TAMPA (BLOOM) – Fasting, an ancient practice rediscovered for modern health benefits, not only serves spiritual and detoxification purposes but stands out as a formidable anti-inflammatory strategy.

Advocates of extreme fasting falsely claim the practice can treat health issues like diabetes and could cure or prevent cancer.

Fasting, scientists believe, is a natural, relatively safe way to reduce inflammation in the body. At the same time, anecdotal reports abound that fasting helps tamp down this seemingly common health ...

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The amount of zinc in the human body is so small that textbooks offhandedly record its presence as “a trace.” That trace, though, seems important indeed. Small as it is, the body’s normal zinc supply ...