In this episode, Sam is inspired by her family's interest in fasting for autophagic response to do some research. Autophagy is sold to us as a cancer-killing agent—according to some Healthtokkers, a single autophagy-boosting caloric fast can halve your risk of developing cancer. Is that true? Are there limitations or variables? And how does it affect your pace of aging? All questions this episode will address.

Listen to this episode if you want to know how to safely trigger autophagy, and whether you're even a candidate.

Key moments:

03:36 How Sam found out about autophagy

05:09 Fasting and autophagy

05:56 Sam’s mom and her experience with fasting

09:05 What is autophagy?

18:07 The part of autophagy that allegedly kills/prevents cancer

19:43 How to trigger or ramp up autophagy intentionally

21:06 4 things you can do to try and boost autophagy

21:20 How fasting might trigger heightened autophagy

21:55 How long do you need to fast to trigger autophagy?

23:00 Caloric restriction vs. fasting

23:16 What is a keto diet and what does it have to do with autophagy?

25:24 The easiest way to trigger increased autophagic output

27:41 Wait, is autophagy even a good thing???

28:29 World-renowned doctors and their conflicting conclusions about autophagy

29:26 How to use autophagy to achieve your health goals

29:49 The #1 danger of autophagy, and why you’d want to be VERY careful before trying to trigger it

31:03 The bottom line on whether autophagy is a good or bad thing for disease prevention

32:40 The bottom line on whether autophagy is a good thing for aging and metabolic health

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