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Hot baths are also good for your body. Any activity where your body has to work hard to establish homeostasis is a form of exercise.
Like.. almost dying? ;)
Ah, the Saiyan way.
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#42->"The biggest thing that this fast has taught me is just how much I eat out of habit or boredom instead of actual hunger."
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For some people(like me) it takes only a bit of education and careful diet plan to realise this. For the author it took a 4-day fasting.
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#43Can we contrast fasting like the op is describing (with coconut milk, protein supplements and bone broth) vs. fasting with literally zero calories ? If you're pursuing "weight loss" or fat loss or general fitness/wellness/lightness, I think any form of fasting is useful and interesting. However, it seems to me that if you are optimizing for starving cancer cells, forcing weak cells into apoptosis, depleting your suga…
Consuming anything else than water will actually break the fast. Yes that includes black coffee.
People who "fast" while consuming coffee, broth, exogenous ketones, and other caloric substances still experience the benefits from caloric restriction. Still not actually fasting though.
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#44The whole amino-acids thing that the author talked about made me cringe a little bit. "Amino-acids" is just basically the fancy word for "proteins" (I know there are amino-acids that aren't proteins, but let's not be nitpicking here) and in turns, "proteins" is just another fancy word for "shit we eat everyday." It doesn't matter that much what form it is (meat, plants, milk, powder), when digested in your body, it's…
Yep - in the intermittent fasting community, BCAAs (which the author was probably taking) are known to kick you out of the fasting state.
Literally anything except water does that.
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#45Well, I lost 6.7 pounds and 1.9% body fat during my 4-day fast. How much of that went back on again shortly afterwards, though? I have sometimes lost several pounds very quickly as a result of dehydration, but this is generally not healthy and the loss is temporary. I've sometimes been sick and not had much of an appetite, resulting in staying in bed for several days and hardly eating anything. Again, I lost several…
Rather than focusing on intermittent fasting(and other fads), I believe people should focus on adoption of healthy lifestyle long term. Nothing can replace a lifestyle of right diet and moderate exercise.
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#46Anecdotal but I noticed that when I travel abroad for over a week I always lose some weight (enough to be considered weight loss and stay for a while). Even if I feel like I make unhealthier choices during my trip. Is it possible that a change of diet habits has the similar effects and essentially all we need is constantly changing routine?
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#47Can we contrast fasting like the op is describing (with coconut milk, protein supplements and bone broth) vs. fasting with literally zero calories ? If you're pursuing "weight loss" or fat loss or general fitness/wellness/lightness, I think any form of fasting is useful and interesting. However, it seems to me that if you are optimizing for starving cancer cells, forcing weak cells into apoptosis, depleting your suga…
> I guess I cannot speak to how difficult zero calories would be for 2-4 days
I can, it's not difficult at all. I've done 7 days, no multivitamins or supplements of any kind. I did allow myself two espresso shots over lunch, but I can't image that counts much towards caloric intake.
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It's sad so many people put in all the effort of a vegan diet, then end up with worse health outcomes. On the other hand, a vegan diet based on whole foods, not processed like oils and flours, and avoiding too much omega-6 oil and sugar has an astonishing range of health benefits. I'm surprised this site hasn't been posted / discussed on HN before: http://nutritionfacts.org
There are health benefits to many diets. That doesn't always outweigh the harm. Historically, we can trace our brain development alongside evidence of the use of fire. I would never use the raw-food diet because science tells me it's not adequate. Regardless, it may have health benefits.
When you have a life span of ~35 years, hey, eat all the meat and dairy you like.
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#49Hey Guy! Just read your post. Can you tell me whether Ketones/amino acid supplements are supposed to prevent you from your muscles breaking down? I am losing crazy muscle (lost like 20+ pounds in 4 months) and would love a solution to prevent it from happening.
See a doctor. This isn't normal.
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There are health benefits to many diets. That doesn't always outweigh the harm. Historically, we can trace our brain development alongside evidence of the use of fire. I would never use the raw-food diet because science tells me it's not adequate. Regardless, it may have health benefits.
When you have a life span of ~35 years, hey, eat all the meat and dairy you like.
Myth.
Child mortality pulls down the average:
http://www.livescience.com/10569-human-lifespans-constant-2-...
While adult life expectancy has increased somewhat thanks to sanitation and antibiotics, there has never been a time when adult life expectancy was a mere 35 years.