The article says no eating or drinking during the fasting hours. Does it mean one cannot drink water?
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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Don't mean any disrespect, but given that the inability to orgasm is a very common sideffect of SSRI's, they might not have told you the full story?
Not to mention withdrawal symptoms. And issues with weaning/tapering. SSRIs are often for life. And is a gateway drug for other pharmaceuticals to deal with the side effects.
"brain zaps" are a very disturbing unpleasant withdrawal symptom, never want to experience that again in my life...
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How so? Wouldn't most pathogens be food or water borne if you're not in a crowded city in close proximity to other humans or livestock? Either way I don't see how what you say is true. If I stop eating or drinking how does that make me catch the flu or something the immune response helps against? It seems having it active when I eat would be the most useful, which is why I wondered why it worked how it does.
> Wouldn't most pathogens be food or water borne if you're not in a crowded city in close proximity to other humans or livestock? In that eating and drinking is essential, and for the primitive man, not guaranteed everyday... > If I stop eating or drinking how does that make me catch the flu or something the immune response helps against? It just makes you die in a couple months from not eating, and a week or so from…
I don't really see how that relates, when I say "getting sick" I don't think most people from here would include starvation or dehydration in that bucket, but maybe that's a regional difference. I meant things you catch (virus, bacteria, parasites) because we're talking about immune response.
Re: Intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset induces anticancer response
#364> Subjects had a significant reduction in body mass index, waist circumference, and improvement in blood pressure Would really like to see this compared to another group with a similar level of calorie restriction but without the intermittent fasting. The question with intermittent fasting is really just "is it better than plain old calorie restriction". Seems like there's some evidence that points to "yes" and some…
It would be better in that the body activates ketosis after 12 straight hours. Interrupting that cycle with calories will switch the body back to fed mode.
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How does eating carbs convince your body to start consuming fat?
Presumably by giving the signal that "food is available" and the system can break out of the hypocaloric energy preservation state. The problem is that the fat deposits are extremely valuable (in a non overweight person) and as one enters a hypocaloric state they become more valuable. I.e your body will rather throttle down metabolism and energy levels farther than start breaking down the fat for energy. Eating some…
This carb refeed reset "tricks" your leptide hormones to burning through energy reserves rather than putting the body through a catatonic (muscle burning) state. This is why the "Cheat" meal or day is an important step to sustaining body fat loss through elongated periods.
Re: Intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset induces anticancer response
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Liquorice is an adaptogen that helps balance cortisol levels and balance the adrenals. The other are merely anti inflammatory. Another effective herb for anxiety would be holy basil or tulsi. Easy to grow everywhere. Leaving a few leaves of holy basil in a copper container overnight and having a few sips in the morning on an empty stomach is my old grandmother’s remedy/morning ritual. Later when I started growing hol…
Wikipedia basically says there is not evidence for adaptogens being beneficial. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptogen
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Re: Intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset induces anticancer response
#367Earlier quoted context omitted.
Liquorice is an adaptogen that helps balance cortisol levels and balance the adrenals. The other are merely anti inflammatory. Another effective herb for anxiety would be holy basil or tulsi. Easy to grow everywhere. Leaving a few leaves of holy basil in a copper container overnight and having a few sips in the morning on an empty stomach is my old grandmother’s remedy/morning ritual. Later when I started growing hol…
Wikipedia basically says there is not evidence for adaptogens being beneficial. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptogen
Ok.
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If you're referring to Ramadan, I don't believe that's the same thing, because it is two meals a day, spaced apart significantly, and only lasts a month. I also question religious devotees adherence to their religion. There are no stats on it and it is impossible to measure... Perhaps a significant number of them secretly cheat.
Isn;t it from down till sunset?
Yes, so they eat before dawn and after sunset.
Re: Intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset induces anticancer response
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I disagree. I regularly downvote comments whose purpose is largely for humour. Not because they aren't funny/witty/clever, but because this is Hacker News, not Reddit. Let's keep it that way.
Humor on the internet has a weird way of spreading and just destroying any conversation. So often I go to the comments on reddit hoping for further insight or a different point of view, only to find the top three threads are memes and puns. However, I did enjoy this limited foray into humor, and appreciate that we can seemingly keep it limited to a couple funny comments, and still have intelligent conversation.
> Humor on the internet has a weird way of spreading and just destroying any conversation.
Agree, and it is interesting because offline, humor has a way of aiding conversations.
Re: Intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset induces anticancer response
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Is it really fasting though? That's having big lunch and just skipping dinner. Many people do this often unintentionally without calling it fasting at all. You should move at least to 36-40 hours, although even that I don't find particularly special.
> Is it really fasting though? "In a physiological context, [...] a person is assumed to be fasting once 8–12 hours have elapsed since the last meal. Metabolic changes of the fasting state begin after absorption of a meal (typically 3–5 hours after eating)."[0] So yes, it really is fasting. > 36-40 hours, although even that I don't find particularly special Don't make such claims without sources. And for what it's wo…
TIL my father is pioneer of fasting eating for years just late lunch as single meal per day
actually most of the population is fasting by this logic, if you sleep at least 6-8 hours and don't eat right before sleeping and immediately after waking up
so sorry for considering this pretty stupid definition of fasting when 80-90% of population is fasting during sleep