Posted on 02/24/2017 1:34:51 PM PST by nickcarraway
I was disappointed when I found that the medical professionals were giving, not only erroneous advice, but actual harmful advice to my friends and family, with the predictable results. I thought Doctors were really smart and compassionate. Then I found out about having to write a thesis to make your bones, writing textbooks to fatten your wallet, and keep down others with different ideas to keep you rice bowl full, and because they are merely people and most are too lazy to keep up with advances in understanding the causes of medical problems. Follow the money, to hell with Christian teachings.
Sorry. I ride 20+ miles / day. 5 days / week. Fasting doesn’t work for me.
Your 8 hours of sleep are included into the 24 hours obviously. That’s only 16 hours of not eating. Think of it that way.
Riding what 20 miles a day? Do you mean cycling?
Intermittent fasting works well when exercising. A ketogenic diet replaces carbs with fats and increases stamina and eliminates the crashes due to blood sugar volatility. The incidence of diabetes (and obesity) is directly correlated to the modern high carbohydrate diet promoted by the “experts.”
The other part of our decline is provided by synthetic fats that are touted as “healthy alternatives.” Real fats do not change composition when heated, nor do they contain toxins that destroy internal organs and cause innumerable autoimmune diseases.
Humans were never vegans, nor were they fueled by glucose. All societies knew the energy benefits associated with fats. Nutrient dense real foods are far superior.
People wonder why we have so many obese poor, when it’s easily explained by the empty calories provided by high carbohydrate diets prevalent among them. Real food takes preparation and doesn’t last for months on a shelf. The healthiest diets from around the world are similar—simple foods where fats provide a majority of calories, a good portion of clean proteins and a mix of complex carbohydrates.
With Lent coming up, look up “Orthodox Christian fasting”. Orthodox Christians have been doing this sort of thing for centuries.
Bkmk
Don’t know about diabetes in Muslims (or even other societies where they consume less junk than we do) but some Christians use fasting as an avenue toward compliance with God - seems like it may have some healthy effects.
Completely understand. We hear about these but until you go through one, and get the he(( scared out of you, the required level of respect for this is not reached. I grew up fast on this one. Sorry it happened to you.
red
so if I eat breakfast and lunch within the first 5-6 hours after waking then don’t eat anything else the rest of the day, that’s essentially the structure?
yeah.
some say eat all you want, just dont overstuff yourself. not the same thing.
it just gives your bodys gi tract a rest and the energy can be used elsewhere, and the boy can tap into fat reserves more.
Kind of. Just choose a window of five hours, any time of day or night, eat what you want, how much you want, then nothing but liquids for the other rest of the day. For instance, eat breakfast at seven, lunch at twelve, and you’re done. Or skip breakfast and lunch, have a snack or lunch at three, then a big dinner at eight. You will notice that after doing this a few days, you don’t eat as much but still feel full. I got on this a while ago and fall off the wagon one or two times a week, social occasions and such, and still maintain with no effort. I like that.
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