https://x.com/MakisMD/status/1675170885458882560
This is such good information...some people do this yearly to reset their immune systems...the replies are always interesting to read...Dr. Makis has been such a champion for truth...I truly appreciate his calling...
Caloric restriction in general triggers cellular autophagy, fasting is just a way to do it without counting calories back from before anyone discovered thermodynamics and knew what a calorie even is. There's nothing magical about fasting itself other than making yourself miserably hungry.
No...this is just a very good way to cleanse and restore the body...I do IF and I see a world of difference on my health and the ability of my body to rest and restore...and I don't think calorie restriction has quite the same effect as a total fast...he gives great info on this...
100% agree. The problem with calorie restriction in my experience is that you are still focusing on food. Usually all day. The five small meals thing for me is a total nightmare.
I was watching Aaron Rodgers' interview with Tucker Carlson and he was talking about his fasting habits, and mentioned that fasting totally changes your relationship to food. You eat to live not live to eat. That is EXACTLY it for me. I just finished a 44 hour fast yesterday (didn't make 48) and it put me back in control of my diet. I broke my fast mid day, didn't eat after 5 ish, it is now morning, and I am not hungry at all. For me it is I think a blood sugar thing but also a mental reset. Find something other than food to entertain.
Hey...try intermittent fasting. I eat 8 hours out of the day (usually 2 meals)...about 9-5...and I water fast for the other 16 hours and I am totally comfortable...there have been SO many great side effects. I am 73...no medication and truthfully I feel great and I do believe the IF is one of the reasons my health is improving as I am aging...I am very blessed to have discovered this...I am doing a cleanse right now but I am anxious to try a longer fast...
You can also have black coffee and teas with nothing added.