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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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I'd say this - while interesting - does not show a thing. It happens that a billion or so people do this every year, so any actual public health effect should be quite noticeable. Instead, "the highest percentage change in age-standardized BMI related deaths and disability-adjusted life-years occurred in Bangladesh" (that is mostly a Sunni country) - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5866840/#Sec3ti... Or…

There is a significant impact, In Morocco, endocrinologists don’t want you to do bloodwork, after Ramadan. They ask you to wait at least 3 weeks after Ramadan to do testing.

Re: Intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset induces anticancer response

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I don’t think you should be looking at studies when it comes to how you eat, you should be focusing on how you feel, observing your own body and possibly talking to a doctor. I had a really big problem with acid reflux a while back after I stopped drinking alcohol. I visited many gastrologists and most of them offered little to no help, most only prescribed me drugs which was in my opinion not a solution. I finally m…

> I don’t think you should be looking at studies when it comes to how you eat, you should be focusing on how you feel Why not do both? I don‘t see how one can ever be a substitute for the other.

yeah, this is weird for me. lately I started recognizing that people are leaning towards extreme options or treat decision as "either this or that" while not looking at something in the middle or combining couple of tools to single use.

Re: Intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset induces anticancer response

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I don’t think you should be looking at studies when it comes to how you eat, you should be focusing on how you feel, observing your own body and possibly talking to a doctor. I had a really big problem with acid reflux a while back after I stopped drinking alcohol. I visited many gastrologists and most of them offered little to no help, most only prescribed me drugs which was in my opinion not a solution. I finally m…

The problem with this, for too many people, is that they've never felt "good". They don't have a point of reference they could use to guide them to a better lifestyle They only know the right-now and that's good enough for them. This is something I've seen with my friends and family who have never been in good shape. They don't know that it's possible to go up 3 flights of stairs 2-3 steps at a time at a brisk pace a…

They're certainly missing out on the joy of self satisfaction.

Re: Intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset induces anticancer response

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The problem with this, for too many people, is that they've never felt "good". They don't have a point of reference they could use to guide them to a better lifestyle They only know the right-now and that's good enough for them. This is something I've seen with my friends and family who have never been in good shape. They don't know that it's possible to go up 3 flights of stairs 2-3 steps at a time at a brisk pace a…

> fart 24/7 The article is about intermittent faSting

Brave letting a humorous comment rip in this study hall. Hope it doesn’t backfire. ;)

Re: Intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset induces anticancer response

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I don’t think you should be looking at studies when it comes to how you eat, you should be focusing on how you feel, observing your own body and possibly talking to a doctor. I had a really big problem with acid reflux a while back after I stopped drinking alcohol. I visited many gastrologists and most of them offered little to no help, most only prescribed me drugs which was in my opinion not a solution. I finally m…

When you have a certain problem, I might agree. But when you are young and healthy, you can basically eat everything you want and don't feel bad at the moment. The problem is that all the side effects will come later.

Unfortunately food intolerancies could appear at very early childhood causing several gut & non-gut related problems. So in that case a child can't know what is healthy or good because the baseline is so bad.

Re: Intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset induces anticancer response

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> I don’t think you should be looking at studies when it comes to how you eat, you should be focusing on how you feel Why not do both? I don‘t see how one can ever be a substitute for the other.

yeah, this is weird for me. lately I started recognizing that people are leaning towards extreme options or treat decision as "either this or that" while not looking at something in the middle or combining couple of tools to single use.

Do you mean mainly in the scientific/engineering context? Because, in general in the world of public discourse, that’s arguably the dominant theme of the past 20 years, if not the last 2000.

Re: Intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset induces anticancer response

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I don’t think you should be looking at studies when it comes to how you eat, you should be focusing on how you feel, observing your own body and possibly talking to a doctor. I had a really big problem with acid reflux a while back after I stopped drinking alcohol. I visited many gastrologists and most of them offered little to no help, most only prescribed me drugs which was in my opinion not a solution. I finally m…

This is a point I try to get across.

I have an an autoimmune condition. Diet is a massive factor. No doctor has said anything about it however.

I spent a month mostly eating plain sweet potatoes and apples. My inflammation dropped dramatically.

Your diet sounds a lot like AIP diet.

Re: Intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset induces anticancer response

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I don’t think you should be looking at studies when it comes to how you eat, you should be focusing on how you feel, observing your own body and possibly talking to a doctor. I had a really big problem with acid reflux a while back after I stopped drinking alcohol. I visited many gastrologists and most of them offered little to no help, most only prescribed me drugs which was in my opinion not a solution. I finally m…

> I had a really big problem with acid reflux a while back after I stopped drinking alcohol.

Are you implying that cutting back on alcohol can cause acid reflux? That doesn't seem right.

Re: Intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset induces anticancer response

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Yeah, this is why I prefer one mead a day (OMAD). It's a very large meal, 1600-2000 calories over a 2 hour period but I find it much easier to control my calorie intake this way. The only thing I regret since the pandemic is drinking coffee. I try to limit the amount of sugar and almond milk I add, but I feel like it's impacting my diet some how.

Drip coffee is horrible, so I understand wanting sugar. I moved to black by buying a mocha pot and aeropress. It's a whole different coffee experience, milk and sugar not necessary.

With all other things equal, the coffee maker you use seems to make a big difference for drip coffee. Variables I can think of would include flow rate (both on the grounds and into the jug), temperature of water when it drops on the grounds, and temperature of the hot plate under the jug.

The best coffee maker I had was 20€ no-brand from grocery store corner shelf. One of the worst offenders IMHO is the popular design icon Moccamaster.

Re: Intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset induces anticancer response

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I don’t think you should be looking at studies when it comes to how you eat, you should be focusing on how you feel, observing your own body and possibly talking to a doctor. I had a really big problem with acid reflux a while back after I stopped drinking alcohol. I visited many gastrologists and most of them offered little to no help, most only prescribed me drugs which was in my opinion not a solution. I finally m…

You can't "feel" if you have cancer or not, until it is too late.

Not true. Many types of cancer can be spotted early on, if you pay attention to your body and know where to look at. And go to a medical check, if there are warning signs.
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