Fasting and Calorie Restriction Improve the Aged Immune System The immune system declines with age, becoming overactive and inflammatory (inflammaging) while at the same time losing its capacity to destroy pathogens and errant cells (immunosenescence), and also becoming dysregulated and harmful in its participate in processes of tissue maintenance. It is well established that the practice of either intermittent fasting or calorie restriction can slow the progression of aging and, specifically, improve the function of the aging immune system. Since these interventions appear to produce their beneficial effects on cell behavior largely through improved autophagy, autophagy should most likely be the starting point for any consideration of how immune function is improved. Autophagy is a complex set of processes that maintain the health of a cell by recycling excess and damaged proteins and structures, […]
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