Autophagy: Your Body’s Cellular Cleanup Mode

Your body has a secret mode where it literally eats its own cellular trash to keep you

young. It’s called autophagy, which is basically a self-cleaning vacuum for your

cells. But most people never activate it because this vacuum only turns on when

insulin is low. Every time you eat a carb-heavy meal, insulin spikes and tells your body

to grow instead of clean. To flip the switch, you need to lower that insulin through

fasting or a low-carb diet. This triggers the cleanup crew to recycle damaged

parts. You can't clean forever, but if you never take out the trash,

your cells just rot.