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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 gituliar »

ak1394 wrote: post #129
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…

I've been doing 5:2 style diet since March. I absolutely love it. Going through the day not eating is relatively easy for me, and for the rest of the week I don't have to care what, when or how much I eat. So far I lost about 5kg.

What 5:2 stands for: 2 days of fasting per week? If so, what days do you fast at?

Re: Diet that mimics fasting appears to slow aging

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Post by chaz72 »

evincarofautumn wrote: post #146
chaz72 wrote: post #36

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If it can't be independently verified, it can't be called science, no matter how promising the study is when they run it.

Inversely, if it can be independently verified, it can be called science, no matter how suspect they are.

Exactly so.

Re: Diet that mimics fasting appears to slow aging

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Post by __z »

__z wrote: post #51
heimatau wrote: post #40

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The first three days of 24 hour day fasts are (:edited:) mostly painful. Headaches, migraines, agitation, etc. They are not fun nor for the faint of heart. I'd suggest a five day, if you body can allow it. Days four through ten can be the most rewarding. This is all based on personal experience/opinion.

Detoxing from what? Personally, my liver and kidneys pretty well no matter what I am eating (or not).

I a word.

"My liver and kidneys work pretty well."

Also headaches, migraines, agitation can be caused by lower blood sugar and lower blood pressure than what you are used to.

Re: Diet that mimics fasting appears to slow aging

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Post by [deleted] »

heimatau wrote: post #117
__z wrote: post #51

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Detoxing from what? Personally, my liver and kidneys pretty well no matter what I am eating (or not).

Your body is digesting food that remained in your intestines and also fat deposits. Toxins are in the fat and removing undigested food can have a liberating affect.

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Re: Diet that mimics fasting appears to slow aging

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Post by __z »

heimatau wrote: post #117
__z wrote: post #51

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Detoxing from what? Personally, my liver and kidneys pretty well no matter what I am eating (or not).

Your body is digesting food that remained in your intestines and also fat deposits. Toxins are in the fat and removing undigested food can have a liberating affect.

If food is being left behind undigested in your intestines please get off the internet and see a doctor!!!

Re: Diet that mimics fasting appears to slow aging

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Post by js2 »

gituliar wrote: post #151
ak1394 wrote: post #129

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I've been doing 5:2 style diet since March. I absolutely love it. Going through the day not eating is relatively easy for me, and for the rest of the week I don't have to care what, when or how much I eat. So far I lost about 5kg.

What 5:2 stands for: 2 days of fasting per week? If so, what days do you fast at?

You can pick any 2 non-consecutive days, and they aren't actually full fast days. You just limit to 500-600 calories on those days.

http://thefastdiet.co.uk/how-many-calories-on-a-non-fast-day...

Re: Diet that mimics fasting appears to slow aging

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Post by [deleted] »

aviv wrote: post #102
marchelzo wrote: post #95

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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…

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Re: Diet that mimics fasting appears to slow aging

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Post by sharjeel »

krmmalik wrote: post #39

Appropriate article since I just completed a fast of 19hrs. No water and no food. Muslims do this every year. Last year, on average our fast was just over 18hrs. We fast each day from sunrise to sunset for 30days. Of course, we as a group of people have been doing it for over a thousand years. Cant say we started it due to science, but cant say we noticed the lack of aging either. ;)

Also worth mentioning the positive impact on work productivity: no coffee breaks, no food distraction, no occasional visits to restroom: just solid focus to my work. The only thing I need to take care about is not opening HN periodically.

Re: Diet that mimics fasting appears to slow aging

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Post by [deleted] »

aviv wrote: post #96
justinpaulson wrote: post #94

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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…

Not so much, no. I did attempt to paint a wall around day 16 I think and didn't feel comfortable looking up while standing on the ladder so decided to put it off until I ended the fast. Other than that I felt as normal as can be during the entire fast, although I couldn't get myself to stay up very late and so my evenings would end around 9pm. I didn't have nightmares but I do remember that my dreams during the fast…

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Re: Diet that mimics fasting appears to slow aging

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Post by mojoe »

alecco wrote: post #24
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.

Ah, this gets me extremely suspicious until there's independent verification.

You are probably talking specifically about the four day diet cycle referenced in this article, but I want to point out that there are already many, many studies supporting the link between calorie restriction and slow aging -- this literature review has links to many peer-reviewed papers: http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/78/3/361
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