By Rachael Link — 2018
Despite its recent surge in popularity, fasting is a practice that dates back centuries and plays a central role in many cultures and religions.
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As a science journalist whose niche spans neuroscience, immunology, and human emotion, I knew at the time that it didn’t make scientific sense that inflammation in the body could be connected to — much less cause — illness in the brain.
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In the world of wellness, Gil Jacobs has developed a reputation for being particularly extreme—after all, this is the guy who's been nicknamed "the godfather of colonics" because he's water-flushed his intestinal tract over a thousand times.
A few years ago, I traveled to Okinawa in Japan, Nicoya in Costa Rica, Ikaria in Greece, Loma Linda in California and Sardinia in Italy — all “Blue Zones,” or homes to the longest-lived people — to find out what centenarians ate to live to 100.
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