Study: Time-Restricted Eating Improves Cardiovascular Health for Firefighters

Post by eru » Wed, Oct 05, 2022, 8:29 AM UTC

Lio wrote: post #56

eru wrote: post #39

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That's pretty crazy. I wonder if placebo effects played a role? (Ie if you had pumped the liquid directly into her stomach, without telling her whether it's black coffee or some substitute, would the outcome still have been the same?)

The easy test would be to see if it's the caffeine having this affect by using switching between caf and decaf. Something I wonder about though is that if blood glucose is rising after black coffee, that energy must becoming from somewhere. i.e. stored fat, stored glycogen or stored protein. Given that she's about do some fasted exercise that will burn that blood glucose as its fuel source, is this a bad thing if the…

Post by AnthonBerg » Wed, Oct 05, 2022, 9:40 AM UTC

nonrandomstring wrote: post #62

Really enjoying IF and it's had enormous benefits for me. The doc basically said my latest bloods are outstanding, way, way down from the serious telling-off I got 6 months ago. I'm not using someone else's schedule, just listening to my body and pushing boundaries as hard as my fitness will allow. But there are mental "downsides" to reckon with. It's not grumpiness, but rather a "predatory" state. Not quite aggressi…

Post by tetris11 » Wed, Oct 05, 2022, 9:49 AM UTC

nonrandomstring wrote: post #62

Really enjoying IF and it's had enormous benefits for me. The doc basically said my latest bloods are outstanding, way, way down from the serious telling-off I got 6 months ago. I'm not using someone else's schedule, just listening to my body and pushing boundaries as hard as my fitness will allow. But there are mental "downsides" to reckon with. It's not grumpiness, but rather a "predatory" state. Not quite aggressi…

Post by nonrandomstring » Wed, Oct 05, 2022, 9:59 AM UTC

tetris11 wrote: post #65

nonrandomstring wrote: post #62

Really enjoying IF and it's had enormous benefits for me. The doc basically said my latest bloods are outstanding, way, way down from the serious telling-off I got 6 months ago. I'm not using someone else's schedule, just listening to my body and pushing boundaries as hard as my fitness will allow. But there are mental "downsides" to reckon with. It's not grumpiness, but rather a "predatory" state. Not quite aggressi…

I know this feeling well. This is a false sense of sharpness caused by undereating. You dont feel hungry or tired, just energized, light and strong. I say false sense of sharpness, because you're actually not that alert. Yes, you can push yourself more, but your brain is in flight/fright mode and not thinking rationally.

Post by darkerside » Wed, Oct 05, 2022, 10:04 AM UTC

tetris11 wrote: post #65

nonrandomstring wrote: post #62

Really enjoying IF and it's had enormous benefits for me. The doc basically said my latest bloods are outstanding, way, way down from the serious telling-off I got 6 months ago. I'm not using someone else's schedule, just listening to my body and pushing boundaries as hard as my fitness will allow. But there are mental "downsides" to reckon with. It's not grumpiness, but rather a "predatory" state. Not quite aggressi…

I know this feeling well. This is a false sense of sharpness caused by undereating. You dont feel hungry or tired, just energized, light and strong. I say false sense of sharpness, because you're actually not that alert. Yes, you can push yourself more, but your brain is in flight/fright mode and not thinking rationally.