Posted on 05/23/2025 6:41:35 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
Aside from weight and cholesterol management, how else has your fasting affected you?
You do know that total cholesterol means nothing...and you can have too low cholesterol? It is ApoB, Certain LDL measures, and ratios...IMHO
What is your record? Just curious.
We tried a 7 day and my wife got to 5 1/2 and I told her to stop as she works and was getting to tired. I got to about 6 1/2 and stopped because my mood was becoming depressed.
I see these people who do 20, 30 even more. I always heard the “3” death rule is —
3 min no O2
3 days no H2O
30 days no food
So I think 7 days fast is my max I want.
I find your spread sheet idea fascinating and helpful.
I love spreadsheets, but I use Cronometer to track macros and nutrients (free version).
Yes, I have had genetically high cholesterol all my adult life.
However, my LDL has always been proportionly high too
Up until I started fasting the total number increased and my LDL went up too with my weight gain.
My point is that fasting brought it down with no side effects like I experienced with the five different stations that I tried and eventually stopped taking.
There only seems to be good benefits of losing weight. Like fitting into pants that I had not worn in years.
It is neither ... It is about how the fasting period affects insulin resistance.
Not sure which category you refer to... my highest ketone score was 3.9, but a handful of times I've been over 3.5.
As for IF, I don't religiously track that like other numbers.
Yellow I enter daily, the 2-col blues %protein and %fat, last 3 are total calorie, %protein, %fat.
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