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Intermittent Fasting Is Gaining Acceptance

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Re: Intermittent Fasting Is Gaining Acceptance

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Post by soft_dev_person »

e40 wrote: post #108
guhcampos wrote: post #97

My personal anecdote is a bit different. I don't have a breakfast on a daily bases since I can remember, for the simple reason that I wake up a little bit nauseous every day, and it takes me a couple hours to actually feel like eating anything, so I just go on and wait for lunchtime. It's never helped me lose weight, and I can't really correlate to any improvements in my everyday life. It got me on a daily Pantoprazo…

It got me on a daily Pantoprazole regime though, since the long periods without food have skyrocketed my gastritis. I highly recommend you look into Pepcid Complete. I took Prilosec for years and it has some interesting side effects that even the experts don't know what they mean: it turns the lining of your stomach from smooth to all bumpy. I know I'm describing it badly, but when I had an endoscopy before and after…

Or just take a Calcium/Magnesium 2:1 (try 500/250mg daily) supplement with vitamin D. Better ratio, no anti-histamin. Vitamin D helps the body utilize the minerals.

My better half had serious acid reflux, but no longer use prescription meds since taking these daily.

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Post by heed »

js2 wrote: post #53
xhrpost wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you feel a need to eat right after running to rebuild muscle?

I've read conflicting information about whether it's truly necessary to consume protein/carbs within 30 minutes of a workout, which I think is the basis of your question. Or whether as long as your overall diet is sufficient, it doesn't matter. I've been fasting on Mon/Wed, and these are usually the days when I do recovery (i.e. slow) runs. I will run once or twice on these days, with my single meal in between. Typic…

How do you avoid losing weight given your exercise level and low calorie intake?

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Post by carlesfe »

hackaflocka wrote: post #122
pc2g4d wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I basically never eat breakfast and see no negative effect, but when I tell people this they immediately get concerned about my wellbeing. The "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" idea is deeply ingrained in our culture.

A conspiracy theory states that breakfast is the most blah blah was invented by the agri-lobby to up the sales of cereal etc.

It's not so conspiranoic; the agri-lobby managed to get cereals and grains (+pasta) in the base of the food pyramid, where it should be at the top, since they're essentialy refined carbs.

Granted, in the 50s we didn't have the same scientific knowledge as we do today, but the food pyramid was "invented" by them for their own benefit, make no mistake. Remember when butter was good for you because it lubricated your arteries?[1] Or when doctors were associated with smoking?[2]

This sort of propaganda easily permeates into popular culture and can cause a lot of harm. Refined carbs are 90% guilty of the worldwide obesity pandemic.

[1] https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/78/d4/5b/78d45b7a6...

[2] http://editorial.designtaxi.com/news-smoke1804/3.jpg

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Post by IanCal »

nsxwolf wrote: post #104
dominotw wrote: post #102

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I tried and failed many times too. I just drink a cup of coffee and eat lunch after about 3-4 hrs after waking up. I am worried about how it is going to effect me longterm.

I'm pushing 40 now. Blood pressure and numbers on my blood tests are still good. Would love to lose some weight without exercising though. Knees can't take it.

It's generally a lot easier to not eat 100 calories than it is to burn them off. One thing I've found that works well, apart from just calorie counting, is finding filling low calorie foods. Bulking up a meal with cauliflower for example, or making carrot soup or just a big pile of roast carrots.

As you lose weight, it'll get easier to do some more exercise as well.

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Post by tdkl »

hackaflocka wrote: post #122
pc2g4d wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I basically never eat breakfast and see no negative effect, but when I tell people this they immediately get concerned about my wellbeing. The "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" idea is deeply ingrained in our culture.

A conspiracy theory states that breakfast is the most blah blah was invented by the agri-lobby to up the sales of cereal etc.

""[I]n many ways, the breakfast is the most important meal of the day, because it is the meal that gets the day started," Lenna F. Cooper, B.S., writes in a 1917 issue of Good Health, the self-proclaimed "oldest health magazine in the world" edited by none other than Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, the co-inventor of flaked cereal. "It should not be eaten hurriedly, and all the family, so far as possible, should partake of it together. And above all, it should be made up of easily digested foods, and balanced in such a way that the various food elements are present in the right proportions. It should not be a heavy meal, consisting of over five to seven hundred calories," Cooper's article continues.

Granted, Kellogg did hold an M.D. degree, but there's no denying he had a product to sell."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/06/breakfast-most-impo...

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Post by miseg »

doublerebel wrote: post #31

I'll add one more anecdote for IF. I've been doing it for 3 years and for me it's been the most effective way to get in and stay in shape. Coffee with a bit of milk or cream in the morning keeps me until 1-3pm (I've never gone full bulletproof coffee, but coffee definitely helps.) As others have mentioned, a run feels really good toward the end of the fast. Heavy olympic lifting hasn't been a problem but I only lift…

I do IF, with milk in my tea and coffee before lunch, and then break the fast at lunch time.

I think I better watch my milk input, particularly on non-lifting days (I'm a real amateur lifting), since it's probably bringing me out of "fasted" state according to my body. I drink a five cups of tea/coffee by lunch time.

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Post by tdkl »

tbugrara wrote: post #128
guhcampos wrote: post #97

My personal anecdote is a bit different. I don't have a breakfast on a daily bases since I can remember, for the simple reason that I wake up a little bit nauseous every day, and it takes me a couple hours to actually feel like eating anything, so I just go on and wait for lunchtime. It's never helped me lose weight, and I can't really correlate to any improvements in my everyday life. It got me on a daily Pantoprazo…

About feeling nauseous in the morning: I struggled with this through high school and college, also not eating because of how I felt in the morning. It wouldn't really feel better until lunch. Took way too long to find out I wasn't pooping nearly as often as I should have been. I'd usually go about every 3 or 4 days. If you're not pooping at least once a day, I'd very much consider researching things to eat to help yo…

> I'd usually go about every 3 or 4 days. If you're not pooping at least once a day

Well, isn't that common sense ?

Re: Intermittent Fasting Is Gaining Acceptance

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Post by tdkl »

eru wrote: post #113
BummerCloud wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One thing that doesn't get talked about very often is the social aspect of fasting. I've learned to just shut up about it because more often than not, people generally think you're crazy.

Can't you just pretend some religion made you do it?

It's actually sad that this excuse would be more accepted.

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Post by tdkl »

valine wrote: post #2

> The scientific community remains divided about the value of intermittent fasting. Critics say that the science is not yet strong enough to justify widespread recommendations for fasting as a way to lose weight or boost health... Its always strange when ancient practices like fasting are so poorly understood.

I see it in the good old human error "it's too simple, it can't be right". Well, same goes for exercising. But of course nowadays there's a shitload of stuff to sell and money to be made with "coaching", so ...

Re: Intermittent Fasting Is Gaining Acceptance

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Post by StavrosK »

hackaflocka wrote: post #122
pc2g4d wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I basically never eat breakfast and see no negative effect, but when I tell people this they immediately get concerned about my wellbeing. The "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" idea is deeply ingrained in our culture.

A conspiracy theory states that breakfast is the most blah blah was invented by the agri-lobby to up the sales of cereal etc.

This doctor's channel is great:

http://youtu.be/Syleh_6Aopw

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