Posted on 04/09/2019 4:16:25 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
A little-known scientific process is being hailed as the new way to lose weight, look younger and prolong life.
Autophagy is a natural regeneration process that occurs at a cellular level in the body, reducing the likelihood of contracting some diseases as well as prolonging lifespan.
In 2016, Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi won the Nobel Prize for his discoveries into the mechanisms of autophagy. These have led to a better understanding of diseases such as Parkinson's and dementia.
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What is autophagy?
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You can live 4 minutes without air, four days without water, and forty days without food. Stay hydrated, drink plenty of water, and after the first 24 hours or so, the “hunger pangs”, which are really a learned habit, are greatly lessened. After 24 hours or so, the body stores of glucose are largely exhausted, and the body turns to the “keto burn”, the extraction of energy from stored body fat. In the process, the muscle tissue, largely protein, is also being burned, so when the fast is broken, after 36 hours, or 48 hours, or 72 hours, concentrate on eggs, cheese, or high-protein vegetable sources such as peas, beans, or various seed kernels, which restore first the depleted protein of the muscle tissue, then continue to burn the fat tissue.
This sounds a lot like the “Atkins diet”, and is related to it. The idea is to keep the body off glucose to the greatest degree that can be done short of total starvation, until the homeostatic levels of the body are reset to the new lower levels of glucose and higher levels of protein, and yes, fats. If carbohydrates are consumed, try to concentrate on “low-glycemic” foods, in which the glucose is released only slowly into the blood, preventing those “sugar spikes” that send the appetite spiraling, sometimes out of control.
We know how. The great challenge is to apply that knowledge.
How presumptuous.
Bkmrk.
There is lots of good research currently being done on the KETO (High fat, low carb) diet and fasting. I have been doing the KETO diet since the beginning of Feb. I have lost 12 pounds but that was not the real reason I was doing it. I wanted a reduction in joint inflammation and it has helped.
If you want an explanation that is not to sciency, Dr. Bozewell is nice lady and a good cheerleader for KETO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHYL9L71O2c&list=PL2Pw0R3qlUSAjIFtYOgJwVoe52Ncn9MQr&index=3
When my son was doing cross country the coach would make the team eat pasta and take ice baths the night before a meet.
OMAD:
One Meal A Day
Lots of people do it. You know Terry Cruise, that ripped NFL black guy from Idiocracy and the Old Spice commercials..?
He has been OMAD for maybe 20 years.
I’m OMAD also.
Doesn’t fasting slow your metabolism?
Autophagy is good — don’t mistake it for one of those wacko alternative medicine schemes that dumb people believe.
Long, absolute fasting is bad.
Atkins is bad.
Induction is bad.
Hanging around with people who believe the Moon landing was fake and Tower 7 was imploded, is bad.
All you have to do to take advantage of autophagy is, cut your carbs back to one small serving a meal, get hungry between meals, and get hungry before bed.
“Don’t spoil your appetite” didn’t mean save up room for a huge meal, it meant get hungry between meals. It was the health trick of your great grandmother. They knew that being hungry was good for you. And there is a reason it is called “break”fast.
Every day you do this, is good. Even if you do it once a week, it will do you good. Every day would be best, but there is no “all in” requirement.
Dr. Jason Fung - 'Therapeutic Fasting - Solving the Two-Compartment Problem'
“One Meal A Day .... Lots of people do it.”
And lots of people get their gallbladders removed in the emergency room.
Fasting is very important in living a longer and healthy life. Fasting was a great way to reconnect with God. It clears up the mind and body.
I should fast today.
As an OMAD, what meal a day do you eat? Or does it vary? Do you only eat breakfast or lunch or dinner? How often do you cheat?
“Doesn’t fasting slow your metabolism?”
Probably a bit, although I’m not sure of the research on it. Early on, I would feel a bit down, but I think adding the salt helped.
As an OMAD, what meal a day do you eat?
-—I eat from 6 to 7 pm.
Or does it vary?
-—Never. I started out years ago simply skipping breakfast, which at first was quite hard. It took me about 2-3 weeks to adjust. I perked along on 2 daily for...maybe 4 months, until that was easy.
Gradually my lunch got later and later. Finally I read about OMAD —that many others were doing this— and I thought, well, this is going okay, too, so why not simply make it dinner only? After all, that is when I come under most pressure from others to eat.
Doing just one daily was again hard for maybe 3 weeks, then just as before I was okay again. And it showed me just how incredibly screwed up I was before I started all this. When I started on my journey the notion I could adjust to just ONE per day, everrrrry single day; I didn’t forsee that at all. It wasn’t my plan.
Do you only eat breakfast or lunch or dinner?
——Just dinner.
How often do you cheat?
-—Often in the beginning because I had no real insulin control. The person finishing the meal, then slurping up the sauce, etc? That was me. I was a person who really, really enjoyed his food. And so the cravings for me were powerful.
I remember sometimes I’d see a movie featuring some poor soul trying to get off of some narcotic; how they’d thrash, sweat and be in the grip of delusions. For me it was never that bad, but...that sort of framed it, for me. And in the same way, I, too, was finally freed from the grip of needing a low level of food all day long. I realize that after a certain age, it is normal to not need the 3 meals that kids really do need (and more).
The question you didn’t ask:
“Kay, so...basically you push 3 meals into one only, right? Your dinner is humungous..?”
At the beginning, maybe that was true, sort of. But in fact, no. I would say my dinner is just a little bigger than it used to be, maybe 25% bigger. And I have slimmed down considerably.
I’m still 15 lbs overweight, after years of OMAD, but I’m not stopping there. I might not get to washboard abs, but I want to be completely free of love handles.
I almost never cheat —maybe one time per week, maybe just one mouthful, usually under the pressure of some normal person I don’t want to spend time on explaining OMAD to, and I still feel really bad about that one mouthful, even just one small bite, to satisfy some other person (usually a woman).
I think if you have tons of family and friends constantly around you, then OMAD might prove impossible, especially for a woman (which I am not). There is a mysterious....food socialism, maybe I should term it. There is a certain type of person who, if they see you doing something they suspect they really SHOULD also do themselves, they regard stopping you from continuing your good behavior as a form of THERAPY for them, so they can continue bad, guilt-free behavior.
Sort of like, “That guy is rich, and I’m to lazy to make myself likewise, therefore the next best thing is to turn him into the IRS”, or something like that.
I also think if you had a job involving lots of travel, then OMAD might prove more difficult.
Found out I was diabetic about two years ago. I had no idea and no symptoms. After doing much research and watching The Magic Pill, I went on a LCHF diet. I’ve essentially “cured” my diabetes (no meds) and I’ve lost 25 pounds. I’ve come to believe that sugar is highly addictive and highly destructive.
Forgot:
I think all this “grazing” stuff is total and utter BS.
If you’re a 20 y.o. personal trainer in 24 Hour Fitness, meh, that’s okay for him, but it didn’t work for me at all.
I think grazing for anyone over 35 y.o. is hogwash.
Son recommended I fast every other day (24 hour clips, water and black coffee only) and then eliminate any grain, sugar, and dairy from my diet. After a year of doing so, I feel great and am so full of energy my chore list is virtually non-existent. Watch “The Magic Pill” on Netflix or YouTube for more information on intermittent fasting. It will change your life.
Funny; the Bible recommended fasting thousands of years ago. But what did God know, right?
/sarc
I’m a OMAD supporter and have lost 25 lbs since Jan. Cutting out booze and desserts as well, made it easy. Doc cut my BP meds last week. After a couple months, I even lost hunger pangs and just eat a healthy dinner. Cheat once in a while?....sure; and then wake up with heart burn, feeling like hell.
AW-toe-Fah-gee
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