Autophagy and heart disease prevention

Autophagy in layman's terms, it is like the cell's internal ""clean-up crew,"" where unwanted or damaged parts are packaged into small sacs and then sent to a recycling center (the lysosome) to be broken down and reused for energy or building new cell parts. This process helps cells stay healthy, adapt to stress, and remove potentially harmful material, such as damaged organelles or invading microbes. Autophagy happens with fasting for 12 hours or exercising There are several papers that say autophagy in moderation is important for cardiac disease. but when done excessive can damage cardiac cells so giving a gap for 12 hrs is not a bad thing. Prolonged fasting or prolonged Exercise may not be as good.