[decimon]

Ping

[MsLady]

Good for your liver too!!!

[Lazlo in PA]

Fasting found to reduce cardiac risk factors, such as...weight

Fasting makes you lose weight? Who would have thought.

[EGPWS]

I'm not changing anything in my diet until I hear from female Obama and and the other socialist Bloomberg and what their take on it is.

ANYTHING else is just hearsay.

[Tennessee Nana]

Now they are telling God something again...

Something else he already knew...

Thats why He says “Just ask ME and I will answer thee”

[SonofReagan]

I used to fast for one day each week. I was exercising regularly. I would end the fast with a small breakfast the next day. On that day I would usually record my best physical performance while exercising, (weight lifting, running, etc).

[Verginius Rufus]

I guess the Ramadan fast (no food or water between sunup and sundown, then gorge as much as you want after sunset) doesn’t count.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I have been fasting from two to five days a week for the past ten years, mainly because I feel better and sleep better on an empty stomach. I’d fast longer, but I can never make it past Friday night for some reason. Then I eat the whole weekend and start over on Monday.

[dubyagee]

bfl

[Yaelle]

Do. Not. Fast. If you eat a typical junky American diet.

A short fast with plenty of fresh clean water is only beneficial if your diet is clean with enough healthy fats. If you are a big grain and sugar eater it could do more harm than good.

[Revolting cat!]

TRomorrow's headline today:

Fast Fast, Fats!

[Popman]

Bm

[dhs12345]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resveratrol

http://seniorjournal.com/NEWS/Nutrition-Vitamins/2008/8-06-04-Resveratrol.htm

When the body is under stress, it produces chemicals that minimize damage.

[ckilmer]

I’ve been fasting for two days a week for the last six months.

I quickly dropped 15 pounds.

And then my weight stabilized.

I like the discipline and I like the way I feel.

I think my body was designed for feast and famine.

Certainly it has adjusted to this routine.

I used to feel weak at the end of two days. But not now.

The fasting sharpens me. Typically I’ll work out a bit harder on fast days to burn fat.

I think that I could do a third day but generally I don’t care to.

But I might. I would be better off 15 pounds lighter.

[SupplySider]

When I was in my 20s/30s I'd regularly fast on juice one day a week, 3 days a week with a gradual build up diet a few times a year.

I had a lot of great results. Calmness, clarity of perception, weight control, normalized appetite the rest of the time.

Once I had a strong intoxication for a few hours after repeated three day fasts. I had the impression that I was burning calories from fatty tissues that were storing cannabinoids leftover from youthful mistakes.

[bert]

-——our original discovery was not a chance event———

Balderdash

It has been known for a very long time. Lent and Ramadan are both evidence of the knowledge.