When I was in the hospital 2 months ago, I read an article in Scientific America. It talked about how cells clean up the garbage inside them. This garbage is in the form of cell waist, broken pieces of dna, and even invaders. Basically, the cell surrounds this garbage and digest it.

When this stuff builds up it can cause problems. They suspect this may be one reason we age.

When cell are starved, they are more efficient about digesting and making use of this garbage. So maybe fasting is a good thing to do. It forces the cells to clean themselves up.

I wish I could find an online copy of this article. If I do, I will post a link to it.