Intermittent Fasting - 16:8 / 18:6
Fasting is not a weight loss diet. It’s a metabolic fix that also reduces weight.
What I'm doing now... 18.5 : 5.5 Intermittent Fasting. I eat "breakfast" at noon or later with dinner on the table before 5 pm. I try to schedule some exercise mid-morning and/or a walk in the evening.
First, eat the right foods, eliminate the bad ones, and break the addictions. This can take 1-3 weeks.
For a week skip or delay a meal when you’re not hungry.
The next week eat your all meals within 8 hours, then 6 hours.
It takes 10-12 hours for your body to deplete levels of glycogen so you start to burn fat. "Interval Eating" with all your meals within 6 to 8 hours primes your body to lose weight and recover health.
Simple daily fasting is easy. You just skip 1 meal and eat the other 2, or even just 1, when you’re hungry or socially acceptable (like dinner with your family). You don’t eat for 16 or 18 hours and eat normally for the other 6 or 8 hours. The point of this is to give your body a break to regain insulin resistance and burn stored fat for energy. Once you get used to it you don’t even think about it. The need to have breakfast in the morning is by habit, not out of necessity.
Consult your doctor about medication adjustments for fasts. Fasts in excess of 24-36 will require adjustments.
For additional benefits, you can work up to doing a 36-hour fast 3 times a month. If you are on an 18:6 fast you skip 1 day of meals and eat breakfast the next morning. If you are on medications for diabetes or blood pressure you will need to adjust them with fasting longer than 18 hours.
For stem cell regeneration you then build up gradually and do a 3-day water fast every 6-7 weeks. This also triggers body reshaping through autophagy. Here’s the portion of Pradip’s video on that...
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