits-and-how-to-harness/#comment-40400 Fri, 19 Oct 2018 21:33:34 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=22769#comment-40400 In reply to Sheila.

doesnt MCT have calories? if so i thought that stopped autophagy

]]> By: August https://selfhacked.com/blog/autophagy-benefits-and-how-to-harness/#comment-39263 Thu, 04 Oct 2018 17:23:02 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=22769#comment-39263 Most of lithium’s risks are dose-related, particularly the toxicity concerns. Lithium used for depression is 900 to 2,400 milligrams (mg) per day. Lithium used for health and autophagy is very low dose – 5 mg

]]> By: Hakim https://selfhacked.com/blog/autophagy-benefits-and-how-to-harness/#comment-38397 Fri, 14 Sep 2018 22:32:53 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=22769#comment-38397 Excellent article , thank you very much !

]]> By: Alexa https://selfhacked.com/blog/autophagy-benefits-and-how-to-harness/#comment-34511 Sun, 10 Jun 2018 03:36:13 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=22769#comment-34511 Has anyone used D Chiro Inositol to increase autophagy (metabolic enhancer)? I want to try it but I’ve read that it can lower testosterone and I really don’t have much to spare … I run low. D Chiro Inositol is being used to help with PCOS…which I do not have.

]]> By: Jay https://selfhacked.com/blog/autophagy-benefits-and-how-to-harness/#comment-31739 Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:22:20 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=22769#comment-31739 As I know,Lithium is a strong medicine for depression and manic-depresio treatment.It shouldn’t be used as a supplement.

]]> By: Matthew Eckert https://selfhacked.com/blog/autophagy-benefits-and-how-to-harness/#comment-29822 Wed, 24 Jan 2018 19:23:18 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=22769#comment-29822 You do realize what fentanyl is right? It’s basically more potent heroin… there should be a warning next to it… fentanyl will absolutely ruin your life if not take it.

“Overdose fatalities involving heroin or fentanyl are rising. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that close to 30,000 Americans died from an opioid overdose in 2014. Overdose deaths from synthetic opioids like fentanyl nearly doubled from 2013 to 2014, and heroin overdose fatalities quadrupled from 2002 to 2013, the CDC publishes.”

https://americanaddictioncenters.org/fentanyl-treatment/similarities/

]]> By: Patrick Zuzak https://selfhacked.com/blog/autophagy-benefits-and-how-to-harness/#comment-29748 Sun, 21 Jan 2018 15:31:14 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=22769#comment-29748 I highly suggest you check out The Snake Diet if anything it’ll give you a better understanding.

]]> By: Carl Craven https://selfhacked.com/blog/autophagy-benefits-and-how-to-harness/#comment-29370 Tue, 09 Jan 2018 21:01:53 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=22769#comment-29370 From what I have learnt autophagy is turned on and off by protein consumption. Off when you consume. Every part of the meal you describe contains protein so I’d suspect it’s way off.

]]> By: onel https://selfhacked.com/blog/autophagy-benefits-and-how-to-harness/#comment-29337 Mon, 08 Jan 2018 23:04:30 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=22769#comment-29337 Extra virgin olive oil induces autophagy

]]> By: Traci https://selfhacked.com/blog/autophagy-benefits-and-how-to-harness/#comment-29200 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 13:59:42 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=22769#comment-29200 If autophagy can increase tumorigenesis in the event that there are existing tumors, I wonder what taking NAC supplements might do during a fast? Has anyone researched this at all and if so, can they post a link? Also, what tumors does can autophagy increase? I found pancreatic but not sure about any others.

]]> By: Oliver https://selfhacked.com/blog/autophagy-benefits-and-how-to-harness/#comment-29100 Mon, 01 Jan 2018 20:15:59 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=22769#comment-29100 Will fat fasting increase or activate autophagy? Can autophagy be achieved in a 48 or 60 hour fast while consuming coffee with grass-fed butter, MCT oil or coconut oil? I’m not clear if MCT in general promotes autophagy, or if it is MCT Oil during a fast that hastens autophagy.

]]> By: Helen https://selfhacked.com/blog/autophagy-benefits-and-how-to-harness/#comment-28405 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 21:27:15 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=22769#comment-28405 In reply to Deb Simon.

Hi, thanks for the feedback! We’ve removed that particular study now.

]]> By: Deb Simon https://selfhacked.com/blog/autophagy-benefits-and-how-to-harness/#comment-28402 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 21:19:31 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=22769#comment-28402 Hi,

Great article – excellent resource! However, all of the articles I have read, including scientific extracts, state that the EGCG in green tea stimulates autophagy, rather than decreasing it. I’m wondering if the authors of the linked article may have mis-stated their conclusion.

]]> By: Deb Simon https://selfhacked.com/blog/autophagy-benefits-and-how-to-harness/#comment-28397 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 21:14:44 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=22769#comment-28397 Hi Angele. I just had a meal much like you describe, for exactly that reason. I also added broccoli, broccoli sprouts, and broccoli sprout powder, and some mustard seed powder, which greatly increase the absorption of sulfurophane, another stimulator of autophagy.

]]> By: Angele Raskauskas https://selfhacked.com/blog/autophagy-benefits-and-how-to-harness/#comment-28121 Mon, 27 Nov 2017 11:28:27 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=22769#comment-28121 Autophagy inducing meal = mushrooms & peas cooked in coconut oil with year old cheddar or blue cheese side?

]]> By: Sheila https://selfhacked.com/blog/autophagy-benefits-and-how-to-harness/#comment-28046 Fri, 24 Nov 2017 11:32:38 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=22769#comment-28046 Butter and cream have protein in them. Carbohydrates stop autophagy. Use ghee or MCT oil. These fats go strait to the liver and do not raise insulin nor stop autophagy.

]]> By: Robert Landry https://selfhacked.com/blog/autophagy-benefits-and-how-to-harness/#comment-26793 Sat, 21 Oct 2017 12:18:51 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=22769#comment-26793 That’s what it sounds like but with fasting diet protocols, the overwhelming influence of all the autophagic processes, provided all the parameters are in fact adhered to, would dictate that that the autophagic decrease aspect of ECGC would have little to no effect on decreasing overall autophagy.

]]> By: Dennis https://selfhacked.com/blog/autophagy-benefits-and-how-to-harness/#comment-26262 Tue, 10 Oct 2017 02:38:50 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=22769#comment-26262 This web site: http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/18/7/1412/htm lists several herbs and the type of cancer it affects. I thought it was helpful for natural autophagy.

]]> By: Tanya https://selfhacked.com/blog/autophagy-benefits-and-how-to-harness/#comment-25395 Fri, 22 Sep 2017 19:07:26 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=22769#comment-25395 doesn’t autophagy cause some viruses to replicate?

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