What Is Autophagy & The Real Reason Why It Exists – Dr.Berg

Autophagy evolved over eons to enhance your survival.

Timestamps:
0:00 Autophagy exists to help ensure your survival
1:20 Damaged proteins are toxic to our bodies
5:10 Your body is designed to be always in autophagy; but, high sugar levels will disrupt this process
5:50 By the time you’re at 18 hours of fasting, you’re in a serious degree of autophagy

Autophagy exists to help ensure your survival, particularly in times of starvation. It’s a condition in your body in which damaged or worn-out proteins are recycled and used to create new amino acids for both fuels and to build new tissues. Autophagy evolved over eons.

The damaged proteins are toxic to our bodies. They’re behind type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s, for example. So it’s obvious that you benefit from getting these toxic proteins out of your body.

Autophagy will also eliminate microbes and viruses.

Proteins can be misfolded, oxidized, mutated, or glycated. As an example, when it is misfolded, after it’s initially formed in your DNA, it no longer works and can accumulate in your body, leading to amyloid plaques. The plaquing can lead to type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s. (By the way, you also need zinc to help with the cleanup process.)

Glycated proteins result from consuming a combination of protein and sugar, such as you’d find in barbequed ribs. This can lead to something called advanced glycation end products; check below the video for links to some of my other videos about this.

Autophagy isn’t really an on/off process. Your body is designed to always be in autophagy; but, if you have high levels of sugar in your body or a severe inflammatory condition, it’s probably not happening. Most people do have some going on, and especially if you’re doing keto, exercise, and definitely if you’re intermittent fasting. You can create enormously beneficial effects for your health, the more fasting you do. Though you’re probably always in autophagy, by the time you get to 18 hours of fasting you’re in a serious degree of it.

However, there’s a certain point where autophagy plateaus. Some studies say 24 hours; others say a little bit more or less. We still have much to learn. And each part of your body has its own autophagy. One, for instance, is specific to the mitochondria that are the powerhouse of your cells. Or others are specific to your bones, or lungs.

If I were you, I’d focus on doing keto, exercise, and intermittent fasting to spur your autophagy to its highest possible degree, for the most health benefits..

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Autophagy evolved to enhance your survival during times of starvation; you can harness its power for health benefits.