Scientists in the USA and Italy did on mice that show fasting can be . Fasting is eating or drinking little or for a short of time. Scientists found that fasting can the risk of diabetes, disease, cancer and other . The scientists gave the mice a low-calorie, high-fat for four days. They then gave the mice just 10% of their food for three days. This made the pancreas in the mice work .
The pancreas is the that makes the insulin. Insulin breaks down in the blood. People with diabetes have too much sugar in their . They have health problems and can die. People with 1 diabetes do not produce any insulin. People with type 2 diabetes do not produce , or it has no . Scientists said fasting increased the of insulin. They said the tests were and now needed to be done on .