Here's What to Do if You Want the Health Benefits of Fasting Such as Autophagy but Don't Want to Lose Weight

Fasting helps underweight people put on muscle and allows the body to recycle its damaged cellular parts.

I want autophagy but I don’t want to lose weight.

Autophagy is a healing process the body begins when food is low. The body recycles old cellular parts. The Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2016 for his research on autophagy.

Consuming ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and eating around the clock causes some to gain excess…