Thanks for the video! I didn't know what my fasting method was called until now. I'm in constant 16:8 fasting where I only eat 2x a day. I don't eat snacks or junk foods anymore. I've done 20:4 fasting before and it rapidly reduced my weight after just 1 month............. The benefits I got was better sleep, reduced my waist size, reduced food expenses, and I removed my hypertension.
Why it reduced food expenses. Better quality food is in genernal more expensive and anyway you need a closed energy balance, because you cannot live in energy deficit for al longer period, otherwise you would lose to much weight and muscles. .
Thanks, doc. Yeah, dive deeper in starving and I have been intermittent fasting for almost 4 years, usually eat around 7 pm, and sometimes a little something earlier, I have small meals and am very small and female. I feel better with energy. I do it for keeping weight stable and w/prayer as a way of life....keeping my body under subjection.
I ve been daily fasting since 2018, and eating mostly animal protein and fat. My health has transformed greatly. Love to see more videos diving deeper into this topic. Thanks Dr. Been.
Cutting carbs mostly out of my diet and cutting my eating window to 6-8 hours were sufficient to eliminate all of my need for metformin, glipizide and Trulicity to control my blood sugar levels. A1C from over 9 to 5.4 to 5.8
I feel that following your Covid recommendations helped me tremendously and I am so happy you are now discussing IF. I started in January doing 17/7 and feel sooo much better. I would love continued discussions.
I started in January! I've been fasting 3 days a week but now im close to my goal weight im starting to reduce my fasting frequency. Ive never felt better in my own skin.
Such a critical topic to cover. Thank you for exposing all of us to this reality. Bummer we couldn't get Jason Fung live, but I think he's a genius. He's changed how we treat and look at T2DM, which is still working its way through the medical community. Awareness to the power and impact of IF can be life changing! Thank you for covering this with all. 🙏
DR BEEN--I'd like a deeper dive into times of day that are best to IF. For example, you indicated it might not be best to skip breakfast--but I find that is the easiest meal to skip--and feels effective. Once you eat breakfast--you're back on the food train. Rather, it feels good to continue the momentum from sleep/no food and even just DELAYING breakfast feels like some good stuff going on in there. Anyone else??
@@Myrslokstok That is your opinion, a bald statement simply deconstructng the words for breakfast. The question was directed to Dr Been, or--I would accept evidence-based answers from anyone.
During ramadan fast is broken in the evening after sundown. I guess it depends your type of work and work schedule, do you have periods where you spend a lot of energy..maybe better to have some food.
I totally agree on skipping bfast. Since I was a teenager I never felt for breakfast. When I forced myself to take breakfast because of social pressure etc in my early thirties I put on a lot of weight that I'm now struggling with. Once I open that eating gateway earlier in the day I just eat more 😫
My wife and I have been doing IF over the last 5 - 6 weeks or so. Both for weight loss purposes. I've managed to fast completely one day per week over the last 3 weeks and on other days when I don't do weight training, I'll skip breakfast and, often, lunch as well. Down about 12 pounds so far and at least one belt loop. Craving food is tough, but yesterday, I just didn't eat and was surprised that I did not have any hunger until past 5 pm. I could have gone without dinner as well. It shows that the body can adapt to an IF lifestyle if given the chance. My wife is doing an even more aggressive regimen. She will fast several days per week and even did 5 days in a row - though she was very tired toward the end of her fast. She's shed over 20 lbs and wants to lose more. This is the best weight loss plan we've ever tried. And it is so simple and customizable. No e-books, videos, special foods, counselors or extra expense of any sort.
I've recently been taking fasting more seriously. Thank you so much for this discussion, and yes I would be very interested to hear from you about the stages as the body goes into starving!
agreed. another point of interest for me is, i've heard that the body gets used to 'set or regular' fasting and develops a weaker response. So i'd love to hear about the mechanisms going on to produce that and if 'surprise' fasting methods are more effect. i.e a full day fast (zero calorie once every week, AND you keep changing that day).
A deep dive into what is going on inside the body, through out the day, with respect to nutritional intake, is something I have often wondered about. Yes, I would attend that lecture. Thank you for the current presentation.
Talk more on this. my wife is a naturopath and I often listen to your talks while she is listening. So far she is not recommending fasting but maybe when she hears your talk in depth she will be supportive of me when I fast. Thank you for this valuable knowledge.
Yes, a deeper dive, please, into the hour-by-hour fasting processes. This video is so helpful! I've been doing the 12/12, and find that an easy adjustment. I want to work towards more aggressive, and would love to calibrate properly for both chronic inflammation and weight management.
Thank you for this Dr Been, you are a bright star within the medical firmament. I got a call from my NHS GP after a blood test in which he informed me that that I had become stage 2 diabetic for which he prescribed metformin - but I have put him off for 3 months & will combine 16-8 with a few changes in diet before getting that eventual blood test. In my experience there is no point in discussing other options with people who replied to my request for a Vit D test, by asserting that they do not provide such a service for what they consider as being nothing more than a 1990's fad. I am 66 & not overweight, walk each morning & still physically strong - may fortune always favour you & yours.
When I was diagnosed with Lupus & Sjogrens 3 years ago on top of Hashimoto thyroiditis which I've had since I was 16 I decided to incorporate fasting in my life. Now I fast 72 contiguous hours every month and have been doing it for 2 years. My markers on Lupus/Sjogrens have disappeared and one of my hashimoto markers has also vanished. Now I only have TPOs which I am sure will disappear with time with prolonged fasting.
That's awesome, also I've read cancer treatment being much more successful after a 3 day fasting before going into chemo. There's a few story's of fasting doing amazing things.
@@tarangita there's data supporting at least a 1-3 day fast once a month 3 being a huge difference if you can do it. That takes time for body to get used to working into 3.
@@SupremeODMG Yes, I didn't mention it as it is not relevant to the discussion, but I also got diagnosed with stage 3c, metastatic, ovarian clear cell carcinoma, almost 3 years ago. Was told I'd live maybe 3 years if I did chemo/radiation and I wouldbe dead in one year if I did nothing. I refused all conventional treatment and began a natural healing journey. A year later I was told by my oncologist that I am cured, he of course, doesn't want to know what I did to heal. He just says, "Just keep taking your fountain of youth pills." In a year, if I am still cancer free, my case will be put into the medical literature, as there are no others that have healed like me.
P. S. YES these topics are of interest! (It's a Friday eve, so some Cool Beans are observing the weekend already.) For me personally, I didn't know this topic was coming or I would have logged in earlier. Please keep these new topic coming!!
I do intermittent fasting for about 10 years now, starting at the age of 48, because I wanted to prevent the weight gaining due to the hormon change of climaterium. It works well. I have lost weight (about 10 kilos) and it remains almost stable afterwards. When I was a Student I did 10 days fasting with a 3 days preparation once a year in spring.
When I eat breakfast, I'm 'hungry' all day long. I normally wait til after 1pm to eat my first meal, and try not to eat anything after 7pm. I've been doing this for 1.5 yrs. Thank you for your videos!
I fast 10-14 about 4 days a week. Over the course of a 1.5 years I slowly lost 10 pounds. 5 more pounds to go and I’m back at my looking great college weight. That sounds like a small loss but I’ve literally done nothing else. The weight loss has been so gradual, doubt it will ever come back. And the eating plan is so easy to follow, I have no problems sticking with it.
My husband and I have learned to be very gentle and kind with ourselves as we have slowly put intermittent fasting in to our eating regimen… It’s taken my husband a year to now go down to eating one to 2 meals a day - afternoon and evening or just evening meal … I have been doing lower carbs between 50 to 60 a day for a few years we drink a sort of bullet proof coffee during fasting times ( coffee with sugar free creamer or heavy cream or unsweetened nut milk , can add butter or mct oil to coffee too ) and we drink extra water.. I have to drink electrolyte sugar free water daily.. Your body needs extra electrolytes or good salt because we are eating a lot less foods and the body can get “keto flu”, a type of headache and feel under the weather which means you need extra electrolytes like good salts or You can drink any broths or waters that are sugar free with electrolytes.. This lifestyle eating Helps us feel a lot better and losing weight and continues lowering our diabetes until it’s under control and helps arthritis to hardly hurt for myself such a God send..
Time restricted eating, intermitant fasting and a low carbohydrate lifestyle, without the use of seed oils and exogenous sugars has helped to change my type 2 D and obesity in a remarkable period of time. 7 months down 90 lb. A1c after 4 months from 7.5 to 5.2... Jason Fung and Ben Bickman are a good start to open the algorithms on UA-cam. Thank you for this discussion.
I often don't feel hungry in the morning. I started 12/12 fasting a year or so ago and worked in a 15 hour fast here and there. I have recently done a 24 hour fast and felt pretty good.
I often will do OMAD, One Meal A Day and find that it's quite a good schedule to stay one. About once a quarter, I'll do a 72 hour fast. After the first day, you're in the clear as you start to ditch the hunger as you're body settles into a groove. I'd like to do a one week fast, but haven't gotten there yet. I also workout through my fasts which ironically, you actually feel awesome as you're in a state of ketosis. I liken it to running on diesel in lieu of gasoline. All that said, stick with it, intermittent or extended fasting is fantastic on a plethora of levels.
@@cjb8993thank you. I too usually eat once a day. It just became a pattern for me. I feel elated when I fast. Going to try working out soon. I am pretty active but really need to hit the weights.
@@cjb8993 I've only done the one week fast once because what was coming out of my backside was burning so bad it caused...well some very uncomfortable problems to keep it PG.
I discovered intermittent fasting as a diet change while fasting three days for a procedure. I was amazed that at day three I wasn't hungry at all. So I started looking at why. I found many sources some of which are in your shared links. I started to use NCBI a lot. My health improved quite a bit. At first doctors and other tried to dissuade me. Now generally they like it but because of being part of a health system they cannot promote it. Independent doctors can though. After talking with HR person about it and some years after the HR department has brought in a metabolic health reversal program for employees. Though they dont promote intermittent fasting they do support much of the macros and other steps that is often used in conjunction with intermittent fasting.
Dr Been, first of all: thank you so much for your great way of explaining things so also non-medicals can get closest to understanding 🙏❣ Second (question in the end): I have long ago decided to let my body decide when it wants to eat and when not. I found out that in the mornings often I have no thought of food till sometimes 14h, getting close to 16 hours fasting at times, sometimes more.. Then I eat whatever my apetite calls for, fruits, oats muesli, leftovers of yday... Later I might get hungry again and I have a meal, sometimes vegetarian, but also lots of sardines, tuna, makarel with veggies or grainy stuff, rice, hole wheat noodles. I am 53, feel very healthy, not overweighed, energy is high mostly, I am sick extremely seldom. Sometimes I eat less than one meal, just some fruit, raw veggies, because my body doesn t come up with desires or much hunger. So, I give it a bit of basic nutrition and out I go again, digging, walking... quite irregular! This is not therapy this is everyday life. Now the question: Is that irreularity ok in your opinion or quite beneficial or maybe even a possible reason for my good health? 🤞🤞🤞 😂
Anyone interested on this.......Do It!! I could write for hours on how much it changed my life. I rarely eat before lunch. No cravings and still down 45 lbs since I started. Haven't seen a doctor in over 5 years. Im 50.
I tried keto..and I am amazed how my triglycerides dropped by almost 60 points! OMAD also works and I have read fasting extends your life span! I am thin..and on keto you can expect weight loss..Now I just reduce my carbs and try to avoid sugar..
I have for several years now, done IF. Was doing 18:8 but didn't like it. Now swapped to 16:8 which is much better. Not doing it for weight-loss. Doing it because having gone through menopause, the brain fog is awful. I specifically need to be on the ball in the AM at work, so find IF gives me energy and excellent clarity. I was doing it everyday day last year, but now only doing it 3 times a week and it has a flow on effect. Spoke to my naturopath about this and she agrees that I on the right track.
Ever since i started doing 24 hour fasting two weeks out of a random chosen month i have easily started managing my health and weight! Its the best method by far!
ohhhh, what about a deep dive on chronic stress or anxiety and how to make it stop 😭 especially when dealing with things out of control such as disease.
This thing just works and is completely sustainable. Lost 20kg within one year and kept that weight for almost another one. I eat usually from 14-16h to 20-21h. Not so strict on weekends. From time to time I do 1 to 3 days fast. My lipid panel has normalized and blood pressure came down to values 110/60 on average.
I love intermittent fasting. IF is part of my KETO/LCHF lifestyle. My daily IF routine is 20/4 (1st meal 13:00, dinner 17:00) once a week I do a 36-hour fast. My carbohydrate intake is
I’ve been IF for about 3 years along with my “regular” keto journey and have reduced all metabolic markers. Also invited my PCP on my journey to assist in getting off Rx. As of 4/2022 I’m off ALL 17 Rx, my clothes look like a deflated hot air balloon-haha! Yes IF works but I’m not everyone. I had to source the internet but Dr Fung was instrumental in my learning about IF and it’s definitely WORTH it. I’m able to do two 24 hr fasts a month using salt or apple cider vinegar water only. I’ve shown to others how easy it really is. My only goal was to clean up my gut biome to clean up my blood to become in balance with what my body needs to thrive. Weight loss is a “side effect “
@Zap DeVirus I’m working w/my PCP who I invited on my journey to better health and he’s been fantastic. When I get my quarterly blood draw for A1c he also has tests for several things like CRP, ferritin, ionized calcium, HomA-IR, extended lipid panel, TSH w/ T4 & T3, etc. About 17 I believe. As I learn about more I ask him and he usually is amenable. What I have to remember is he is taught as allopathic so I ask chemistry questions not nutritional questions. Example is zinc vs copper, calcium vs iron (in tissues or serum)… I took chemistry 1&2 in college so I have some background, but to crowd source on the internet is VERY helpful but I acknowledge it’s not exact. So I bring it all to my PCP. Im very grateful and thankful!
Also like Dr John Bergman on UA-cam the true definition of health is not the absence of sickness rather it’s a condition of the body being in balance. I love that! When I comes to chemistry I personally LOVE the halides.
I feel better when I intermittent fast and restrict carbs including starchy veggies. I started when I was dying from Lyme disease and related tick-borne infections. It has helped tremendously in reducing brain fog & body pain and improving overall cognitive function. I also avoid high histamine foods, nightshades & all grains.
I would like to learn more about the timing physiology and more about nutrition modification; foods to use/avoid. And how keto nutrition fits in. Thank you! ☺️
It just takes one small change in lifestyle to create a domino effect on the rest of your life. A lot of people aren't willing to make that small change. If it was easy everyone would do it. They go through and waste their life without ever finding out what they're truly capable of. So anyone who's here because they have the mindset to become better, even by 1%, you're a champion.
I've been doing intermittent fasting for some time now. I've always skipped breakfast but I'm going to try skipping dinner now and see what changes that makes. Thank you for this video.
I have been doing 16:8 for over 18 months. I skip breakfast. I get a bit hungry and it took a bit of time to get used to it. If find I get a little hungry a couple of hours before the scheduled meal. I drink water or tea and that usually cures it. IF that fails I do something to take my mind off of it.
yes please. as many details of step by step changes in the body as the fasting periods progresses over time. i became interested in keto, (have done 6 and 3 month periods of it with fasting periods 16 hours), and i often wondered how easy or difficult it is to enter and leave ketosis. I've often thought there is no way the body knows your average intake over the day of carbs, so it's rather a case of the body reacting immediately to what and when you eat. so a person could potentially enter and leave certain states simply on what is in their specific meal at the time and the length of periods between eating types of food.
Thank you so very much for letting us understand the mechanisms of- , the possible types of-, and benefits of intermittent fasting Dr. Mobeen ! God bless you !!!
OMAD is the way to live. It's just awesome once you become metabolically flexible. It highly suggest doing keto for a while before dropping meals. Gotta get off the carb blood sugar crash cycles and ramp up the body fat metabolic engines.
Yes, please dive deeper into the fasting process. Describing what happens hour by hour would help me a lot! Also, does this process change at all depending on what food is eaten? Thanks so much! [edited typo]
I would love to hear more in depth discussion on what happens during fasting. I have Dercums disease and some fat becomes encapsulated and unusable for energy. So, having more of an understanding about metabolism & fasting is definitely appreciated.
I dont eat until I feel hungry. I usually am not hungry until the end of the day but it depends on how active I am. When I do eat, I dont ration like I am dieting. I dont eat alot of junk food usually
Yes I would like to hear a deeper dive on the subject. Specifically I would like to focus on high-level athletes and intermittent fasting. Caloric intake needs during feeding hours and what would be acceptable to prevent catabolic effects to maximize muscle retention
I do 72 hr each week tomorrow at 10:00 AM down to 73 G /3.5 K. So going well. I also step race so did 10 miles today . I am a Carnivore don’t want to lose weight. I have no diseases longevity is a goal . Endurance is higher than normal.
I got Covid-19 nearly 3 yrs ago. It became LongHaulers, LongCovid-19 almost immediately. In that time, I have only eaten 1 meal or less daily at dinnertime. In nearly 3 years, my weight has remained exactly the same. I have no energy, no appetite. How can I force my body to lose weight (lots) with IF? I need to improve my health. I'm sure I'm preD. I'm fearful that I've been overtaken by SpikeProteins and have no healthy cells left. I'm not well enough to live & work but not sick enough to die. I would like to return to a life. Thank you, Drbeen.
i dont even get the option to choose most of the time. fast for a day or a few every week for the past year or two. thanks to gross negligence of big corporations and the usa government
Can it help with vitiligo? Any culprit like mold, fungus, virus or pathogen that infiltrates the skin or gut that causes this disease? What remedies if you know or find anything will be greatly appreciated.
How long do you do the fasting for? I do between 20:4 to 18:6 but I'm not sure if I continue for a month, 6 months, a year or if it is safe to continue that way permanently. I also find it interesting that in bible times Christ, and prophets, always said to fast and pray. I never understood the fasting, I thought it was unhealthy.... but I guess God knew that fasting was healing the body and praying was healing the soul.
DrBeen I would like futher information. Like diet for chronic inflammation. I took the novavax vaxx and I start doing two days fasting, and now I am back to 18 hr fasting… which is my routine. Is that good for spike protein? Or more aggressive?
One key is to keep the body guessing--so to speak. Don't get into patterns long term. So for example I tend to do a 17:7 IF, with occassional Skip days or occassional Zero Cal fasting days. It's best or most effective for me if I go 42 hours no food. There are also days during the week that I eat whenever I like--ignoring my 17:7. But only 1 day of that. In other words--change it up.
I highly recommend 2 books: Head Strong by Dave Asprey & Fast. Feast. Repeat. By Gin Stephens. She promotes IF as “a health plan with a side effect of weight loss.” Excellent reads!
Just a vote: Please do delve deeper into starvation and autophagy. My understanding is autophagy only starts in earnest at about 16 hrs into the fast period. I'd love to learn more from a credible source such as the good "No Beens, just protein and veggies Doctor"
What's frightening is the typical westerner hasn't ever gone without food for 24 hours. Which is horrifying when you come to understand the essential effects of fasting.
I also heard that coffee + coconut oil or even butter, it wouldn’t compromise the IF time... I still didn’t introduce this bullit -coffee in my fasting time but I am about to...
I am on intermittent fasting almost everyday. Sometimes 14, other times 16 hours fasting. My prob is the many pills of supplements I take everyday, plus eventual medication...
I dont eat after 6 PM, and eat again at noon, so I go 18 hours without eating. I keep hydrated, yes, but eat no food. 15 years now. Once in a while, I will eat at 10 AM, if there's cake or something good left out. That's maybe 5-10% of the time.
Does taking enzymes break a fast or aid a fast? Can taking certain enzymes help assist in certain goals like weight reduction or detoxing? Glucose oxidase? Can niacin speed up the start of benefits of IF? What types of drinks are considered neutral for IF? When you say no drinks,do you also mean no salt and no water? How is the gut bacteria effected? Can taking binders which stay in the digestive track, assist with detox and not break the fast? Does the body producing bile hinder or help the body detox during IF? For example we could take tudca and then take a binder to help clear out the lymphatic system? Does caffeine assist in IF? When I drink tea, I lose my appetite. Does physical activity assist in the benefits of IF or inhibit it? What the benefits of IF while one sleeps as opposed to being awake? Isn't it important what one eats when ending the the fasting window? Will you review different diet strategies? Yes,to hour by hour breakdown. Thank you very much.
I was 3 days into a juice fast when my wife, who wasn't fasting, brought home some thai food. She knew not to bring it upstairs and just eat without me. But, the smell came up the stairs. I decided to just go down and sniff, then I decided to jut take a little bite. Not sure how much time went by, but when I came back to reality, my wife was staring at me wide eyed because I had been slamming the food down. Not sure I was even chewing. I've done a number of different fast, short and very long. The hardest part has always been smelling other peoples food.
Thanks for the video! I didn't know what my fasting method was called until now. I'm in constant 16:8 fasting where I only eat 2x a day. I don't eat snacks or junk foods anymore. I've done 20:4 fasting before and it rapidly reduced my weight after just 1 month............. The benefits I got was better sleep, reduced my waist size, reduced food expenses, and I removed my hypertension.
Yes please, would love a deeper dive on fasting 🙏
My wallet was often suffering from anorexia, omad definitely helped reduce it's suffering.
Why it reduced food expenses. Better quality food is in genernal more expensive and anyway you need a closed energy balance, because you cannot live in energy deficit for al longer period, otherwise you would lose to much weight and muscles.
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@@robinhood4640 😂😂😂😂😂
Thanks, doc. Yeah, dive deeper in starving and I have been intermittent fasting for almost 4 years, usually eat around 7 pm, and sometimes a little something earlier, I have small meals and am very small and female. I feel better with energy. I do it for keeping weight stable and w/prayer as a way of life....keeping my body under subjection.
And yes would love to hear hour by hour breakdown of fasting impact! Thank you Dr. for all your helpful content!!
I ve been daily fasting since 2018, and eating mostly animal protein and fat. My health has transformed greatly. Love to see more videos diving deeper into this topic. Thanks Dr. Been.
Cutting carbs mostly out of my diet and cutting my eating window to 6-8 hours were sufficient to eliminate all of my need for metformin, glipizide and Trulicity to control my blood sugar levels. A1C from over 9 to 5.4 to 5.8
Golly I really need to do this x prpud pf u
Amazing! Less food needs less drugs !
Thank you for the chuckle. The hamburger and milk shake was drawn so cutely!! Thank you for all you do.
I really believe fasting is a powerful strategy for health in many areas. Love the topic
I feel that following your Covid recommendations helped me tremendously and I am so happy you are now discussing IF. I started in January doing 17/7 and feel sooo much better. I would love continued discussions.
I started in January! I've been fasting 3 days a week but now im close to my goal weight im starting to reduce my fasting frequency.
Ive never felt better in my own skin.
Such a critical topic to cover. Thank you for exposing all of us to this reality. Bummer we couldn't get Jason Fung live, but I think he's a genius. He's changed how we treat and look at T2DM, which is still working its way through the medical community. Awareness to the power and impact of IF can be life changing! Thank you for covering this with all. 🙏
DR BEEN--I'd like a deeper dive into times of day that are best to IF. For example, you indicated it might not be best to skip breakfast--but I find that is the easiest meal to skip--and feels effective. Once you eat breakfast--you're back on the food train. Rather, it feels good to continue the momentum from sleep/no food and even just DELAYING breakfast feels like some good stuff going on in there. Anyone else??
BREAK FAST you never skip its the first meal that BREAKS the FAST.
@@Myrslokstok That is your opinion, a bald statement simply deconstructng the words for breakfast. The question was directed to Dr Been, or--I would accept evidence-based answers from anyone.
During ramadan fast is broken in the evening after sundown. I guess it depends your type of work and work schedule, do you have periods where you spend a lot of energy..maybe better to have some food.
I totally agree
I totally agree on skipping bfast. Since I was a teenager I never felt for breakfast. When I forced myself to take breakfast because of social pressure etc in my early thirties I put on a lot of weight that I'm now struggling with. Once I open that eating gateway earlier in the day I just eat more 😫
I’ve been doing IF since 2013. I don’t miss breakfast at all.
My wife and I have been doing IF over the last 5 - 6 weeks or so. Both for weight loss purposes. I've managed to fast completely one day per week over the last 3 weeks and on other days when I don't do weight training, I'll skip breakfast and, often, lunch as well. Down about 12 pounds so far and at least one belt loop. Craving food is tough, but yesterday, I just didn't eat and was surprised that I did not have any hunger until past 5 pm. I could have gone without dinner as well. It shows that the body can adapt to an IF lifestyle if given the chance.
My wife is doing an even more aggressive regimen. She will fast several days per week and even did 5 days in a row - though she was very tired toward the end of her fast. She's shed over 20 lbs and wants to lose more. This is the best weight loss plan we've ever tried. And it is so simple and customizable. No e-books, videos, special foods, counselors or extra expense of any sort.
I've recently been taking fasting more seriously. Thank you so much for this discussion, and yes I would be very interested to hear from you about the stages as the body goes into starving!
try the book "eat fast and feast' by dr jay w richards
agreed. another point of interest for me is, i've heard that the body gets used to 'set or regular' fasting and develops a weaker response. So i'd love to hear about the mechanisms going on to produce that and if 'surprise' fasting methods are more effect. i.e a full day fast (zero calorie once every week, AND you keep changing that day).
A deep dive into what is going on inside the body, through out the day, with respect to nutritional intake, is something I have often wondered about. Yes, I would attend that lecture. Thank you for the current presentation.
Yes, I would like to "dive deeper into the mechanisms, etc of intermittent fasting.
Yes! I always like the deeper dives! The more information the better!
Talk more on this. my wife is a naturopath and I often listen to your talks while she is listening.
So far she is not recommending fasting but maybe when she hears your talk in depth she will be supportive of me when I fast.
Thank you for this valuable knowledge.
I do 20:4 most of days. I am 52 and I have no problems with my health and I am in good shape
I can’t thank enough for this info. Your are mine savour. Big THANKS
Yes, a deeper dive, please, into the hour-by-hour fasting processes. This video is so helpful! I've been doing the 12/12, and find that an easy adjustment. I want to work towards more aggressive, and would love to calibrate properly for both chronic inflammation and weight management.
Thank you for this Dr Been, you are a bright star within the medical firmament. I got a call from my NHS GP after a blood test in which he informed me that that I had become stage 2 diabetic for which he prescribed metformin - but I have put him off for 3 months & will combine 16-8 with a few changes in diet before getting that eventual blood test. In my experience there is no point in discussing other options with people who replied to my request for a Vit D test, by asserting that they do not provide such a service for what they consider as being nothing more than a 1990's fad. I am 66 & not overweight, walk each morning & still physically strong - may fortune always favour you & yours.
When I was diagnosed with Lupus & Sjogrens 3 years ago on top of Hashimoto thyroiditis which I've had since I was 16 I decided to incorporate fasting in my life. Now I fast 72 contiguous hours every month and have been doing it for 2 years. My markers on Lupus/Sjogrens have disappeared and one of my hashimoto markers has also vanished. Now I only have TPOs which I am sure will disappear with time with prolonged fasting.
you don't eat for 3 days?
That's awesome, also I've read cancer treatment being much more successful after a 3 day fasting before going into chemo. There's a few story's of fasting doing amazing things.
@@tarangita there's data supporting at least a 1-3 day fast once a month 3 being a huge difference if you can do it. That takes time for body to get used to working into 3.
@@tarangita correct Taran. Only tea, coffee, water and minerals for 3 days.
@@SupremeODMG Yes, I didn't mention it as it is not relevant to the discussion, but I also got diagnosed with stage 3c, metastatic, ovarian clear cell carcinoma, almost 3 years ago. Was told I'd live maybe 3 years if I did chemo/radiation and I wouldbe dead in one year if I did nothing. I refused all conventional treatment and began a natural healing journey. A year later I was told by my oncologist that I am cured, he of course, doesn't want to know what I did to heal. He just says, "Just keep taking your fountain of youth pills." In a year, if I am still cancer free, my case will be put into the medical literature, as there are no others that have healed like me.
P. S. YES these topics are of interest! (It's a Friday eve, so some Cool Beans are observing the weekend already.) For me personally, I didn't know this topic was coming or I would have logged in earlier. Please keep these new topic coming!!
I do intermittent fasting for about 10 years now, starting at the age of 48, because I wanted to prevent the weight gaining due to the hormon change of climaterium. It works well. I have lost weight (about 10 kilos) and it remains almost stable afterwards. When I was a Student I did 10 days fasting with a 3 days preparation once a year in spring.
Thank you Dr Been, Jason Fung also has a fantastic book about cancer which I'd love to see you talk about.
When I eat breakfast, I'm 'hungry' all day long. I normally wait til after 1pm to eat my first meal, and try not to eat anything after 7pm. I've been doing this for 1.5 yrs. Thank you for your videos!
I fast 10-14 about 4 days a week. Over the course of a 1.5 years I slowly lost 10 pounds. 5 more pounds to go and I’m back at my looking great college weight. That sounds like a small loss but I’ve literally done nothing else. The weight loss has been so gradual, doubt it will ever come back. And the eating plan is so easy to follow, I have no problems sticking with it.
Thank you Dr Been! You’re the best
and appreciated! Always!!❣️❤️❣️
Yes please can we have more on the bodies response hourly. Thank you very, informative
My husband and I have learned to be very gentle and kind with ourselves as we have slowly put intermittent fasting in to our eating regimen…
It’s taken my husband a year to now go down to eating one to 2 meals a day - afternoon and evening or just evening meal … I have been doing lower carbs between 50 to 60 a day for a few years
we drink a sort of bullet proof coffee during fasting times ( coffee with sugar free creamer or heavy cream or unsweetened nut milk , can add butter or mct oil to coffee too ) and we drink extra water.. I have to drink electrolyte sugar free water daily..
Your body needs extra electrolytes or good salt because we are eating a lot less foods and the body can get “keto flu”, a type of headache and feel under the weather which means you need extra electrolytes like good salts or You can drink any broths or waters that are sugar free with electrolytes..
This lifestyle eating Helps us feel a lot better and losing weight and continues lowering our diabetes until it’s under control and helps arthritis to hardly hurt for myself such a God send..
Excellent discussion, loved it 🥰 Thank You very much Dr…You are a God send 🙏💕🥰❤️
Time restricted eating, intermitant fasting and a low carbohydrate lifestyle, without the use of seed oils and exogenous sugars has helped to change my type 2 D and obesity in a remarkable period of time.
7 months down 90 lb. A1c after 4 months from 7.5 to 5.2... Jason Fung and Ben Bickman are a good start to open the algorithms on UA-cam. Thank you for this discussion.
I often don't feel hungry in the morning. I started 12/12 fasting a year or so ago and worked in a 15 hour fast here and there. I have recently done a 24 hour fast and felt pretty good.
I often will do OMAD, One Meal A Day and find that it's quite a good schedule to stay one. About once a quarter, I'll do a 72 hour fast. After the first day, you're in the clear as you start to ditch the hunger as you're body settles into a groove. I'd like to do a one week fast, but haven't gotten there yet. I also workout through my fasts which ironically, you actually feel awesome as you're in a state of ketosis. I liken it to running on diesel in lieu of gasoline. All that said, stick with it, intermittent or extended fasting is fantastic on a plethora of levels.
@@cjb8993thank you. I too usually eat once a day. It just became a pattern for me. I feel elated when I fast. Going to try working out soon. I am pretty active but really need to hit the weights.
@@cjb8993 I've only done the one week fast once because what was coming out of my backside was burning so bad it caused...well some very uncomfortable problems to keep it PG.
Thanks for your 🎁 to humanity. I am one grateful human.
I would love for you to do a talk on what happens during the fasting time period! How long it takes to get to each process...🧐
In general, knowing my body’s functions and proclivities and how to best maintain my natural state of health has been my experience.
I discovered intermittent fasting as a diet change while fasting three days for a procedure. I was amazed that at day three I wasn't hungry at all. So I started looking at why. I found many sources some of which are in your shared links. I started to use NCBI a lot. My health improved quite a bit. At first doctors and other tried to dissuade me. Now generally they like it but because of being part of a health system they cannot promote it. Independent doctors can though. After talking with HR person about it and some years after the HR department has brought in a metabolic health reversal program for employees. Though they dont promote intermittent fasting they do support much of the macros and other steps that is often used in conjunction with intermittent fasting.
Dr Been, first of all: thank you so much for your great way of explaining things so also non-medicals can get closest to understanding 🙏❣
Second (question in the end):
I have long ago decided to let my body decide when it wants to eat and when not. I found out that in the mornings often I have no thought of food till sometimes 14h, getting close to 16 hours fasting at times, sometimes more.. Then I eat whatever my apetite calls for, fruits, oats muesli, leftovers of yday...
Later I might get hungry again and I have a meal, sometimes vegetarian, but also lots of sardines, tuna, makarel with veggies or grainy stuff, rice, hole wheat noodles.
I am 53, feel very healthy, not overweighed, energy is high mostly, I am sick extremely seldom. Sometimes I eat less than one meal, just some fruit, raw veggies, because my body doesn t come up with desires or much hunger. So, I give it a bit of basic nutrition and out I go again, digging, walking... quite irregular!
This is not therapy this is everyday life.
Now the question:
Is that irreularity ok in your opinion or quite beneficial or maybe even a possible reason for my good health? 🤞🤞🤞 😂
Anyone interested on this.......Do It!!
I could write for hours on how much it changed my life. I rarely eat before lunch. No cravings and still down 45 lbs since I started. Haven't seen a doctor in over 5 years. Im 50.
Yes would love a deeper dive into fasting! Thank you!
I tried keto..and I am amazed how my triglycerides dropped by almost 60 points! OMAD also works and I have read fasting extends your life span!
I am thin..and on keto you can expect weight loss..Now I just reduce my carbs and try to avoid sugar..
I have for several years now, done IF. Was doing 18:8 but didn't like it. Now swapped to 16:8 which is much better. Not doing it for weight-loss. Doing it because having gone through menopause, the brain fog is awful. I specifically need to be on the ball in the AM at work, so find IF gives me energy and excellent clarity. I was doing it everyday day last year, but now only doing it 3 times a week and it has a flow on effect. Spoke to my naturopath about this and she agrees that I on the right track.
Ever since i started doing 24 hour fasting two weeks out of a random chosen month i have easily started managing my health and weight! Its the best method by far!
ohhhh, what about a deep dive on chronic stress or anxiety and how to make it stop 😭 especially when dealing with things out of control such as disease.
This thing just works and is completely sustainable. Lost 20kg within one year and kept that weight for almost another one. I eat usually from 14-16h to 20-21h. Not so strict on weekends. From time to time I do 1 to 3 days fast. My lipid panel has normalized and blood pressure came down to values 110/60 on average.
Yes please share what happens each hour after eating! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
I love intermittent fasting. IF is part of my KETO/LCHF lifestyle. My daily IF routine is 20/4 (1st meal 13:00, dinner 17:00) once a week I do a 36-hour fast. My carbohydrate intake is
I’ve been IF for about 3 years along with my “regular” keto journey and have reduced all metabolic markers. Also invited my PCP on my journey to assist in getting off Rx. As of 4/2022 I’m off ALL 17 Rx, my clothes look like a deflated hot air balloon-haha!
Yes IF works but I’m not everyone.
I had to source the internet but Dr Fung was instrumental in my learning about IF and it’s definitely WORTH it. I’m able to do two 24 hr fasts a month using salt or apple cider vinegar water only. I’ve shown to others how easy it really is.
My only goal was to clean up my gut biome to clean up my blood to become in balance with what my body needs to thrive. Weight loss is a “side effect “
@Zap DeVirus I’m working w/my PCP who I invited on my journey to better health and he’s been fantastic. When I get my quarterly blood draw for A1c he also has tests for several things like CRP, ferritin, ionized calcium, HomA-IR, extended lipid panel, TSH w/ T4 & T3, etc. About 17 I believe. As I learn about more I ask him and he usually is amenable. What I have to remember is he is taught as allopathic so I ask chemistry questions not nutritional questions. Example is zinc vs copper, calcium vs iron (in tissues or serum)…
I took chemistry 1&2 in college so I have some background, but to crowd source on the internet is VERY helpful but I acknowledge it’s not exact. So I bring it all to my PCP. Im very grateful and thankful!
Also like Dr John Bergman on UA-cam the true definition of health is not the absence of sickness rather it’s a condition of the body being in balance.
I love that!
When I comes to chemistry I personally LOVE the halides.
Thank you for you wise and insightful tips
I feel better when I intermittent fast and restrict carbs including starchy veggies.
I started when I was dying from Lyme disease and related tick-borne infections. It has helped tremendously in reducing brain fog & body pain and improving overall cognitive function. I also avoid high histamine foods, nightshades & all grains.
I do have medicines that need food so I take them with my buttered coffee in the mornings and that seems to be sufficient
Very usefull, like always. Thank you very much!
I would like to learn more about the timing physiology and more about nutrition modification; foods to use/avoid. And how keto nutrition fits in. Thank you! ☺️
Another great lecture! Thank you!
It just takes one small change in lifestyle to create a domino effect on the rest of your life. A lot of people aren't willing to make that small change. If it was easy everyone would do it. They go through and waste their life without ever finding out what they're truly capable of. So anyone who's here because they have the mindset to become better, even by 1%, you're a champion.
Thanks for this motivating talk
I am vey interested in more information. I have family members who could really benefit. You explain very well!
Yes, I would like to hear more about what happens to the body when you don’t eat. And thank you again for everything!
I've been doing intermittent fasting for some time now. I've always skipped breakfast but I'm going to try skipping dinner now and see what changes that makes. Thank you for this video.
Yes please dive deeper.
Great video. I would definitely like to know more about intermittent fasting. The specifics of body behavior and timing. Thanks!
Since adding fasting to my life in January ive never been healthier 👍 interesting to see someone i follow because of covid discussing the subject.
thank you Dr Mobeen
Thank you 😊yes, I will be fasting to improve histamine intolerance & proper immune responses.
I have been doing 16:8 for over 18 months. I skip breakfast. I get a bit hungry and it took a bit of time to get used to it. If find I get a little hungry a couple of hours before the scheduled meal. I drink water or tea and that usually cures it. IF that fails I do something to take my mind off of it.
Yes. I would like to za deeper dive into intermittent fasting.
One meal a day is my preparation for my next CoVid infection. Morning glucose down from 90 to 75. It barely moves when I eat. I feels o much better.
Yes please break down the hour by hour fasting state.
yes please. as many details of step by step changes in the body as the fasting periods progresses over time. i became interested in keto, (have done 6 and 3 month periods of it with fasting periods 16 hours), and i often wondered how easy or difficult it is to enter and leave ketosis. I've often thought there is no way the body knows your average intake over the day of carbs, so it's rather a case of the body reacting immediately to what and when you eat. so a person could potentially enter and leave certain states simply on what is in their specific meal at the time and the length of periods between eating types of food.
Thank you so very much for letting us understand the mechanisms of- , the possible types of-, and benefits of intermittent fasting Dr. Mobeen ! God bless you !!!
Question, does taking supplements (Tumeric, Quercetin, Neem leaf, etc) break a fast? Thanks!
I've just named my newest kitten FurBaby after your kitty; Loofy.
OMAD is the way to live.
It's just awesome once you become metabolically flexible.
It highly suggest doing keto for a while before dropping meals.
Gotta get off the carb blood sugar crash cycles and ramp up the body fat metabolic engines.
Yes, please dive deeper into the fasting process. Describing what happens hour by hour would help me a lot! Also, does this process change at all depending on what food is eaten? Thanks so much! [edited typo]
I would love to hear more in depth discussion on what happens during fasting. I have Dercums disease and some fat becomes encapsulated and unusable for energy. So, having more of an understanding about metabolism & fasting is definitely appreciated.
would be great to see how it helps chronic immunity issues
I dont eat until I feel hungry. I usually am not hungry until the end of the day but it depends on how active I am. When I do eat, I dont ration like I am dieting. I dont eat alot of junk food usually
Yes I would like to hear a deeper dive on the subject. Specifically I would like to focus on high-level athletes and intermittent fasting. Caloric intake needs during feeding hours and what would be acceptable to prevent catabolic effects to maximize muscle retention
I do 72 hr each week tomorrow at 10:00 AM down to 73 G /3.5 K. So going well. I also step race so did 10 miles today .
I am a Carnivore don’t want to lose weight. I have no diseases longevity is a goal . Endurance is higher than normal.
Just what i need to know. My weight has gone way over my healthy weight range. 😩
I got Covid-19 nearly 3 yrs ago. It became LongHaulers, LongCovid-19 almost immediately. In that time, I have only eaten 1 meal or less daily at dinnertime. In nearly 3 years, my weight has remained exactly the same. I have no energy, no appetite. How can I force my body to lose weight (lots) with IF? I need to improve my health. I'm sure I'm preD. I'm fearful that I've been overtaken by SpikeProteins and have no healthy cells left. I'm not well enough to live & work but not sick enough to die. I would like to return to a life. Thank you, Drbeen.
i dont even get the option to choose most of the time. fast for a day or a few every week for the past year or two. thanks to gross negligence of big corporations and the usa government
Thanks!
Can it help with vitiligo? Any culprit like mold, fungus, virus or pathogen that infiltrates the skin or gut that causes this disease? What remedies if you know or find anything will be greatly appreciated.
How long do you do the fasting for? I do between 20:4 to 18:6 but I'm not sure if I continue for a month, 6 months, a year or if it is safe to continue that way permanently. I also find it interesting that in bible times Christ, and prophets, always said to fast and pray. I never understood the fasting, I thought it was unhealthy.... but I guess God knew that fasting was healing the body and praying was healing the soul.
DrBeen I would like futher information. Like diet for chronic inflammation.
I took the novavax vaxx and I start doing two days fasting, and now I am back to 18 hr fasting… which is my routine.
Is that good for spike protein? Or more aggressive?
One key is to keep the body guessing--so to speak. Don't get into patterns long term. So for example I tend to do a 17:7 IF, with occassional Skip days or occassional Zero Cal fasting days. It's best or most effective for me if I go 42 hours no food. There are also days during the week that I eat whenever I like--ignoring my 17:7. But only 1 day of that. In other words--change it up.
Agree. Must "keep the body guessing." The body does not get bored working in a good way. Smiling
Several diabetes doctors have suggested a substitute for metformin...walking.
I highly recommend 2 books: Head Strong by Dave Asprey & Fast. Feast. Repeat. By Gin Stephens. She promotes IF as “a health plan with a side effect of weight loss.” Excellent reads!
I have a Dr in NYC was one of those cells that wanted to make me gain weight !
Hi Doc, thank you! May i ask if a drinking of turmeric tea is alright with fasting
Would also help reduce/eliminate PCOS
Just a vote: Please do delve deeper into starvation and autophagy.
My understanding is autophagy only starts in earnest at about 16 hrs into the fast period. I'd love to learn more from a credible source such as the good "No Beens, just protein and veggies Doctor"
What's frightening is the typical westerner hasn't ever gone without food for 24 hours. Which is horrifying when you come to understand the essential effects of fasting.
👀yes
yes
I also heard that coffee + coconut oil or even butter, it wouldn’t compromise the IF time... I still didn’t introduce this bullit -coffee in my fasting time but I am about to...
I am on intermittent fasting almost everyday. Sometimes 14, other times 16 hours fasting. My prob is the many pills of supplements I take everyday, plus eventual medication...
I would like to hear the effects of exercise during a 16:8 fast. I sometimes workout and want to be sure that is not harmful.
How much milk in coffee kicks you out of a fasted state?
I dont eat after 6 PM, and eat again at noon, so I go 18 hours without eating. I keep hydrated, yes, but eat no food. 15 years now. Once in a while, I will eat at 10 AM, if there's cake or something good left out. That's maybe 5-10% of the time.
Does taking enzymes break a fast or aid a fast?
Can taking certain enzymes help assist in certain goals like weight reduction or detoxing? Glucose oxidase?
Can niacin speed up the start of benefits of IF?
What types of drinks are considered neutral for IF?
When you say no drinks,do you also mean no salt and no water?
How is the gut bacteria effected?
Can taking binders which stay in the digestive track, assist with detox and not break the fast?
Does the body producing bile hinder or help the body detox during IF? For example we could take tudca and then take a binder to help clear out the lymphatic system?
Does caffeine assist in IF? When I drink tea, I lose my appetite.
Does physical activity assist in the benefits of IF or inhibit it?
What the benefits of IF while one sleeps as opposed to being awake?
Isn't it important what one eats when ending the the fasting window?
Will you review different diet strategies?
Yes,to hour by hour breakdown.
Thank you very much.
Great questions!
I was 3 days into a juice fast when my wife, who wasn't fasting, brought home some thai food. She knew not to bring it upstairs and just eat without me. But, the smell came up the stairs. I decided to just go down and sniff, then I decided to jut take a little bite. Not sure how much time went by, but when I came back to reality, my wife was staring at me wide eyed because I had been slamming the food down. Not sure I was even chewing. I've done a number of different fast, short and very long. The hardest part has always been smelling other peoples food.
I would like to know how are you Fast and for how long