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Intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset induces anticancer response

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Re: Intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset induces anticancer response

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Post by peteretep »

Melting_Harps wrote: post #111
peteretep wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Anxiety I often offset with significant amounts of CBD (a $100/month expense). While I wouldn’t dare to comment on someone else’s mental health situation, I’d note for anyone else reading and considering this that traditional SSRIs are very effective for some people, cheap, and you won’t have trouble taking them across borders or getting them prescribed in an emergency from a random doctor if you lose your stash

> traditional SSRIs are very effective... With immense amount of side-effects, I'd advise people to use CBD to see if it alleviates the symptoms before any SSRI. In addition to the anxiety, I needed it for inflammation and pain relief which is a massive component to many ailments that have compounding effects. I worked 70+ hours a week in the peak season(s), so sleeping became a rare commodity which high loads of CBD…

> With immense amount of side-effects

This idea kept me from trying them for years, and I have not found this to be true at all for me. Again, I'm not trying to speak to _your_ situation -- for some people they're ineffective and laden with side-effects -- but there's a lot of scare-mongering for a treatment that works absolute wonders for a lot of people. I'd encourage people with anxiety to absolutely try them before deciding they're not for them.

Re: Intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset induces anticancer response

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Post by [deleted] »

markdown wrote: post #88
voisin wrote: post #52

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I think I heard it on the FoundMyFitness podcast which has excellent discussions about fasting science. I think it may have been the last interview with Valter Longo. I’ll see if I can dig it up, but their website would be a good starting point.

"Someone said so in an interview" isn't really compelling evidence. Do you know of actual evidence of this? Studies?

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Post by notRobot »

ketzo wrote: post #107
miffy900 wrote: post #99

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I would argue it's definitely not a fad (at least in the sense it's something that's been happening only very recently); people have been fasting for literally thousands of years, though mostly for religious reasons. It has an aura of being a fad nowadays since some modern research has indicated it actually does have health benefits, which I think some people have been a bit too quick to pounce on.

Yeah, I had some heavy quotes for that reason, I just couldn't think of a better name for it.. technique? Practice? Something like that.

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Re: Intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset induces anticancer response

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Post by hombre_fatal »

markdown wrote: post #88
voisin wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think I heard it on the FoundMyFitness podcast which has excellent discussions about fasting science. I think it may have been the last interview with Valter Longo. I’ll see if I can dig it up, but their website would be a good starting point.

"Someone said so in an interview" isn't really compelling evidence. Do you know of actual evidence of this? Studies?

Feel free to pore over thousands of scientific papers about the benefits of fasting on NCBI for us and let us know. Until then, I'll take NutritionFacts.org videos' word for it: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddn8dUxYdgJz3Qr5mjADtA which cites scientific papers as it makes claims.

Re: Intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset induces anticancer response

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Post by anigbrowl »

Barrin92 wrote: post #102
ronyeh wrote: post #32

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I think intermittent fasting is easier to implement for the average person. It's much easier to tell someone that they can eat as much as they want, but only between 6-8pm (one meal a day). It's difficult to tell someone you can eat 3 meals but no more than 1500 calories in total. Once I start eating, I don't want to stop (until I'm full). But the point at which I'm full is way beyond my calorie limit if I am eating…

>It's much easier to tell someone that they can eat as much as they want, but only between 6-8pm (one meal a day). If eating is part of your social or work life as it is for most people then not really. Or you're going to sit there sipping water while your family or your colleagues eat or have drinks which is miserable

Most Muslims seem to manage it annually.

Re: Intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset induces anticancer response

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Post by cocoland2 »

Nemant wrote: post #2

Welcome to Ramadan!

This is not just pertinent to Ramadan. Every 2 days in the month , there is this Hindu thing of Ekadasi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekadashi). Each of these depending on the month have a presiding deity! The rules are simple , the day before should be a light meal , on Ekadasi dawn to next day dawn (about 36 hours in all) fasting. On Dwadasi , break this fast by first having water , meditation and then a light meal (usually milk+milk products) and community feeding if possible . Other rules include not sleeping during day and so on. My parents do it still , very few follow this regimen though these days.

I think very similar eating/fasting habits are pertinent during the lent as well.

When i was younger , during Ramadan we used to go to break the fast post dusk. In my homestate in India , there is usually a gruel that is prepared with sooji (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_rava) and lot of fruits. As a veggie , i would go there and eat :) . Sadly it has become a hog show now ,eating as much during dawn and dusk to keep the day full

Re: Intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset induces anticancer response

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Post by DoreenMichele »

Melting_Harps wrote: post #96

I've been doing a 16-20 hour fast since the lockdown and WFH, and to be honest I saw a significant decrease in my overall anxiety as a result. Anxiety I often offset with significant amounts of CBD (a $100/month expense). And while there are drawbacks, I can't bench press 215lbs anymore, the overall benefits have been pretty significant that I will keep doing it. My weight was pretty erratic, given the high stress lo…

Anxiety I often offset with significant amounts of CBD (a $100/month expense).

Foods containing rosemary, sage and dill are some things I find helpful with anxiety. Also licorice with real licorice extract.

Re: Intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset induces anticancer response

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Post by radicalriddler »

Melting_Harps wrote: post #111
peteretep wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Anxiety I often offset with significant amounts of CBD (a $100/month expense). While I wouldn’t dare to comment on someone else’s mental health situation, I’d note for anyone else reading and considering this that traditional SSRIs are very effective for some people, cheap, and you won’t have trouble taking them across borders or getting them prescribed in an emergency from a random doctor if you lose your stash

> traditional SSRIs are very effective... With immense amount of side-effects, I'd advise people to use CBD to see if it alleviates the symptoms before any SSRI. In addition to the anxiety, I needed it for inflammation and pain relief which is a massive component to many ailments that have compounding effects. I worked 70+ hours a week in the peak season(s), so sleeping became a rare commodity which high loads of CBD…

Going to agree with the sibling reply. I've been on SSRI's, and I have friends who've been put on SSRI's, and there hasn't been any awful side effects. Definitely not "immense".
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