New research, published in The Journal of Neuroscience Research, indicates that fasting can help reduce the impact of a moderate traumatic brain injury.According to the research at the University of Kentucky Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, fasting within the first 24 hours of being injured "reduces the levels of several biomarkers of mitochondrial dysfunction and cellular damage that cause a breakdown of brain tissue."
People who fasted for 24 hours after suffering a moderate brain injury showed significant recovery of tissue sparing and cognitive function in test subjects who fasted for 24 hours following a moderate brain injury.
