David Sinclair, a Harvard genetics professor who only sleeps 6 hours a night and doesn’t exercise every day swears 3 habits helped reverse his biological age by a decade. Excellent article that is well worth the read...I believe that I would add daily exercise (your choice) because muscle is the organ of longevity...and I feel the older he gets he would want to add this to his regimen...otherwise I concur from experience his foundational practices.
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You can intermittent fast, or even fast 36-72 hours with electrolyte supplements. I don't see the particular benefit in skipping breakfast. If you are fasting, experiment with no breakfast or no dinner. I find that eating dinner gives me too much late evening energy and I can't sleep through the night, so in my case it is better not to eat in the evening. In other words, don't take this NO BREAKFAST as the gospel, try different combinations and find what works for you!
I think he just took the "no breakfast" out of context of the entire intermittent fasting suggestion. I eat breakfast (my favorite meal) but much later in the morning and then a late lunch/early dinner. I actually find I only want two meals a day. If I eat three complete meals it is usually way too much food for the day. There are absolutely all different ways and times to utilize IT...it all depends on your schedule and what works best for you and your lifestyle. I learned that I feel better with a lot less food and a greater period of fasting to reset and heal my body. AND electrolytes are pretty important to supplement with. I drink water mostly throughout the day and have no use for a myriad of costly drinks etc.
Intermittent fasting is just a way to induce calorie restriction for people too lazy to count their calories, there's nothing special about fasting in itself. It's the calorie restriction that promotes cellular autophagy and fights insulin resistance. However calories counting is old and not trendy and doesn't sell books and programs. Fasting is also a good way to waste muscle tissue which is why lifters and athletes go with calorie tracking instead. Tracking also shows you when you have deficiencies in micronutrients that still happens when people don't structure their fasting properly.
Thanks for your information...I do not agree with your statement that IF is "just a way to induce calorie restriction for people too lazy to count their calories, there's nothing special about fasting in itself." I have just seen what works in my life from experience...If you believe something different that's fine. My problem with some of these tracking devices is that you are not the only person to get this info...
I still think these are 3 valid habits to consider incorporating...
I stand by it as fasters keep acting like keeping a food log is somehow way more inconvenient than starving themselves. They're also annoying in how they try to turn it into a bragging competition "I haven't eaten in x hours! Well I haven't eaten in X +5 hours!" Like CrossFit seems the first two rules is that you're not allowed to keep it to yourself.
What I wrote is based on actual science and observation, you're just too tied up in the cult of fasting trend to admit that calorie restriction is the basis of it all and there's more than one method. You people are as annoying as the CrossFit cult who claim that you have the only workout method that works when in reality you only exceed at having the highest injury rate.
When folks cant attack the message the slander the messenger.