Fasting is good for your health, spiritually and physically.

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Fasting is good for your health, spiritually and physically.

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(NaturalNews) ...

Valter Longo, an Edna M. Jones Professor of Gerontology and the Biological Sciences at the USC Davis School of Gerontology and director of the USC Longevity Institute, looked at the effects of fasting in both mice and humans, observing that when these mammals fasted, their white blood cell counts decreased. The result was that their bodies "recycled" old immune cells, thereby triggering the production of new immune cells to replace them.

Over time, immune cells can become worn out and stop functioning at optimal levels. It was previously believed that there wasn't much that could be done to overcome this apart from stem cell treatments. However, this latest research shows that periodic fasting cycles actually flip some kind of regenerative switch inside the body, altering the signaling pathways for hematopoietic stem cells, which generate both blood and immunity.

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How does fasting benefit us spiritually? It does not unless we PRAY and FAST together.
With prayer, especially the unceasing prayer called the Jesus Prayer, we are renewed and rejuvenated both physically and spiritually when we fast.

Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me a sinner.

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