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Thomas, be aware that the rind of the lemon is a high oxalate food. The way I understand it the juice is okay. Read "Toxic Superfoods" by Sally K. Norton because high oxalate in your nutrition becomes painful stuff eventually.
Grow your own lemons. Purchase your own heirloom seeds... this is the best survivival, if even possible, that we all have. Stock up on canned goods first. Frozen foods toward winter.
@@anzaborrego399oxalates get into joints and cause destruction and pain. But if you drink pure lemon juice 2 times a day, it goes away. Also, sour kraut has a bacteria named oxalobacter formigenes, that metabolizes the oxalates, and keep your gut competent to eat quinoa, chia, tomatoes, and all king of night shades. Also, artichoke by two days, will give relieve of pain. If it does, it was uric acid, so you need more magnessium in your diet.
I do OMAD and when fasting benefits start to diminish, I do 1 of 2 things: Either I do an extended 2-3 day fast, or I take a break from fasting for about 2-3 days. I find both do an effective job at resetting me and then going back to OMAD the benefits come flying back. I do this at least once a year. I also find having 1-2 cheat meals a week helps to extend those benefits over doing straight fasting + clean eating 24/7. Just my thoughts.
@@andriyandriychuk Honestly couldn't tell you - probably around 2000 give or take. I measure my food intake based off of vitamins, nutrients, fats, proteins etc. The one key thing is that meal needs to hold me over until my next meal. If it isn't then I'm not eating enough. It's a good threshold to go by
My doctor prescribed blood pressure meds and statins which scared the hell out of me. Shortly after, I came across this movie on You Tube called "Fat Fiction". I decided to make a change because I did not want to fall prey to the meds and get used to relying on them. I am 57 yrs. 5'10 and weighed in at 230 lbs. when I began my keto and intermittent fasting journey. I have lost 13 lbs. in 45 days and my BP is normal again. My plan is to get down to 190 lbs. I never realized how the food I was eating was killing me slowly over time. I was one of those guys you would see in the drive through at all the fast food joints and enjoyed my sugar in almost everything I was eating. I plan to do another blood test soon to see how much has improved without the meds. I understand now that we have been lied to about the food. Eating all kinds of meats, fish, eggs, cheese, and some veggies. No more processed foods, bread, pasta and especially sugar. It's a whole new world our there and I feel great.
Excellent Video, I’ve been intermittent fasting for 4 years my weight is down and has been for a long time … but I noticed just recently I have lost a lot of muscle and very wrinkled in my legs and arms … since beginning of march I have been eating 3 square meals (slightly off Keto ) fast only on occasion like one to two days a week and now feeling much better and sleeping much better as well … to much of one thing can be just as bad as not enough! BALANCE is the key to healthy life ! Thanks Thomas I have been watching your videos as long as I have been doing keto almost five years. You are my go to 🙂!
Thank you once again Thomas! I know I can always come here for my fasting and general nutrition information and feel grounded once again! And I know it's current and up to date!
I get on and off with KETO and IF and keep the momentum of enjoying and flexibility. My "DIET", hate this stigma word thoigh, is smth between low-card, paleo, keto, flexetarian and it literally change within those all the time, but I guess you can see the pattern. I've never felt better that now, also I DO have cheat days evey now and then as well as EVERY Saturday or Sunday I have some small feast withith my so called diet. Keep it flexible and enjoyable guys! 💜
So I love it when you geek out but also dig it when you just pass on good information. This was one of those great combo vids, the best of both worlds if you will. I started fasting a 530 days ago, in the beginning I was making a ton of mistakes but thankfully we have Thomas. I’m on a really good streak. Some 12 hour fasts then a 30 hour, to a16:8 then an OMAD . My body has no clue. I look great, but more importantly I FEEL great. My sleep, life, work and mental clarity are all SO MUCH better. Thank you Thomas for giving us so much of your time, attention and information. Be well and stay smiley
Wow. Had already determined that today I'm not fasting. Just feel like I need to take a break from it for a few days and then this video. Not taking a break from keto but for a few day I'm not going to restrict my time eating window. This video is complete validation for me thank you.
"Fasting is about restricting time, not calories." Yes. I'm dealing with an autoimmune issue and I water-only (w/electrolytes) fast 2.5 days every month, plus effortless IF 18:6 the rest of the month. When I do eat, I make sure all food quality and quantity are strictly on point at all times. People focus a lot on the fasted state, but the fed state is equally as significant.
@@theroaman8759 Yes, immensely. Fasting eliminates symptoms (rheumatoid arthritis), but unfortunately only for the duration of the fast (apparently this is the case in all research findings on fasting as RA treatment). Once dietary intake resumes, RA symptoms return. If I'm extremely clean in my eating (high-quality animal-based diet), symptoms are quite minimal. But anytime I stray from disciplined/diligent lifestyle (fasting, diet, sleep, stress mgmt, etc), symptoms worsen immediately. Over time, thankfully the symptoms have very gradually lessened. My long-term hope is that with enough time, this lifestyle will restore my health fully. Full disclosure: I'm currently on low-dose 500 mg Rituxan infusions every 6 months. Finally off all other drugs (prednisone, methotrexate, hydroxychloroquine).
As a 76 yr old but doing ok for my age and someone that's been following all the advice from all over out there for over 2 months now. No bread, no Pasta, no cereals, no potatoes, keep the carbs to a minimum, stock up on healthy fats, etc, etc. I have lost on average, just one Kilo. This despite upping my exercise 100%, even doing some weight training. Another two hour walk today, conducted at a brisk pace. No sugar in whatever form it comes. Even tried a strict carnivore diet and fasting for 36 hours, all done with no cheating. I've never heard such a very convincing argument as to where I might well be going wrong better explained - advice I'm going to take on board. Thank you and glad I subscribed.
Us old guys can survive on quite few calories when it comes right down to it. That's the bad part of getting old, you'd like to eat like you're in your 20s or 30s, but that is way too much unless you are working hard. I do restrict potatoes but I make sure to have about 3 per week, otherwise my muscles start acting up with spasms and cramps. I used to try to take a bunch of supplements to eliminate cramping but they never worked as well as potatoes. Potatoes are good food for potassium, and also one of the most satiating. Air fry them coated in bacon fat and sprinkled with Italian seasoning.
I find that keeping a schedule ever changing in time (14-24/36 hrs, i decide almost daily) and number of meals (3-4 hrs inbetween) really helps. I eat more bulk and fat and protein in the eating window and burn a lot more than ever before. But all "empty" carbs have been scratched off thanks to good Info here! Thank you so much!
I still remember my liver was damaging from cirhorsis my body just force myself go to fasting mode which didn't eat for 3 days and went to check up being diagnosed
It’s hard to get to the feeling of loss of appetite. I’m talking out loud . Im getting there. Reading about fat adaptations was helpful. It’s hard for me to see the difference, feel the difference but my goal is for health. What is the minimum for fasting. T2
why and how? you would be losing roughly 10lbs a week in a water fast; u lost 40lbs?? of course it's not linear, but there's no way u didnt lose at least 30lbs. i would only do what you're doing if i was going through cancer (instead of chemo). Fore reference i've been doing a 36 to 40 hour dry fast in the middle of every week
Awesome content Thomas! Any thoughts on doing a 24 hr fast once a week as well as a 3 day water fast once a month. I’m trying to address an IBD autoimmune issue. Cheers.
Interesting thoughts on this. I have been basically fasting 18-20 hours a day pretty much constantly other than maybe Christmas or thanksgiving. I definitely feel hunger a lot so it's not easy but definitely is automatic at this point. I have a very large appetite so I can still gain weight if I just eat as much as I can. I think it varies by person, for me I just seem to always function best when fasting, but not necessarily in a caloric deficit.
I vary my fasting lately. I would go OMAD then do 18:6 (eat twice in that 6 hr window). When it’s OMAD day and I feel hungry, I listen to my body and do a 16:8. I am more flexible with my fasting protocol since I workout 4-5 x week these days. I plan to incorporate ADF soon also.
how about a video on putting together an effective fasting strategy, with variations for healthy people, people dealing with autoimmune, fatty liver, etc. Not everyone is at the same place.
Question: When you say you're not fasting a few days a week, what does that mean? Does that mean you are eating 4 to 6 times a day then on that days you're "not fasting" what are you eating on those days? I currently love fasting 20/4 4 days a week and then 3 continuous days of water fasting... but people say I'm making a mistake.... Perhaps you can share/talk about this in a video or point me to past video's? I have a lot of questions in this post thanks in advance for your patience with me!
Hello Thomas. I'm a regular viewer of your videos. I usually eat Keto OMAD at 2:00 to 3:00 pm and my glucose avarages 110 for the whole day, it is always between 90 and 120, usually never falls below 90!!! My OMAD meal consists of leafy greens: Broccoli, Spinach, mushrooms, Arugula; Lean Meat, Chicken Breast, Chicken Liver and 3 Eggs. My HbA1C is 5.5, so I am not diabetic , but am surprised why my glocose reading usually never falls to 80 even before eating my OMAD lunch. So, I put on the FreeStyle Lebre 2 CGM to see what is happening and decided to see what will happen if I ate Honey, which I never do, I was surprised. If I took 2 tsps of honey at 7:00 pm, my glucose readings, after rising up to 170, falls down rapidly to bellow 60 and sometimes reaches 54! Then returns back to my regular avarage of 110! What is happening?!
Glucose intolerance probably. You become more insulin resistant as your cells adapt to fat. He actually has a new video on carb cycling and the pancreas needing carbs to push insulin. I've also seen a cpl other gurus talk about studies where prolonged keto diets switch your mitochondria into full fat mode and they have less ability to allow insulin to deliver glucose. Flexibility is probably better goal. Fasting but w carbs. Keto days and glucose days. Mix it up.
About not letting the fasting become too easy; Isn't it the case that when your body gets better at ketosis you will find it easier to fast? How to know when that's the case compared to when you're adapting in a way that doesn't serve you, like lowering metabolism?
Weight lose isn't the only reason, or even the best reason for fasting. Giving your body a chance to rest from the high insulin levels is a far better reason and result of fasting. Autophagy is another excellent reason to fast... weight lose is such a small small part of it.
I have noticed no problem with using life savers for a fasting time period. It might have aspertame in it but not as much as the old soda I used to drink. I don't go to McDonald's and I sometimes forget it exists until I drove by it.i don't crave it anymore. My blood sugar used to be sky high now on keto / paleo I'm better off. Question though. I don't always purchase mct oil. Sometimes I purchase just extra virgin coconut oil. And I add it to my coffee or vegetables. That okay??
As far as I know, evco has a different fatty acid ratio than mct oil, and will break a fast, because it doesn't cross the blood brain barrier to feed the brain ketones as well as mct does. Also, coconut oil is a saturated fat that is better consumed in moderation. Personally, I now stick with oils that have healthier fats like olive oil, avocado oil and flaxseed oil. I mainly just use coconut oil for my morning oil pulling for dental hygiene.
@Poer Guiller How so? I can read and comprehend. I can compare prices. I know it is an endorsed sponsor... So what's your issue? Is it that it's how I choose to spend my money? KEY WORDS... my money.
I had to stop fasting because my calories with intense daily exercise was way too low and there was no way I could get enough calories in. Sometimes I may stop eating by 6pm and skip breakfast and eat again around 1pm. Then dinner around 5pm. I do miss fasting as I felt good but with keto and IF I had lost 80 lbs but was "skinny fat", now I am working out consistently and working on getting stronger.
High calorie deficit with intermittent fasting over extended period of time going to make plateau, weak, slow and relapse badly. I recommend eating at maintenance calories and burn through exercise or calorie surplus and burn with exercise.
I fast 23.5 hours every day and eat for 30 minutes. I am not losing weight. I’m not even hungry in my eating window. I have one very small steak or sometimes beef liver with one whole lemon (for dessert). I have given up coffee, tea, and everything except the lemon. I’m going to try what you say maybe it will work. It sure won’t hurt. Thank you, I’ve got to lower my set point.
But what if the reason one fasting has become easier is because one has successfully switched from being carb adapted, to fat adapted, and when one abstains from eating, their body efficiently switches to using the abundance of fat on their body? And so if one is constantly keeping the body confused by switching all around willy nilly, then they actually never become fat adapted. I went carnivore for the last 2.5 months and recently became fat adapted, and felt like I had a big breakthrough once I had done so because I didn't feel such a slave to my appetite. I feel like Thomas's advice is almost inviting me to purposefully kick myself out of that efficient fat adapation. I'm now officially BEYOND confused.
Don’t get discouraged. You’re doing great . What I’ve learned is it’s good for your metabolic flexibility to keep your body on its toes, so to speak . Don’t do the same thing on the same day , week on week, month on month. We have such an adaptable setup as humans I think it can stall things , in my opinion/experience…
Our bodies were not designed to be on an IV drip, on some idealized nutrition with barely any cyclical change. At some point in your journey, you're going to take your body fat too low if you are determined enough. We were not designed to have no fat. To be fat adapted means at some point, you're going to have to eat enough carbs to store some carbs as fat. So relax a bit.
Great video Thomas! Question: does it matter if you are very high body fat % where you might not be hungry well into a fast due to increased ketones? Do you still lose the benefit in this case, or does a more adipose-packed body not adapt as quickly by lowering the BMR? Thanks for answering my questions!
I am OMAD and always thought it was just better to overall to keep it up but you have been saying this for a while we need to mix it up and I think I need to start to also.
Im 61 and fasting 17/7daily i eat twice a day nothing in-between nothing during fasting time i lost at first but five months down the line no weight loss complete plateu i feel great way more energy but due to health issues i dont excersise much mainly walking l dont know if im benefiting or not ?
You don't need to count calories to know if you're eating enough... your satiety will tell you. I don't get why so many keto/IF guys have forgotten this. I've been keto/IF for almost a decade and effortlessly maintain my weight and muscle mass. I've never once counted a calorie.
The free gift from House of Macadamias was too much to pass over. So I'll try their chocolate coated nuts and also try the complementary cold pressed oil. Thanks!!
I do IF and keto cycle one meal a day and 2 meals.. but I get diarrhea every time I open my fast I do take acv before meal and before sleep Why I get diarrhea and it’s mostly liquid.. what is not ok with my digestive system
That raises a question for me. If I understand you correctly than fasting causes some temporary insulin resistance, which means it's not good to eat carbs right after a fast. However, if you were to eat 3 meals a day, I've heard it said that it's better to eat your carbs early in the morning, because then your body has time to get rid of the sugars so you don't directly store them. Given that you are still breaking a fast in that case ( just a shorter one just being a night's sleep) , those advices seem to condradict each other. Or is the insulin resistance only the case after much longer fasts ?
but if i don't fast/ restrict until it's easy and i completely lose my appetite and cravings how will i control my binge eating like that's the main reason i do it because i stopped & tried to eat intuitively i'm gonna be eating 5000 calories in balloon back up to 420 in like a week
You know what? I’ve been doing IF every day going on 4 years now and the only change I’ve made is I started doing an extended fast once a week from Friday 5pm-Sunday 9am, so 40 hours. I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s probably not a bad thing if you’re body becomes adjusted to a calorie deficit. So what?! By doing the extended fasts I’m training myself. Most times I eat because I’m looking forward to eating not necessarily that I’m hungry. Trying to break that habit.
@@chuckleezodiac24 that doesnt mean it works. hes been called out by other experts before for being wrong. And right now there are many people saying to avoid athletic greens
I went back from the 16:8 intermittent fast every day to the original 5.2 so that's just two days a week of only having 600 calories and I do get quite hungry on those days so I guess that means its working.
I am eating every other day. I am still not losing weight. On my eating days, I decided to have 3 meals a day, one hour per meal. This is another eating restriction. I am hoping that this restriction will reduce my overall calories so that I can lose weight. Yes I still think I am eating too much. So I will see if the additional restrictions will help.
Don't understand to restrict benefits from caloric Déficit about fasting. If you fast only 3 days a week you have autophagy only 3 times a week. Better 7 times a week imho
It's starting to look like there aren't benefits outside of caloric restriction. Gil Carvalho and Brad Stanfield discuss the latest research on their channels. However, it looks like there's a small benefit to eating more of your calories earlier than later. OMAD in the evening may be bad. I'm still doing IF to get my blood sugar down, but I'm experimenting with other approaches.
I have no idea how many calories I'm supposed to be eating, how do you work it out..? I'm a fairly active person. . Used to eat around 2000 but when l started fasting went to around 1700 but eating all the good stuff, avocados , salmon etc..Now feeling so tired so put some breaks on fasting and going to eat 200 calories more a day. Will see how it goes l guess!
Let’s say my maintenance calories are at 2000 kcal so 14.000 kcal weekly. If i fast for 24 hours two times per week, in the days that I do not fast should I still consume 2000 kcal or should I increase my caloric intake so at the end of the week I am at 14.000 kcal?
I don't feel any stopped benefits from daily 20/4 fasting, still full energy, still full mental clarity, still gain or lose weight if I either eat more or less calories, it's all about calories in vs calories out no matter what kind of diet one's follow, but yeah, I eat a very balanced diet that includes everything, carbs, fat, and protein, of course if I eat at a caloric deficit, I will be feeling weaker, but that happens with any diet, not IF., but even now that I'm cutting, I still have tons of energy, one thing that I do is some days I eat at maintanance, and other even a little more, and most of them at a caloric deficit, so as thomas says, that would be called intuitive fasting eating.
right on, bro. i had gained 5 pounds due to eating too much protein & fats. used to eat from 2 pm to 9 pm. changing my window to 10 am - 6 pm helped a lot. plus walking & weights. also going to sleep at 11 pm instead of 2 or 3 am. lost the 5 pounds.
It's all about calories in versus calories out if you are low carb. If high carb, then not so much. This has been proven. Watch Dr. Jason Fung's videos. Probably you already know this.
@@HuFlungDung2 it has been proven several times that it doesn't matter, just check dozens of videos of people eating just oreos or Twinkie's or things like that full of carbs eating under their maintenance and losing weight without any problem including myself, the problem with high carb is that it makes one hungry all the time because of the fluctuation of insulin so, that person in the end eats more without even noticing, 80% of people underestimate how many calories they eat and overestimate how many calories they burn, I did that in the past and that's why I couldn't lose weight, but then I full checked all that and now no matter what I eat, I lose or gain weight.
@@HuFlungDung2 IF gave me the false sense that i could eat a lot and not gain weight. and all the "gurus" i watch kept saying, "Eat more fats. Eat more protein." so i started eating lots of butter, bacon, olive oil & avocados. lol. also all the nuts, seeds & peanuts. p.s. today i heard Dr. Robert Kiltz say that "fruit, fiber, nuts, seeds and excessive exercise cause disease." he Kiltz me....
@@MiguePizar The fluctuation of insulin is not what makes one hungry all the time. Your statement proves the fact that those carbs are going into fat storage and NOT being burned because they have become inaccessible and will remain so until insulin level drops to baseline. So it matters where the calorie comes from. So the lack of accessible calories is what creates the hunger, and because most people eating high carb diets are not fat adapted anyway, they can't properly utilize calories from fats they eat, either. So they are hit with a double whammy and get fatter no matter what. The solution is to fast until you can get fat adapted again, and then restrict the carbs to minimal amounts so as to keep insulin levels low, and burn your own body fat.
I have been so hungry since fasting and bad on eating late as well. For women, our metabolism increases when we PMS. Should we also fast for weight loss during this time? Thank you! Learning lots from your videos :)
Actually Dr. Mindy Pelz (my go to for fasting when it comes to women) says women should never fast between 21 and 28 days of our cycle. Which is when we have pms. Our cortisol levels are high during that time that fasting would rise it even more and that’s not good. We women also shouldn’t fast like men (aka 16:8) and that we should vary our fasts. I highly recommend all women follow her. I think she had Thomas as a guest recently on her channel. Hope that helps
@@barbarapaz3722 I agree, I follow her too, and she said that the week before your period and the first week of your period, no more than 15 hrs of fasting for women, even Thomas mentioned that in one of his videos.
If you don't eat you lose fat. (Minimum of 16 hours). The longer you don't eat the more fat you lose. (Maximum until you run out of storage fat). There are lots of things you can do to get the most out of fasting to persevere your muscle or other things. Better ways to break a fast and what to eat during your feeding, but if you are in a fasted state your body will use that storage fat. It's just so easy.
I get confused about the “restricting time not calories”. Do I need to be in a calorie deficit in order to lose weight (fat)? I feel like by doing 16/8 , my calories are down a bit compared to normal eating. But not by much.
Absolutely guilty. :( I eat just one meal after fasting be it IF or 3 days I cant help it. but i vary my time fasting and eat just one meal feast. I feel I will switch to ETRF after I achieve my goal currently I lost 15 lbs in three weeks and I feel great.
Right: 50% of caloric needs for 3 weeks is obviously bad. Many know that up 2 days of fasting boosts metabolism with virtually no muscle loss. Fasting for 40 hrs once a week with full refeeding (TRF 16-8 or 18-6) for the 6 days between allows muscle building even in your 60s (men). Milage may vary.
I'm not sold on the muscle loss from this study. 2 questions, who were the participants and were they weight training during the study. I can guarantee if I cherry picked high school or college wrestlers they would not lose muscle mass when fasting. Point is I'm not saying the study is no good but sounds like they may have cherry picked people to sway the results, just my opinion
Muscle is not on some untouchable pedestal. If you bulk up your muscle to more than you actually need to function, then some of it will go away when not needed. That is no catastrophe. It's part of normal body adaptation to your situation. Body building is a FAD, not the truth of the universe.
I just fast for 16 hours. So i have 8 hours to eat enough. I dont want to lose fat, accutaly im trying to gain muscle And im doing pretty well. You can easy eat enough calories while fasting or am i the only one?
Hi THOMAS. Thanks for your well based scientific and critical material. I enjoy it too much. Have you checked ceramides as the cause of metabolic syndrome, including diabetes?. It is not cholesterol. That is the frontier, and who are studying it, are silent until they get a specific product they can get a patent for it, to discredict any natural way to intervene that works. I ate tons of fruits for years. I end up with fatty liver. Then I drank a lot of coconut oil for two weeks as a deadly discovery. And 2 weeks later, I showed Diabetes type 2, first time. 3 months before my HbA1C was 4.3 I strongly used to defend saturated fats. Now, I learned that unfortunately I was mistaken. My Conclusion : saturated fat for a fatty liver person, is a suicide. Also, fructose cause fatty liver, fatty pancreas and a combination of fruits and saturated fat is a real auto destruction. I am not sure other fats like PUFAs and Mono are appropriate to these kind of people with visceral fat. I motivate you to get on this subject as part of your good service to informe later to your audience. Thanks.
Dr. Cadwell Esselstyn a full vegan defends NO OIL, for cardiovascular disease treatment and prevention, Dr McDougall also stands on that side. However there are other people like Jay Sampat, body builder and registered nutritionist a diabetic type 1 person, excludes fats, only lean meat and vegetables and keeps growing his muscles. I guess there several routes to reach the target of health according to other successful people with different ways.
Hmm, and i have been fasting 1500 days in a row 😮, with shortest fast 16 hours and longest 72. But average has been 20/4 over these 4 years. Maybe it's time to take a break? Been keeping my weight stable all these years.
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Thomas, be aware that the rind of the lemon is a high oxalate food. The way I understand it the juice is okay. Read "Toxic Superfoods" by Sally K. Norton because high oxalate in your nutrition becomes painful stuff eventually.
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Grow your own lemons. Purchase your own heirloom seeds... this is the best survivival, if even possible, that we all have. Stock up on canned goods first. Frozen foods toward winter.
@@anzaborrego399oxalates get into joints and cause destruction and pain. But if you drink pure lemon juice 2 times a day, it goes away. Also, sour kraut has a bacteria named oxalobacter formigenes, that metabolizes the oxalates, and keep your gut competent to eat quinoa, chia, tomatoes, and all king of night shades. Also, artichoke by two days, will give relieve of pain. If it does, it was uric acid, so you need more magnessium in your diet.
I do OMAD and when fasting benefits start to diminish, I do 1 of 2 things: Either I do an extended 2-3 day fast, or I take a break from fasting for about 2-3 days. I find both do an effective job at resetting me and then going back to OMAD the benefits come flying back. I do this at least once a year. I also find having 1-2 cheat meals a week helps to extend those benefits over doing straight fasting + clean eating 24/7. Just my thoughts.
hello, what are the benefits?
How many calories do you eat while on OMAD?
@@andriyandriychuk Honestly couldn't tell you - probably around 2000 give or take. I measure my food intake based off of vitamins, nutrients, fats, proteins etc. The one key thing is that meal needs to hold me over until my next meal. If it isn't then I'm not eating enough. It's a good threshold to go by
So good
Yes! Carb cycling 1-2 days a week switches ur metabolism up , Advice from a fitness model I know ❤
My doctor prescribed blood pressure meds and statins which scared the hell out of me. Shortly after, I came across this movie on You Tube called "Fat Fiction". I decided to make a change because I did not want to fall prey to the meds and get used to relying on them. I am 57 yrs. 5'10 and weighed in at 230 lbs. when I began my keto and intermittent fasting journey. I have lost 13 lbs. in 45 days and my BP is normal again. My plan is to get down to 190 lbs. I never realized how the food I was eating was killing me slowly over time. I was one of those guys you would see in the drive through at all the fast food joints and enjoyed my sugar in almost everything I was eating. I plan to do another blood test soon to see how much has improved without the meds. I understand now that we have been lied to about the food. Eating all kinds of meats, fish, eggs, cheese, and some veggies. No more processed foods, bread, pasta and especially sugar. It's a whole new world our there and I feel great.
Excellent Video, I’ve been intermittent fasting for 4 years my weight is down and has been for a long time … but I noticed just recently I have lost a lot of muscle and very wrinkled in my legs and arms … since beginning of march I have been eating 3 square meals (slightly off Keto ) fast only on occasion like one to two days a week and now feeling much better and sleeping much better as well … to much of one thing can be just as bad as not enough! BALANCE is the key to healthy life ! Thanks Thomas I have been watching your videos as long as I have been doing keto almost five years. You are my go to 🙂!
House of Macadamia is a mess. I placed an order over a month ago and still haven’t received it..
Thank you once again Thomas! I know I can always come here for my fasting and general nutrition information and feel grounded once again! And I know it's current and up to date!
Thank you so much for this video! Just recently I have noticed that I no longer feel the benefits of fasting and couldn’t understand why.
I am typically not very hungry during my eating window. I will have to be very intentional when eating.
I get on and off with KETO and IF and keep the momentum of enjoying and flexibility. My "DIET", hate this stigma word thoigh, is smth between low-card, paleo, keto, flexetarian and it literally change within those all the time, but I guess you can see the pattern. I've never felt better that now, also I DO have cheat days evey now and then as well as EVERY Saturday or Sunday I have some small feast withith my so called diet. Keep it flexible and enjoyable guys! 💜
So I love it when you geek out but also dig it when you just pass on good information. This was one of those great combo vids, the best of both worlds if you will. I started fasting a 530 days ago, in the beginning I was making a ton of mistakes but thankfully we have Thomas. I’m on a really good streak. Some 12 hour fasts then a 30 hour, to a16:8 then an OMAD . My body has no clue. I look great, but more importantly I FEEL great. My sleep, life, work and mental clarity are all SO MUCH better. Thank you Thomas for giving us so much of your time, attention and information. Be well and stay smiley
I gotta say. This video … just clouded the whole IF/KETO situation, and I’ve been following for years.
Makes sense….Your videos are always great. Thanks for what you do‼️‼️‼️
Wow. Had already determined that today I'm not fasting. Just feel like I need to take a break from it for a few days and then this video. Not taking a break from keto but for a few day I'm not going to restrict my time eating window. This video is complete validation for me thank you.
I primarily fast for the autophogy benefits
"Fasting is about restricting time, not calories." Yes.
I'm dealing with an autoimmune issue and I water-only (w/electrolytes) fast 2.5 days every month, plus effortless IF 18:6 the rest of the month. When I do eat, I make sure all food quality and quantity are strictly on point at all times. People focus a lot on the fasted state, but the fed state is equally as significant.
Intermittent feasting...
Has the routine helped your AI condition?
@@theroaman8759 Yes, immensely. Fasting eliminates symptoms (rheumatoid arthritis), but unfortunately only for the duration of the fast (apparently this is the case in all research findings on fasting as RA treatment). Once dietary intake resumes, RA symptoms return. If I'm extremely clean in my eating (high-quality animal-based diet), symptoms are quite minimal. But anytime I stray from disciplined/diligent lifestyle (fasting, diet, sleep, stress mgmt, etc), symptoms worsen immediately.
Over time, thankfully the symptoms have very gradually lessened. My long-term hope is that with enough time, this lifestyle will restore my health fully.
Full disclosure: I'm currently on low-dose 500 mg Rituxan infusions every 6 months. Finally off all other drugs (prednisone, methotrexate, hydroxychloroquine).
As a 76 yr old but doing ok for my age and someone that's been following all the advice from all over out there for over 2 months now. No bread, no Pasta, no cereals, no potatoes, keep the carbs to a minimum, stock up on healthy fats, etc, etc. I have lost on average, just one Kilo. This despite upping my exercise 100%, even doing some weight training. Another two hour walk today, conducted at a brisk pace. No sugar in whatever form it comes. Even tried a strict carnivore diet and fasting for 36 hours, all done with no cheating.
I've never heard such a very convincing argument as to where I might well be going wrong better explained - advice I'm going to take on board. Thank you and glad I subscribed.
Maybe you are building muscle, hence your stable weight. Do your clothes fit different or do you look different?
Us old guys can survive on quite few calories when it comes right down to it. That's the bad part of getting old, you'd like to eat like you're in your 20s or 30s, but that is way too much unless you are working hard.
I do restrict potatoes but I make sure to have about 3 per week, otherwise my muscles start acting up with spasms and cramps. I used to try to take a bunch of supplements to eliminate cramping but they never worked as well as potatoes. Potatoes are good food for potassium, and also one of the most satiating. Air fry them coated in bacon fat and sprinkled with Italian seasoning.
@daabido1726
I agree muscle is heavier than fat so if you’re gaining muscle and losing fat, you’re not gonna tell a lot of difference in your weight.
I find that keeping a schedule ever changing in time (14-24/36 hrs, i decide almost daily) and number of meals (3-4 hrs inbetween) really helps. I eat more bulk and fat and protein in the eating window and burn a lot more than ever before. But all "empty" carbs have been scratched off thanks to good Info here! Thank you so much!
I still remember my liver was damaging from cirhorsis my body just force myself go to fasting mode which didn't eat for 3 days and went to check up being diagnosed
100% agreed, the body needs surprises, odds ... chaos somehow to be vigilant, and agile... be our best HOST ... bravo for sharing ;)
This man is a human encyclopedia on diet
GREAT INFO......I will ADJUST accordingly....THANK YOU for the RESEARCHED INFO.....I am LEARNING 🙏🏿
I needed to hear this today. As always, thanks so much, T!
Been on OMAD for a year now, maybe switch it up on the weekends?
If you are going to fast for an extended period of time, can you maintain a higher metabolism and avoid muscle loss by exercising?
Thank you Thomas! Makes so much sense. This is one of my favourite of your videos thus far.
It’s hard to get to the feeling of loss of appetite. I’m talking out loud . Im getting there. Reading about fat adaptations was helpful. It’s hard for me to see the difference, feel the difference but my goal is for health. What is the minimum for fasting. T2
Fasting has several benefits other than caloric restriction. I just came off a 40 day water only fast Thomas!
why and how? you would be losing roughly 10lbs a week in a water fast; u lost 40lbs?? of course it's not linear, but there's no way u didnt lose at least 30lbs. i would only do what you're doing if i was going through cancer (instead of chemo). Fore reference i've been doing a 36 to 40 hour dry fast in the middle of every week
@@BOZ_11 Weight loss
@@grymjaw Thanks. Godspeed bro
It looks like ADF is the way to go for me since I plateaud with OMAD.
Can you post pictures?
On workdays I often don't eat until 5pm, but more flexible on weekends. When I do eat, I focus on protein and fiber.
Haha, one or two macadamia nuts. I can’t eat less than a few handfuls, so I don’t buy often.
Awesome content Thomas! Any thoughts on doing a 24 hr fast once a week as well as a 3 day water fast once a month. I’m trying to address an IBD autoimmune issue. Cheers.
Interesting thoughts on this. I have been basically fasting 18-20 hours a day pretty much constantly other than maybe Christmas or thanksgiving. I definitely feel hunger a lot so it's not easy but definitely is automatic at this point. I have a very large appetite so I can still gain weight if I just eat as much as I can. I think it varies by person, for me I just seem to always function best when fasting, but not necessarily in a caloric deficit.
I vary my fasting lately. I would go OMAD then do 18:6 (eat twice in that 6 hr window). When it’s OMAD day and I feel hungry, I listen to my body and do a 16:8. I am more flexible with my fasting protocol since I workout 4-5 x week these days. I plan to incorporate ADF soon also.
how about a video on putting together an effective fasting strategy, with variations for healthy people, people dealing with autoimmune, fatty liver, etc. Not everyone is at the same place.
Question: When you say you're not fasting a few days a week, what does that mean? Does that mean you are eating 4 to 6 times a day then on that days you're "not fasting" what are you eating on those days? I currently love fasting 20/4 4 days a week and then 3 continuous days of water fasting... but people say I'm making a mistake.... Perhaps you can share/talk about this in a video or point me to past video's? I have a lot of questions in this post thanks in advance for your patience with me!
Well that is a good explanation and it makes a lots of sense. Thanks.
Hi, Thomas, from Africa, super info as always 😀,
Hi from Tulsa, Oklahoma :)
@@loveishope4406 HI from Abilene, Texas!
Thanks again for another awesome video,very informative and helpful,God bless you sir
I disagree with the conclusion to not fast every day. For me it's a lifestyle that works well.
for you...
Nice!I live in South Africa and LOVE House of Macadamia's stuff! Their bars are so tasty!
Hello Thomas. I'm a regular viewer of your videos.
I usually eat Keto OMAD at 2:00 to 3:00 pm and my glucose avarages 110 for the whole day, it is always between 90 and 120, usually never falls below 90!!!
My OMAD meal consists of leafy greens: Broccoli, Spinach, mushrooms, Arugula; Lean Meat, Chicken Breast, Chicken Liver and 3 Eggs. My HbA1C is 5.5, so I am not diabetic , but am surprised why my glocose reading usually never falls to 80 even before eating my OMAD lunch.
So, I put on the FreeStyle Lebre 2 CGM to see what is happening and decided to see what will happen if I ate Honey, which I never do, I was surprised. If I took 2 tsps of honey at 7:00 pm, my glucose readings, after rising up to 170, falls down rapidly to bellow 60 and sometimes reaches 54! Then returns back to my regular avarage of 110!
What is happening?!
Glucose intolerance probably. You become more insulin resistant as your cells adapt to fat. He actually has a new video on carb cycling and the pancreas needing carbs to push insulin. I've also seen a cpl other gurus talk about studies where prolonged keto diets switch your mitochondria into full fat mode and they have less ability to allow insulin to deliver glucose. Flexibility is probably better goal. Fasting but w carbs. Keto days and glucose days. Mix it up.
Love that phrase “intuitive fasting” - I am losing weight, working out, feeling good…drinking whiskey moderately…. TG
Me: "Damn Tom, when you do bicep curls, how much weight you use?"
Tom: "I use a smart-car."
Yeah, his biceps are insane.
😂😂😂😂
Thanks for everything
About not letting the fasting become too easy; Isn't it the case that when your body gets better at ketosis you will find it easier to fast? How to know when that's the case compared to when you're adapting in a way that doesn't serve you, like lowering metabolism?
Weight lose isn't the only reason, or even the best reason for fasting. Giving your body a chance to rest from the high insulin levels is a far better reason and result of fasting. Autophagy is another excellent reason to fast... weight lose is such a small small part of it.
I have noticed no problem with using life savers for a fasting time period. It might have aspertame in it but not as much as the old soda I used to drink. I don't go to McDonald's and I sometimes forget it exists until I drove by it.i don't crave it anymore. My blood sugar used to be sky high now on keto / paleo I'm better off. Question though. I don't always purchase mct oil. Sometimes I purchase just extra virgin coconut oil. And I add it to my coffee or vegetables. That okay??
As far as I know, evco has a different fatty acid ratio than mct oil, and will break a fast, because it doesn't cross the blood brain barrier to feed the brain ketones as well as mct does.
Also, coconut oil is a saturated fat that is better consumed in moderation. Personally, I now stick with oils that have healthier fats like olive oil, avocado oil and flaxseed oil. I mainly just use coconut oil for my morning oil pulling for dental hygiene.
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So excited for this! 😍
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@Poer Guiller How so? I can read and comprehend. I can compare prices. I know it is an endorsed sponsor... So what's your issue? Is it that it's how I choose to spend my money? KEY WORDS... my money.
@@mandabean.2405 don't listen to that bone head. I'm curious how they are if you wouldn't mind letting me know?
I'm currently in a weekly 36 hours fast, and watched the macademia ad to the end, it felt like eating 😂
Awesome info video thanks
I had to stop fasting because my calories with intense daily exercise was way too low and there was no way I could get enough calories in. Sometimes I may stop eating by 6pm and skip breakfast and eat again around 1pm. Then dinner around 5pm. I do miss fasting as I felt good but with keto and IF I had lost 80 lbs but was "skinny fat", now I am working out consistently and working on getting stronger.
Almond milk is what I also do for during a fast window. Also good??
A good video which I will share, BUT at the 5:42 mark the farm machinery is spraying something in the macadamia fields. Is that water or pesticide?
I saw that too, was thinking in the commercial would be better if they cut that part out. At least they’re honest.
High calorie deficit with intermittent fasting over extended period of time going to make plateau, weak, slow and relapse badly. I recommend eating at maintenance calories and burn through exercise or calorie surplus and burn with exercise.
My story last 3 years, I felt I was too used to fasting and it isn't as powerful anymore.
I fast 23.5 hours every day and eat for 30 minutes. I am not losing weight. I’m not even hungry in my eating window. I have one very small steak or sometimes beef liver with one whole lemon (for dessert). I have given up coffee, tea, and everything except the lemon.
I’m going to try what you say maybe it will work. It sure won’t hurt. Thank you, I’ve got to lower my set point.
What do you consider fasting? Over 12 hrs, 16, 18? I'm naturally not hungry until about hour 15 or 16.
But what if the reason one fasting has become easier is because one has successfully switched from being carb adapted, to fat adapted, and when one abstains from eating, their body efficiently switches to using the abundance of fat on their body? And so if one is constantly keeping the body confused by switching all around willy nilly, then they actually never become fat adapted. I went carnivore for the last 2.5 months and recently became fat adapted, and felt like I had a big breakthrough once I had done so because I didn't feel such a slave to my appetite. I feel like Thomas's advice is almost inviting me to purposefully kick myself out of that efficient fat adapation. I'm now officially BEYOND confused.
Don’t get discouraged. You’re doing great . What I’ve learned is it’s good for your metabolic flexibility to keep your body on its toes, so to speak . Don’t do the same thing on the same day , week on week, month on month. We have such an adaptable setup as humans I think it can stall things , in my opinion/experience…
Our bodies were not designed to be on an IV drip, on some idealized nutrition with barely any cyclical change.
At some point in your journey, you're going to take your body fat too low if you are determined enough. We were not designed to have no fat. To be fat adapted means at some point, you're going to have to eat enough carbs to store some carbs as fat. So relax a bit.
Unfortunately most macadamia nuts are exported and the locals don't get it.
I found that if I eat too much food at one time that my stomach expands
making it look like
I am fat !
although I am only
eating 1000 cal a day !
DML.
Great video Thomas! Question: does it matter if you are very high body fat % where you might not be hungry well into a fast due to increased ketones? Do you still lose the benefit in this case, or does a more adipose-packed body not adapt as quickly by lowering the BMR? Thanks for answering my questions!
I am OMAD and always thought it was just better to overall to keep it up but you have been saying this for a while we need to mix it up and I think I need to start to also.
Im 61 and fasting 17/7daily i eat twice a day nothing in-between nothing during fasting time i lost at first but five months down the line no weight loss complete plateu i feel great way more energy but due to health issues i dont excersise much mainly walking l dont know if im benefiting or not ?
You don't need to count calories to know if you're eating enough... your satiety will tell you. I don't get why so many keto/IF guys have forgotten this. I've been keto/IF for almost a decade and effortlessly maintain my weight and muscle mass. I've never once counted a calorie.
But, what if we don’t restrict calories with IF?
The free gift from House of Macadamias was too much to pass over. So I'll try their chocolate coated nuts and also try the complementary cold pressed oil. Thanks!!
I do IF and keto cycle one meal a day and 2 meals.. but I get diarrhea every time I open my fast
I do take acv before meal and before sleep
Why I get diarrhea and it’s mostly liquid..
what is not ok with my digestive system
thanks 🙏, cuz I have a great appetite 👍
Agree.100% time restrictive worked for me. Maintaining weight easily. Lost 10kg healthy weight now.
Hi, is it ok to rotate fasting windows during the week? Example, Monday 14/10, Tuesday 16/8, Wednesday 18/6, Thursday 20/4, Friday 24/0?
How can we say eat dairy if it causes inflammation?
This is the route I'm heading in. With wanting to build muscle I'm wanting to get more calories in but still get the fasting benefits.
That raises a question for me.
If I understand you correctly than fasting causes some temporary insulin resistance, which means it's not good to eat carbs right after a fast.
However, if you were to eat 3 meals a day, I've heard it said that it's better to eat your carbs early in the morning, because then your body has time to get rid of the sugars so you don't directly store them.
Given that you are still breaking a fast in that case ( just a shorter one just being a night's sleep) , those advices seem to condradict each other.
Or is the insulin resistance only the case after much longer fasts ?
but if i don't fast/ restrict until it's easy and i completely lose my appetite and cravings how will i control my binge eating like that's the main reason i do it because i stopped & tried to eat intuitively i'm gonna be eating 5000 calories in balloon back up to 420 in like a week
You know what? I’ve been doing IF every day going on 4 years now and the only change I’ve made is I started doing an extended fast once a week from Friday 5pm-Sunday 9am, so 40 hours. I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s probably not a bad thing if you’re body becomes adjusted to a calorie deficit. So what?! By doing the extended fasts I’m training myself. Most times I eat because I’m looking forward to eating not necessarily that I’m hungry. Trying to break that habit.
Can you do a video on if athletic greens actually work and would you recommend?
Andrew Huberman uses those. AG1 is one of his sponsors.
@@chuckleezodiac24 that doesnt mean it works. hes been called out by other experts before for being wrong. And right now there are many people saying to avoid athletic greens
@@Samson-dn4eo yeah, all these "experts" constantly contradict each other. it's best to get as many viewpoints as possible.
@@Samson-dn4eowhy are they saying to avoid Athletic Greens? I take one scoop in water daily.
Addiction. There you go right there
I went back from the 16:8 intermittent fast every day to the original 5.2 so that's just two days a week of only having 600 calories and I do get quite hungry on those days so I guess that means its working.
I am eating every other day. I am still not losing weight. On my eating days, I decided to have 3 meals a day, one hour per meal. This is another eating restriction. I am hoping that this restriction will reduce my overall calories so that I can lose weight. Yes I still think I am eating too much. So I will see if the additional restrictions will help.
Don't understand to restrict benefits from caloric Déficit about fasting. If you fast only 3 days a week you have autophagy only 3 times a week. Better 7 times a week imho
It's starting to look like there aren't benefits outside of caloric restriction. Gil Carvalho and Brad Stanfield discuss the latest research on their channels. However, it looks like there's a small benefit to eating more of your calories earlier than later. OMAD in the evening may be bad. I'm still doing IF to get my blood sugar down, but I'm experimenting with other approaches.
Does this only apply to intermittent fasting or can this also be an issue with prolonged/extended fasting?
I have no idea how many calories I'm supposed to be eating, how do you work it out..? I'm a fairly active person. . Used to eat around 2000 but when l started fasting went to around 1700 but eating all the good stuff, avocados , salmon etc..Now feeling so tired so put some breaks on fasting and going to eat 200 calories more a day. Will see how it goes l guess!
So you fast 2-3 days a week? What’s your window during those days? 4 hours? Do you do any 24 hour fasts as one of those days?
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Let’s say my maintenance calories are at 2000 kcal so 14.000 kcal weekly. If i fast for 24 hours two times per week, in the days that I do not fast should I still consume 2000 kcal or should I increase my caloric intake so at the end of the week I am at 14.000 kcal?
Depends on your goal. If you want to lose weight then drop your calories as well as fasting
I don't feel any stopped benefits from daily 20/4 fasting, still full energy, still full mental clarity, still gain or lose weight if I either eat more or less calories, it's all about calories in vs calories out no matter what kind of diet one's follow, but yeah, I eat a very balanced diet that includes everything, carbs, fat, and protein, of course if I eat at a caloric deficit, I will be feeling weaker, but that happens with any diet, not IF., but even now that I'm cutting, I still have tons of energy, one thing that I do is some days I eat at maintanance, and other even a little more, and most of them at a caloric deficit, so as thomas says, that would be called intuitive fasting eating.
right on, bro. i had gained 5 pounds due to eating too much protein & fats. used to eat from 2 pm to 9 pm. changing my window to 10 am - 6 pm helped a lot. plus walking & weights. also going to sleep at 11 pm instead of 2 or 3 am. lost the 5 pounds.
It's all about calories in versus calories out if you are low carb. If high carb, then not so much. This has been proven. Watch Dr. Jason Fung's videos. Probably you already know this.
@@HuFlungDung2 it has been proven several times that it doesn't matter, just check dozens of videos of people eating just oreos or Twinkie's or things like that full of carbs eating under their maintenance and losing weight without any problem including myself, the problem with high carb is that it makes one hungry all the time because of the fluctuation of insulin so, that person in the end eats more without even noticing, 80% of people underestimate how many calories they eat and overestimate how many calories they burn, I did that in the past and that's why I couldn't lose weight, but then I full checked all that and now no matter what I eat, I lose or gain weight.
@@HuFlungDung2 IF gave me the false sense that i could eat a lot and not gain weight. and all the "gurus" i watch kept saying, "Eat more fats. Eat more protein." so i started eating lots of butter, bacon, olive oil & avocados. lol. also all the nuts, seeds & peanuts.
p.s. today i heard Dr. Robert Kiltz say that "fruit, fiber, nuts, seeds and excessive exercise cause disease." he Kiltz me....
@@MiguePizar The fluctuation of insulin is not what makes one hungry all the time. Your statement proves the fact that those carbs are going into fat storage and NOT being burned because they have become inaccessible and will remain so until insulin level drops to baseline. So it matters where the calorie comes from. So the lack of accessible calories is what creates the hunger, and because most people eating high carb diets are not fat adapted anyway, they can't properly utilize calories from fats they eat, either. So they are hit with a double whammy and get fatter no matter what.
The solution is to fast until you can get fat adapted again, and then restrict the carbs to minimal amounts so as to keep insulin levels low, and burn your own body fat.
I have been so hungry since fasting and bad on eating late as well. For women, our metabolism increases when we PMS. Should we also fast for weight loss during this time? Thank you! Learning lots from your videos :)
Omg PMS is the WORST!!!! I cannot fight cravings and I wake up hungry and sometimes eat in my sleep 🤦🏾♂️
Actually Dr. Mindy Pelz (my go to for fasting when it comes to women) says women should never fast between 21 and 28 days of our cycle. Which is when we have pms.
Our cortisol levels are high during that time that fasting would rise it even more and that’s not good.
We women also shouldn’t fast like men (aka 16:8) and that we should vary our fasts.
I highly recommend all women follow her.
I think she had Thomas as a guest recently on her channel.
Hope that helps
@@barbarapaz3722 I agree, I follow her too, and she said that the week before your period and the first week of your period, no more than 15 hrs of fasting for women, even Thomas mentioned that in one of his videos.
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If you don't eat you lose fat. (Minimum of 16 hours). The longer you don't eat the more fat you lose. (Maximum until you run out of storage fat). There are lots of things you can do to get the most out of fasting to persevere your muscle or other things. Better ways to break a fast and what to eat during your feeding, but if you are in a fasted state your body will use that storage fat. It's just so easy.
I do every other day to fast and it's worked for me.
I get confused about the “restricting time not calories”. Do I need to be in a calorie deficit in order to lose weight (fat)? I feel like by doing 16/8 , my calories are down a bit compared to normal eating. But not by much.
He talked about mixing it up and shocking the body a couple of years ago.
Absolutely guilty. :( I eat just one meal after fasting be it IF or 3 days I cant help it. but i vary my time fasting and eat just one meal feast. I feel I will switch to ETRF after I achieve my goal currently I lost 15 lbs in three weeks and I feel great.
Right: 50% of caloric needs for 3 weeks is obviously bad.
Many know that up 2 days of fasting boosts metabolism with virtually no muscle loss.
Fasting for 40 hrs once a week with full refeeding (TRF 16-8 or 18-6) for the 6 days between allows muscle building even in your 60s (men). Milage may vary.
I did OMAD for three weeks, lost 6 kg, now plateaued
I'm not sold on the muscle loss from this study. 2 questions, who were the participants and were they weight training during the study. I can guarantee if I cherry picked high school or college wrestlers they would not lose muscle mass when fasting. Point is I'm not saying the study is no good but sounds like they may have cherry picked people to sway the results, just my opinion
Muscle is not on some untouchable pedestal. If you bulk up your muscle to more than you actually need to function, then some of it will go away when not needed. That is no catastrophe. It's part of normal body adaptation to your situation. Body building is a FAD, not the truth of the universe.
I just fast for 16 hours. So i have 8 hours to eat enough. I dont want to lose fat, accutaly im trying to gain muscle And im doing pretty well. You can easy eat enough calories while fasting or am i the only one?
My goodness I live in South African and did not even know about he macadamia nuts
I’m prob over eating on 18/6
I can’t buy your Macadamia Nut chocolates because I’m allergic to Stevia. Can’t they use Allulose instead?
Hi THOMAS. Thanks for your well based scientific and critical material. I enjoy it too much.
Have you checked ceramides as the cause of metabolic syndrome, including diabetes?. It is not cholesterol. That is the frontier, and who are studying it, are silent until they get a specific product they can get a patent for it, to discredict any natural way to intervene that works. I ate tons of fruits for years. I end up with fatty liver. Then I drank a lot of coconut oil for two weeks as a deadly discovery. And 2 weeks later, I showed Diabetes type 2, first time. 3 months before my HbA1C was 4.3
I strongly used to defend saturated fats. Now, I learned that unfortunately I was mistaken. My Conclusion : saturated fat for a fatty liver person, is a suicide. Also, fructose cause fatty liver, fatty pancreas and a combination of fruits and saturated fat is a real auto destruction. I am not sure other fats like PUFAs and Mono are appropriate to these kind of people with visceral fat. I motivate you to get on this subject as part of your good service to informe later to your audience. Thanks.
Dr. Cadwell Esselstyn a full vegan defends NO OIL, for cardiovascular disease treatment and prevention, Dr McDougall also stands on that side. However there are other people like Jay Sampat, body builder and registered nutritionist a diabetic type 1 person, excludes fats, only lean meat and vegetables and keeps growing his muscles. I guess there several routes to reach the target of health according to other successful people with different ways.
Hmm, and i have been fasting 1500 days in a row 😮, with shortest fast 16 hours and longest 72. But average has been 20/4 over these 4 years. Maybe it's time to take a break? Been keeping my weight stable all these years.