Intermountain Medical Center research reveals significant
metabolic changes in the body during fasting. Fasting has long
been associated with religious rituals, diets, and political
protests. Now new evidence from cardiac researchers at the
Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute demonstrates that
routine periodic fasting is also good for your health, and your
heart. Research cardiologists at the Intermountain Medical
Center Heart Institute are reporting that fasting not only
lowers one's risk of coronary artery disease and diabetes, but
also causes significant changes in a person's blood cholesterol
levels. Both diabetes and elevated cholesterol are known risk
factors for coronary heart disease. The discovery expands upon a
2007 Intermountain Healthcare study that revealed an association
between fasting and reduced risk of coronary heart disease, the
leading cause of death among men and women in America. In the
new research, fasting was also found to reduce other cardiac
risk factors, such as triglyceri