Scientists cast new light on how fasting impacts the immune system

Scientists cast new light on how fasting impacts the immune system

Source: Medical Xpress

New research from The University of Manchester may reshape our understanding of what happens to the immune system when we fast. The study on mice shows that the brain's hypothalamus controls how the immune system adapts during fasting, through a handful of highly specialized neurons responsible for making animals hungry.

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