Did Sen. Booker biohack a wellness trend during his marathon speech?

You are giving a speech on the Senate floor for 25 hours straight with no bathroom breaks and you haven't eaten in days

Well, that's exactly what Senator Cory Booker did. And while it was all part of a strategy that led him to break a Senate record, he may have accidentally tapped into a buzzy wellness trend

People swear can help you live longer. CNN anchor and chief congressional correspondent Manu Raju shared some insight into Booker's marathon speech with a post on X Tuesday night

He wrote, Corey Booker tells a group of us he didn't have to go to the restroom for over 25 hours because he hasn't eaten since Friday and stopped drinking water Sunday

He said he intentionally dehydrated himself. Raju added that Booker started cramping up from lack of water, but what he may not realize, he may have stumbled into a wellness trend called autophagy

When you go without food for an extended period of time, your body shifts into survival mode

Instead of focusing on digesting food it starts clearing itself out breaking down and recycling old or damaged cells sort of like taking out the trash but on a cellular level That process is called autophagy and it believed to help with things like reducing inflammation slowing aging boosting brain health and possibly lowering the risk of diseases

Cleveland Clinic says autophagy begins around 24 to 48 hours of fasting, with some saying the peak

is around three to four days, which is where Booker likely ended up by the end of his speech

Autophagy has been all over the wellness world lately. At a conference in February called the Don't Die Summit, tech millionaire and biohacker Brian Johnson

shared his own longevity routine, including a 4.30 a.m. wake up time and an 18-hour daily

fast. But experts warn fasting isn't for everyone. It can be dangerous for people who are pregnant

have diabetes, or a history of disordered eating. And while autophagy may help prevent cancer

and people who already have it, it could actually help cancer cells survive. So while

Senator Booker probably wasn't trying to go viral on health TikTok. He might have just given

the wellness guru something new to debate. With Straight Arrow News, I'm Kennedy Felton. Download

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