Off Topic: Autophagy

[Josiesmum]

bbc.co.uk/news/health-44005092

[Aurealis]

Interesting. I wonder if the results would be the same for thyroid patients?

[Naomi8]

Thanks for posting this.Of great interest to me

[marigold22]

They are saying "it protects against diseases". Would it be able to regenerate the thyroid gland? But I am very open minded about new medical research; I do believe that the body can regenerate given the correct input (vits, minerals, amino acids etc etc). The AIP diet helped me massively

[RedApple Administrator in reply to marigold22]

I am very open minded about new medical research too, but at the same time, suspicious when they start talking about 'developing drugs'!

Quote: It was recently reported that a new start-up in America, Casma Therapeutics, received $58.5m to look into new drugs to boost autophagy.

[marigold22 in reply to RedApple]

Massive LOL here... developing new drugs. What about the 'drug' - thyroid hormone replacement called T3/Liothyronine ? Find a way to reduce the price of this life supporting hormone tablet.

[greygoose]

claiming that the process can be induced naturally by fasting, high-intensity exercise and restricting carbohydrates.

None of which are recommended for hypos.

[Angel_of_the_North]

It's the reasoning behind 5-2, 16/8 and all the intermittent fasting programmes.