Is there a general thrust to his views that you can share?
1. Calorie counting - little basis of truth.
2. Stay away from refined foods
3. Stay away from non-natural forms of sugar, i.e., corn syrup, etc.
4. Do NOT eat multi-meals constantly during waking hours - bad effect on insulin regulation - false that it has major effect on ‘metabolism burn’
5. Main thing of obesity and diabetes is insulin meter - needs to be reset. (also inversely related to cortisol levels)
6. Ergo, stick to JUST 3 meals a day during 8-hour block. At evening - STOP eating. Let body go into Fasting period to reset insulin level. NO SNACKING!!!! (this one is hard for me at night watching TV)
7. Good/Great to do Intermittent Fasting - 16, 24 or 36-hour periods. You will be fine. You will survive. Does not hurt you but helps you.
Exercise still good - just that it only accounts for 10-20% of loss.
I have found that IF/WHEN I do what he said - no snacking and stop eating - and even do the 16 hour - I can 1+ lbs a day. I know that all food/diet/exercise/fasting (add to that prayer time, reading, etc.) needs/requires disciplined mind and body. So I am looking forward to the 24 and 36 hour fasting.
I bought the Diabetes Code book for wife’s diabetic friend - haven’t read it myself yet. But I have no doubt about what Dr. Fung puts forth.
I know I left out a bunch of details (obviously - book is a few hundred pages). But it’s worth the $10 for the Kindle version.