Fasting - School Me

Johnny Utah

Johnny Utah

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Hello, I used to be fat. Now I am less fat.

Over the last eight months I have steered my diet in a better direction.
- No processed sugar
- No processed foods
- No gluten (more for Joint pain)

The results have been awesome!

I would like to take this to another level and am interested in throwing some three day fasts in for overall health improvement - not weight loss

I am blind to a fast - anything I need to do before or after to start this? Ram up or wind down of food?

During the fast it looks like I can have coffee and water, do I take a multi-vitamin still? Anything else I should do? Salt?

Teach me o wise one!

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Instead of fasting for an extended length of time, I just fast every day by skipping breakfast. Been doing it for more than a year now. It helps me maintain my weight. 3 meals a day, I’ve realized, is just a social convention. 2 works for me.
 
I'm a fan of 3 day fasts . First day is always the hardest . I don't do coffee just a pinch of Celtic salt in warm water in the morning. Definitely helps with joint pain and getting rid of those pesky aches and pains .
 
natlady10 said:
Instead of fasting for an extended length of time, I just fast every day by skipping breakfast. Been doing it for more than a year now. It helps me maintain my weight. 3 meals a day, I’ve realized, is just a social convention. 2 works for me.
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+1 for this... I'm on year four of intermittent fasting. Don't eat past 8pm and first meal is noon the next day (16+ hours). Cut alcohol (mostly), caffeine, sugar and feel great.
 
Cassinonorth said:
I always get my health advice from chiropractors.
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While true, isn't this thread and any board like this no better, and possibly even worse?

That said, pretty much no evidence supports fasting long-term. Evidence is sort of all over the place, with some studies supporting it, while others suggest it may have adverse effects.

Rhetorical question, but at what point does society put influencers in the same category as porn stars in regards to how accurate their message to society is?
 
Norm said:
While true, isn't this thread and any board like this no better, and possibly even worse?
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Without a doubt. Then again no one is throwing Dr. around here claiming to be a MD so I don't have much of a problem with people sharing anecdotes on what worked well for them n=1.

Norm said:
That said, pretty much no evidence supports fasting long-term. Evidence is sort of all over the place, with some studies supporting it, while others suggest it may have adverse effects.
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That is my understanding as well. More power to anyone that has success with fasting, I personally hated it and really didn't work well with training on the bike. The food noise from waking up til 11 am was insane.
 
Cassinonorth said:
Without a doubt. Then again no one is throwing Dr. around here claiming to be a MD so I don't have much of a problem with people sharing anecdotes on what worked well for them n=1.



That is my understanding as well. More power to anyone that has success with fasting, I personally hated it and really didn't work well with training on the bike. The food noise from waking up til 11 am was insane.
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If I’m in a calorie deficit cycle, my performance on the bike drops significantly. You need fuel to make power. No one in the Pro Peleton fasts 🤷
 
Steve Vai said:
True. From what I see from the people that do it for weight loss, you have to be pretty sedentary.
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My wife has done intermittent fasting a few times when she felt like she had a few pounds to lose. She lost them, so "it worked." However, it worked because she wasn't eating after 6pm, which means she wasn't snacking while sitting on the couch watching tv at night, so it was just calories in/calories out.

That said, I see the OP is not looking at fasting for weight loss, so I'll shut up now.
 
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