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- Glycogen Depletion and Fat Adaptation: Over the first 10 to 14 hours, your body begins to deplete its glycogen stores (the sugar reserves stored in the liver and muscles). This marks the shift from utilizing glycogen to tapping into stored body fat for energy, transitioning your metabolism into fat-burning mode.
At this point, digestion completes, offering another benefit: a surge of energy as bodily resources are redirected from processing food to healing and repairing.
Hours 16 to 24: The Spark of Autophagy
Around the 16 to 17-hour mark, your body activates a remarkable process called autophagy—the cellular cleanup crew that removes damaged or dysfunctional cells.