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Diet that mimics fasting appears to slow aging

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Re: Diet that mimics fasting appears to slow aging

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Post by austinjp »

justinpaulson wrote: post #94
aviv wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree. Earlier this year I fasted for 23 days (consuming only water) and the hunger and desire to eat went away after the third or forth day. The need to eat was replaced by a burst of energy that lasted for the remainder of the fast and several weeks after.

Did you find that you got light-headed when you stood up too fast after 14 or so days? I fasted for 25 days (water) and found that I would get a little bit light-headed if I stood up from a seated position too fast. I also found that I would have these weird nightmares where i was eating a ton of food and would wake up thinking I had ruined my fast...very bizarre. I have never talked personally to anyone that had als…

Can you please explain what you ate or drank over that 25 day period?

Re: Diet that mimics fasting appears to slow aging

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Post by aviv »

marchelzo wrote: post #95
aviv wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree. Earlier this year I fasted for 23 days (consuming only water) and the hunger and desire to eat went away after the third or forth day. The need to eat was replaced by a burst of energy that lasted for the remainder of the fast and several weeks after.

Sorry- but you mean that you didn't eat anything at all for 23 days? And you felt energized?

Correct. I did not consume anything but water for those 23 days. And yes, past day four I felt more energized than at any time in the last 10 years or so. I know it sounds counter intuitive, but I guess it's one of those things you have to try to feel for yourself :) Even the people around me that knew I was fasting were surprised to see the progression and how much more energetic I seemed. Anecdotally, I did feel at least five years younger at the end of the fast - physically and mentally.

Re: Diet that mimics fasting appears to slow aging

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Post by jdnier »

hathawsh wrote: post #19

The authors disclosed they have equity in a company called L-Nutra, which intends to sell diet food packs: http://www.l-nutra.com/index.php/products/prolon Nothing for sale yet, but hopefully the price will be competitive with do-it-yourselfers. I am cautiously optimistic about this direction.

As to what it is: "Prolon™1 and 2 are proprietary, solely plant-based products, comprised of vegetable medleys, broths, energy drinks, teas, and nutrition bars." So, it's a limited, plant-based diet you follow at intervals. I wonder if adopting a full-time plant-based diet would have similar effects, but without the caloric restriction.

Re: Diet that mimics fasting appears to slow aging

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Post by subpixel »

If you're interested, I highly recommend giving this a watch: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01lxyzc/horizon-201220...

(If you're not in the UK, connecting via VPN works).

Twice a week fasting, where I eat a bowl of cereal and a piece of fruit and nothing else but coffee all day, has been working really well for me. Surprisingly, I've found I'm totally able to run a few miles on my fasting days to boot.

Re: Diet that mimics fasting appears to slow aging

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Post by guard-of-terra »

Can we have this in a pill? Science telling me to go fasting is same as if science told me to go walk instead of providing an automobile.

I know that it sounds unpositive but telling people how to live didn't work for the last 2000 years, probably more. They fail at this always. But giving them tools help a lot.

Re: Diet that mimics fasting appears to slow aging

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Post by jeremyw »

Rainymood wrote: post #38

I currently intermittent fast by skipping breakfast + lunch, partially because I'm lazy, partially because it allows me to easily eat 'all my calories' in the end of the day. I really like this as it provides a 'buffer' for unexpected food, such as random cake, or random lunches with colleagues etc. Has anyone here actually ever TRIED fasting a full 24h day? I have. I HATED it. Well, the fasting itself wasn't that ba…

It helps if you're already in ketosis (on a ketogenic diet), so you don't pay physical switching costs (day 2 and 3 are hardest). I can drop meals or whole days without much body-grumbling, as is the common experience.

And you must feed electrolytes like you mean it. 5g sodium, 3g potassium, mag+calcium if you need it, attenuate for size.

Re: Diet that mimics fasting appears to slow aging

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Post by leereeves »

krmmalik wrote: post #78
mrfusion wrote: post #68

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Why 19 hours? Are you in a northern latitude? Makes me wonder would people in Antarctica not fast at all?

I'm in the UK. Your observation regards antarctica is correct.

And north of the Arctic circle?

Re: Diet that mimics fasting appears to slow aging

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Post by Splendor »

hathawsh wrote: post #19

The authors disclosed they have equity in a company called L-Nutra, which intends to sell diet food packs: http://www.l-nutra.com/index.php/products/prolon Nothing for sale yet, but hopefully the price will be competitive with do-it-yourselfers. I am cautiously optimistic about this direction.

That's interesting. Thanks for sharing.
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