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Protein Cycling Diet – proteincyclingdiet
Protein cycling is intended as a way for you to live longer and healthier with minimal interference with your normal routine and diet. It is based on well-established observations that animals and people who have endured periods of famine have extended life spans compared to those who have not and on more recent observations that periodic protein restriction alone can accomplish the same thing.
When the cells of the body are denied nutrients, they consume parts of themselves in a controlled process called autophagy. In a manner reminiscent of urban renewal, a part of the cell is fenced off and everything inside is demolished. The ruins are then salvaged to meet the ongoing needs of the cell. The lost volume of the cell is then rebuilt when the restriction ends. The net benefit of the full cycle is that the old stuff of the cell is replaced with the new. The old stuff may have become degraded and non-functional with time, and its replacement likely rejuvenates the cell.
There are a number of diseases that are characterized by the build-up of degraded substances in the cell. Among them are Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and Huntington’s disease (HD). A process that reverses the build-up holds particular promise to prevent or to delay the onsets of any of these so-called neurodegenerative diseases. Hopefully the protein cycling diet does just that.
Protein cycling is intended as a way for you to live longer and healthier with minimal interference with your normal routine and diet. It is based on well-established observations that animals and people who have endured periods of famine have extended life spans compared to those who have not and on more recent observations that periodic protein restriction alone can accomplish the same thing.
When the cells of the body are denied nutrients, they consume parts of themselves in a controlled process called autophagy. In a manner reminiscent of urban renewal, a part of the cell is fenced off and everything inside is demolished. The ruins are then salvaged to meet the ongoing needs of the cell. The lost volume of the cell is then rebuilt when the restriction ends. The net benefit of the full cycle is that the old stuff of the cell is replaced with the new. The old stuff may have become degraded and non-functional with time, and its replacement likely rejuvenates the cell.
There are a number of diseases that are characterized by the build-up of degraded substances in the cell. Among them are Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and Huntington’s disease (HD). A process that reverses the build-up holds particular promise to prevent or to delay the onsets of any of these so-called neurodegenerative diseases. Hopefully the protein cycling diet does just that.
