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Fasting for Activating Autophagy

Autophagy is the body's way of clearing damaged cells to regenerate the body and keep body functions running properly. This process is part of the innate immune system or the innate immune system in the body. This immune system is common to foreign substances or those that are no longer useful in the body. differ from antibodies that are specific only to certain microorganisms. This immune process is said to protect the body from severe infections that attack the body. This is because the innate immune system is the body's first defense against infection before the formation of antibodies. The good news is that the innate immune system can be activated to protect yourself from the risk of infection, one of which is Covid-19 infection. This article will discuss autophagy and how to activate it. What is autophagy Autophagy comes from the word "auto" which means by oneself and "phagy" which means to eat. So autophagy is eating by oneself to clean substances or