Want To Prevent Cancer? It’s Not Just What You Eat, But When You Eat (Alternative Daily)

Alternative Daily mentioned research by Valter Longo of the USC Leonard Davis School on how eating less frequently helps boost the immune system. “When you starve, the system tries to save energy, and one of the things it can do to save energy is to recycle a lot of the immune cells that are not needed, especially those that may be damaged,” Longo said. Research on mice has confirmed that periodic fasting helps promote immune cell regeneration.