This method is appropriate to apply not in all cases.
Researchers from the US examined the effect of starvation on the course of infection and found diametrically opposite effects depending on the nature of the disease.
The results of the new work of American scientists show that lack of appetite during the illness sometimes has a strong protective effect in certain types of infections – but, unfortunately, only in some.
Researchers from the Medical Institute of Howard Hughes at the Yale school of medicine, found that depending on the nature of the infection (bacterial or viral), survival of mice varies. Thus, mice with bacterial infections (listeriosis) that were fed during the illness, often died, and well-fed individuals with viral infections, on the contrary – often survived. In fact, viruses have to feed”, and bacteria – to leave hungry.”
If we extrapolate the results of this study on people, it can be assumed that the so-called fasting is effective for infections of bacterial origin, but dangerous – in people with viral diseases. Of course, in order to make final conclusions will have to repeat the experiments on volunteers, which the authors plan to do in the near future. In particular, scientists are going to determine the balance of nutrients in the diet needed for the rapid recovery of patients with sepsis.
