What are the most important benefits of autophagy?

Autophagy means “self-eat.” This is the state in which your body begins to recycle damaged proteins and pathogens. When proteins become damaged, they can wreak havoc in your body. To prevent this harm, your body uses autophagy to break down damaged proteins with enzymes and to create new healthy proteins.

Benefits:

• Reduces inflammation

• Increases your lifespan and health

• Prevents cancer

• Slows down the aging process

• Decreases the risk of disease

• Helps to recycle protein as a survival mechanism

• Helps to reduce pathogens in the body

• Protects neurons and heart cells

• Gets rid of advanced glycation end products and amyloid plaquing

• Helps you deal with

• viruses
• bacteria
• fungus
• candida
• biofilms/nanobacteria