The Human Body as a Site of Active Conflict Research Paper

The human body today is a site of active conflict between its two civilizational, socio-biological meta-factors. The first is its long-established survivalist genome, and the second is the unbalancing effects of the industrialized world promoting a sedentary lifestyle and weight gain. It is this confrontation that creates chronic diseases related to metabolism. Practical and accessible solutions are needed, and this paper aims to test and analyze one of them, namely a mimic program of two-week intermittent fasting followed by refeeding aimed at stimulating insulin action. The method that was taken as the central framework was an experimental study in a laboratory setting lasting two weeks; these were divided into fasting and refeeding periods with systematic checks of height, weight, and biometrics of subjects, healthy individuals. The results obtained show that mimicking intermittent fasting does not affect most of the physiological parameters mentioned except for insulin sensitivity, which increased during the intervention. This information allowed to not only validate the initial idea that a prehistoric lifestyle intervention could increase insulin activity throughout the human body but also develop some inferences and conclusions regarding adipose tissue and intramuscular fat. These are that the stimulation of insulin processes leads to a decrease in intramuscular fat, increases the concentration of adiponectin and leptin, specifically produced hormones present only in fat, and intensifies their circulation in fat tissue. The paramount, major conclusion is that the hypothesis that the simulation of pre-industrial conditions associated with nutrition, fasting, and physical activity can stimulate insulin sensitivity and improve metabolism is true. This short experiment contributes to the field of biology, metabolism studies by providing novel insights into the extrinsic drivers of insulin-related bodily processes and principles of adipose tissue functioning.