Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Health, Aging, and Disease [pdf]

Post by masonic » Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 6:23 AM UTC

uhtred wrote: post #153

monkmartinez wrote: post #14

Anecdote: I tried intermittent fasting for 11 months with very, very little to show for it. I did the 18 hours off and 6 hours of eating plan. I have also tried a strict vegetarian diet for 6 months with no real changes in blood work. My Cholesterol didn't move to the dismay of my PCP and myself quite frankly. Biology: I am a professional Firefighter that ran 1000 miles and bicycled 250 miles during this time frame.…

Problem with vegetarian diet is it allows for eating cheese and eggs which are full of cholesterol. I've been vegan for a while and my blood work has improved dramatically. Also, just being vegan/vegetarian doesn't mean anything unless you also eat well; lots of vegetables, fruit, nuts, legumes and whole grains. I'm guessing 8-10 beers a week didn't help, full of sugar.

  cheese and eggs which are full of cholesterol

Post by asdff » Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 8:04 AM UTC

Gatsky wrote: post #83

Intermittent fasting has a nice advantage - nobody can make any money off of it. This gives it an inherent legitimacy. Contrast all other fad diets, and essentially every supplement ever sold.

Post by sytelus » Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 8:51 AM UTC

roystonvassey wrote: post #91

https://telegra.ph/My-experiment-with-IF-03-09 A good time and place to plug results of the IF experiment I did a few years back. FWIW, I have been on a no-breakfast, no-lunch protocol, on weekdays since then and I absolutely love it because it keeps me sharp through the day (no post-glucose “dullness”).

Post by roystonvassey » Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 2:18 PM UTC

sytelus wrote: post #206

roystonvassey wrote: post #91

https://telegra.ph/My-experiment-with-IF-03-09 A good time and place to plug results of the IF experiment I did a few years back. FWIW, I have been on a no-breakfast, no-lunch protocol, on weekdays since then and I absolutely love it because it keeps me sharp through the day (no post-glucose “dullness”).

This is a good experiment although you haven’t mentioned how you eat when breaking the fast. It seems a lot of advantages of IF will be suppressed if you continue consuming refined carbs during eating window. I am interested in IF setting where you consume same calories during eating window but only through ketogenic diet.

Post by cptskippy » Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 9:31 PM UTC

masonic wrote: post #201

cptskippy wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was vegetarian for about a decade and during that time my cholesterol was too low such that my doctor recommended "nuts, beer, wine, and hard liquor" as a way to boost my LDL. I saved the voicemail he left and it was a running joke that I had a prescription for the bar. The moment I started eating meat again my levels went back up. My doctor has always said I was overweight but in the last couple years I added an e…

my doctor recommended "nuts, beer, wine, and hard liquor" as a way to boost my LDL Did that doctor describe a mechanism of action how hard liquor could be of benefit? Sounds like a quack to me, frankly.