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...
I fast for 36h twice a week for years. It makes me unstoppable. Never sick, tons of energy and fasted workouts are incredible. Also once a quarter I do an 80hr stretch. I know it sounds like I’m bragging because I am. C’mon and match me boys and girls.
No...not bragging...what encouragement...I used to fast 24 hours on every Monday, but I got out of the habit...I am encouraged again to do some longer fasting...thanks for your example...I want to be unstoppable...
Some might call the annual fast.. “Day of Atonement”.
Just throwing it out there.
Biblically proscribed by God himself, who is just, righteous, and all scripture is breathed by inspiration of God, and profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and instruction in righteousness.
Life in abundance.
Christians all used to fast twice a week - Tuesdays and Thursdays, I believe it was.
Why did Christians fast two days a week...never heard that...just curious...sounds healthy...
https://biblereasons.com/reasons-for-fasting/
Not mentioned is that the commandment for the Day of Atonement is to fast. “Afflict yourselves”.
Leviticus 23:26-32.
To be clear, I am a Christian who believes most of the Old Testament should still be followed (some parts can’t be), and that while following it does not earn salvation (that’s done through grace), not following it sure seems to eventually lead to condemnation (per looking around at anything right now).
Early Christians fasted because the Old Testament commands us to fast, and they followed what it said, including Jesus himself, who was called by John, “the Logos made flesh”. The Logic of creation itself.
https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/69513/when-did-the-early-church-begin-and-end-their-twice-weekly-fasts#69519
As with the drops of this board, don’t take my word for it but confirm things for yourself by researching the scriptures and other primary sources.
Edit: also it was wednesdays and fridays but that was just what they did, not proscribed.
The only problem I see is that this assumes the Sunday day of worship which did not happen until about 400 AD...so it seems like a tradition more than a commandment...
I just read through the Bible through to Psalms and I don't recall seeing any commandment to fast Wednesday and Friday specifically...even though there were many other required days of fasting...I included a post about Saturday being changed to Sunday for worship...the commandments never changed but the day of worship did...and I am not SDA but believe they are correct on this issue...this is probably a discussion for another day...
Thank you for your thoughts...
Yeah, I’m not either. Kinda refuse to claim a “denomination”, just ideas.
The days they did do just seem to have been a practice. I don’t know how they go t to that, but it strikes me as a good one.
Woohoo!! Go get em!!
The first time I did a workout in a fully fasted state, I thought it would be horrific. But it turned out to be fantastic. Energy through the roof and strength fantastic.
Now, I never eat before a workout.
I look forward to fasted workouts the most!
I've fasted for years from like 5:30pm to noon the next day, but never actually tried the 36h or more. You got me gunning for it now.
I agree...seems like a good challenge...with wonderful benefits...
Our bodies are capable of miraculous healing, when we stop consuming toxic crap, and take in nutrients that actually build up, instead of making us sick.
And we have to recognize that what the American Medical Association tells us is healthy/bad is total BS. The food pyramid was designed to sell the foods grown/produced in the US and they purposely endorse bad foods/tell us not to eat healthy foods to make us chronically ill so that we are AMA customers for life.
One major thing that sticks out --- is way too much sodium ----- not enough potassium (need 4,700 mg per day)
https://communities.win/c/Potassium
The thin people in the 60s ate fruits/veg containing potassium. Meat was processed with potassium compounds.
Correct...but people should not avoid sodium...I love salt but am never high on bloodwork...I use electrolytes in my water...
So true...you give your body the proper tools...voila...it heals itself...all God's plan...
Agreed. I don't think we really need to fast, UNLESS we have a sickness ("dis-ease") where it could be beneficial. It can potentially accelerate the healing process, since the body spends zero energy on digestion (one of the biggest energy users in the body).
Mark 9:17-29
17 And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;
18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.
21 And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.
22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.
28 And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?
29 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
I read this passage every other day.. wondering if parasites and demons are co-related
Great passage...especially as this relates to our discussion...
That’s what the carnivore doctor, Chaffee believes as well. Carnivore diet causes autophagy. Having a disease is reason to fast.
There are people with cancer getting healing with carnivore and fasting.
But periodic fasting could prevent disease, I think...your body always tells you what it needs and what makes you feel better...
Please remember that when you detox via fasting, you need to ensure that your body is capable of flushing put these toxins safely.
True...good advice...herxheimer effects are very real and can be quite serious...if you read the comments people talk about the headaches and malaise and it seems to concentrate about in the middle...if you get through the worst of it you continue to feel better the closer you get to the end. What I like is that Dr. Makis has done this fasting and therefore has a better understanding of it...this improves bowel function so that the body is more capable of elimination...after all the colon is our 2nd with more than 500 million neurons and is the most complex neural network outside of your brain.
THANK YOU tweety for this VITAL information! Love Dr Makis!
Well...I think you have a lot of alternative healing that you could share...this is what I love best...not too big on politics, etc....I am only helping out a friend until they return...music and alternative healing are my strengths...that's it...other than being a mom that is all I know...of course motherhood means you are a jack of all trades...as you well know...I am a big fan of Dr. Makis...he is a mover and a shaker...a man of knowledge...
I would suggest watching some of Barbara O'Neil's videos where she goes into this. From what I remember, she gives two kinds of soups coming out of the fast to help get rid of toxins.
She is a hero of mine with all her great information...I was introduced to her through the SDA site/Walter Veith...there is some discussion of how to break the fast in the comments under this post...Dr. Makis also answers questions online on X...he is such a great doctor...it is apparent he really cares about people...
I once did a longer fast but then went out for breakfast with a friend and ate a good breakfast to break the fast...boy was I sorry...lesson learned...but now that I IF, I feel very comfortable with a small amount of food...
Yeah, honestly doing IF regularly is a great way to keep yourself healthy and detox slowly, while also losing weight. My wife has tried multi day fasting, and I haven't yet since I can already feel myself getting healthy. Might try it one day once I do more research. Thanks for the info.
I regularly fast intermittently and have fasted many times up to 10 days. The clarity of mind after the third day is remarkable. I often think of fasting in a spiritual sense. God word speaks of fasting and Jesus sets a great example. I believe it brings us closer to God. In the Old Testament, part of the commands surrounding the temple and visitation thereof was to prepare and consecrate themselves beforehand. Back then it was in the form of physical cleanliness. They were told to wash themselves physically and follow the laws of cleanliness. Consecration is quite literally to clean yourself. To have more deep and effective communication with God you must consecrate yourself. Your body is now the temple. I believe being cognizant of your current struggles with sin and asking forgiveness clears and declutters our communication path with God. It is my opinion that fasting does this physically as well. There is very noticeable mental clarity after the third day of fasting. Your brain, arguably the tuning tool that connects your heart and mind to the spiritual realm, operates better when fasting. I believe fasting consecrates us in a very physical and spiritual way. It is a mechanism that brings us closer to God, supercharging our communication and prayers.
I liked fasting every Monday to get in the routine of going an entire day without food...it was doable and easy...it is a nice way to detox from the weekend...you can just slowly increase the time...but I agree the IF really improves your health noticeably...
Yes! She is a wealth of information!
I confess that I didn't read the article, so maybe the article says this. When you do a fast, you are supposed to give yourself an enema every day that you don't go on your own. It is super important to get the toxins out, and they can be reabsorbed in the colon if they sit in the colon for too long.
There is no information like this in the article...I have never heard of this in relation to long term fasting, but I know that enemas can be very helpful...you are so correct that the bowels are loaded with toxins that need to be eliminated...I have found fasting promotes bowel evacuation...
Some people stop pooping altogether when they fast. It is imperative those people do enemas or else it defeats the purpose of the fast.
Yeah, no shit?
Because they aren't eating any FOOD, so there is nothing to come out. It's not because anything is wrong.
People will still defecate a little, though not much, because toxins are leaving.
Bullshit.
There is no biological reason to shoot liquid up your ass.
But humans have gone a few days without food all through history.
The idea of an enima is downright stupid, and might be dangerous.
Just fast. The body will cleanse on its own.
I have done several fasts; never an enima.
I will throw in one thing that most people have probably never thought of:
I have kept records of a few fasts I've done. When a person fasts, they lose BOTH bodyfat and muscle. But if they exercise with resistance training, the weight loss will skew more to fat loss than muscle loss.
So, if someone wants to fast, in part to lose bodyfat, they should also workout during this time. It seems counter-intuitive to many, but I know it is beneficial.
To flesh that out a bit:
I did 2 fasts for 7 days, each.
First fast, I did no exercise.
Second fast, I did a full body workout (but brief), every other day.
Both fasts, I lost exactly 15 pounds.
First fast, 3 of that was bodyfat (the rest water and lean tissue)
Second fast, 6 of it was bodyfat.
Some people say fasting is "muscle sparing." I question that, as I do think we lose muscle mass during a fast. However, we gain the muscle right back again once we start eating, especially if we workout with weights.
Still, losing less muscle mass during a fast is better than losing more.
I can list several jewish-owned porn websites that would beg to differ with you.
Several holistic healing books that I read recommend enemas (when you don't poop on your own) to ensure that disease-causing toxins are properly removed from the body and not reabsorbed by the colon.
You are entitled to think what you want about aiding your body in eliminating toxins. Sounds like your fasting was for weight and not for disease, so it is possible that your experience would be different from someone with a chronic disease.
Wow...great comments...thanks for the info...I would love to lose body fat...not muscle...not a fan of an enema so I am liking what you wrote...
I will give you a little more detail:
First time, I just wanted to fast for 3 days. But after 3 days, I felt great, so I kept going. I stopped after 7 days, not because I was hungry, but I just was bored with not eating (not a good reason, but that was why). During this time, I did not exercise at all because I thought I might be somehow using "too much energy."
Also, this was zero food, only water, and then only when I felt like I needed it, so mostly dry fasting.
I used an online bodyfat calculator, which takes weight and waist measurement to calculate lean weight, fat weight, and bodyfat percentage. It might not be the most accurate tool, but it is quick and easy and free to do it, and as long as I am consistent with my method, I figured it was good enough to know what was going on with my body.
Results:
Fast: 7 days Total Weight: -15.0 lbs Lean: -12.08 lbs Fat: -2.92 lbs Bodyfat: +0.40%
Months later, I started wondering what would happen if I did the same thing, but this time did a fullbody, brief workout, every other day.
Results:
Fast: 7 days Total Weight: -15.0 lbs Lean: -8.97 lbs Fat: -6.03 lbs Bodyfat: -0.70%
Finally, I wondered what would happen if I did my workout every day during the fast. Unfortunately, I had a last minute change of plans and had to go out of town, so I ended the fast after 4 days. But there are some interesting results, nevertheless.
Results:
Fast: 4 days Total Weight: -9.2 lbs Lean: -4.67 lbs Fat: -4.43 lbs Bodyfat: -0.80%
Notice, in 4 days, the bodyfat loss was equal to the lean loss.
Also, when I did not workout at all, the drop in bodyfat was fairly steady during the 7 days.
But when I did the 2nd experiment, the bodyfat drop was quick during the first 4 days or so, and then less so after that.
This is consistent with the 3rd experiment, where the first few days had a very sudden drop, but then I stopped.
Also, "lean" means everything that is not fat is included in the lean. That means that water weight is included in the "lean." Since I lost 4+ pounds of "lean" in 4 days, that might have merely been water and I might have actually maintained all lean. But I can't be sure because I did not use a more sophisticated scan to measure. IOW: That 3rd time might have been 100% fat loss with no lean muscle loss, but only some fluctuation in water.
I suspect this might be the fastest and healthiest way to lose excess bodyfat, but it is an aspect of fasting that nobody seems to know about.
An optimal strategy might be a series of 3-day fasts, lifting weights every day (7 days per week), and eat one meal every 3rd day (72 hours), and then repeat that process. Maybe even don't workout on that Day #3.
Anyway, I found it suprising and interesting.
You shouldnt need enemas, there are plenty of ways to "excite" the bowels into elimination. Caffeine is allowed during a fast and is all I use.
Some people stop pooping when they fast. Enemas are a last resort if nothing else works.
I could certainly see that that could be the case...and in that case they surely could be useful...
Great info...thanks...
That makes sense why sometimes decisions are in your gut.
Weird that you would post I just finished a 48 hour fast (actually more like 44). I love how the interim fasting puts me back in control of my diet generally. It does make you feel less brain foggy and energetic too.
It's almost like God was giving his people health and wellness advice.
Isn't God wonderful...he has ALL the answers...I do totally natural, alternative healing and he has ALWAYS shown me the right cures...no matter where they can be found...he directs me to them...
"Wisdom cries out in the streets". (Come to me.) "God's word is life to all that find it, and health to all their flesh"
Cardiologist Dr. Pradip Jamnadas very knowledgeable in fasting and explains the benefits of fasting and what the body goes through during a fast. He has several videos on you tube.
Thank you...I love smart people that share what they know...
It will likely take numerous cycles of fasting. I had a meeting yesterday with a friend and this was our topic of discussion. Detoxification also. I've used fasting for about 7 years to build my immune system and it works super well. I've even once done a 10 day fast. It was easier than you would think.
A ten day fast...wow...thank you for your testimony about fasting...people are always encouraged when people share their experiences. yearly or seasonal cleanses are also effective...so many great, cheap and easy ways to stay healthy...
Better than waiting, for what feels like 72 hrs, at the doctors office or emergency room.
And costs a hell of a lot less...not just in time and trouble...but $$$$....not a fan of doctors, hospitals, ER's or any of it...I thank God everyday for good health....
Amen.
Thanks for the info! Fasting seems like an easy and cheap way to heal the body and probably the mind as well.
You absolutely get it...knowledge is power...
Physically simple, but for most people today it is too mentally challenging. Good times create weak men etc.
I started the fast! I decided to start today, before I ate anything, so it actually began around 9pm last night. We'll see how I'm doing after 24, and 48 hours :) I went 3 days without eating anything other than an orange decades ago, so I'll have to see how my old and decrepit self does now :)
The first day (after 24 hours of fasting) you'll be hungry and thinking about food, and tempted to break the fast, but when you wake up the second day, for some reason the hunger subsides. At least that's how it's been for me.
I'm now close to the 36 hr mark, and I really don't feel hungry, and my stomach hasn't even growled the whole time! My wife and I are going for a hike in a while, so that will be interesting :)
Okay, I just ate my first meal in 72 hours, and boy, was it good :) To be honest, I never felt THAT hungry, and my stomach didn't even growl until today, and it wasn't much. Maybe it is because I am pretty old (66) that I can take going longer without food; lower metabolism perhaps. I felt weaker than normal, but never debilitatingly weak; I even walked over an hour yesterday. What is weird is that I lost 5 lbs of body weight, but the lack of calories would equate to not much more than a pound of fat loss; I guess the body just start getting rid of water if you go without food, but I stayed hydrated; pretty weird. Now I have to see if I feel a lot better than normal in a day or two. It definitely was not as hard for me as some people make it out to be.
Let us know how you do...I feel your old decrepit self...but we are doing something positive so we are winning...
I'm now close to the 36 hr mark, and I really don't feel hungry, and my stomach hasn't even growled the whole time! My wife and I are going for a hike in a while, so that will be interesting :)
Okay, I just ate my first meal in 72 hours, and boy, was it good :) To be honest, I never felt THAT hungry, and my stomach didn't even growl until today, and it wasn't much. Maybe it is because I am pretty old (66) that I can take going longer without food; lower metabolism perhaps. I felt weaker than normal, but never debilitatingly weak; I even walked over an hour yesterday. What is weird is that I lost 5 lbs of body weight, but the lack of calories would equate to not much more than a pound of fat loss; I guess the body just start getting rid of water if you go without food, but I stayed hydrated; pretty weird. Now I have to see if I feel a lot better than normal in a day or two. It definitely was not as hard for me as some people make it out to be.
Great experience...you did a good job...thanks so much for sharing...I am doing a cleanse then I will consider a fast...at least you got rid of some old damaged cells and now you know it is doable...
Hopefully I'll notice the benefits :) Best to you!
I was fasting during covid 18/6 method and i never got it.
The Carnivore diet gives all the same benefits and makes fasting very easy. I can skip eating for a day or two without really noticing, which I could never do while eating carbs.
The secret is to become fat adapted, that is where the mitochondria burn fat instead of carbohydrates. It is the insulin spike produced from eating carbs that prevents the body from going into autophagy (and burning fat).
Check out Ken Berry, Bart Kay, Anthony Chaffee, Shawn Baker, Mikaila Peterson, etc. on YouTube.
Don't get me wrong, fasting is great. I have done 10 days too. It is just way easier to do if you are fat adapted first.
Thanks for that good info...that must be why people do so well on a carnivore diet...I have heard of it but never done it...
Hi tweety. Good to see you. This is great info. Thank you for sharing it.
You are welcome...good to see you too...I really like the info that Dr. Makis shares...
Eating ONLY red meat causes autophagy too
Yes, I think it does because (a) the digestion process is VERY easy on the body, and (b) it happens quickly, allowing the body to spend less time/energy on digestion and more on cleansing.
I thought it was interesting to learn when I found out we can do autophagy while eating. Not that im downplaying fasting. Neither am i saying someone should be in a state of autophagy non-stop. Our bodies are made to go in cycles. Like squeezing a sponge and letting it fill back up with fresh water/nutrition, then doing it again.
Yes, but ONLY if you are eating nothing but meat, or maybe meat and eggs.
Eat anything else, and the insulin will spike, and the autophagy will stop.
Most people can't/won't do it.
And that is why we see land whales waddling around everywhere, when that was never a "thing" until the propaganda against meat and eggs.
Here's a question.
If the body can do this clease without any energy input. WHY DOESNT IT DO IT AROUND THE CLOCK?
The vax was a sinister bioweapon since the damage is GENETIC. Its far too ingrained for a diet clease to wipe that.
If your body is capeable of wiping its own genetic mistakes enough to cure the vax, we could also cure our own cancer (after the cancers taken hold).
There have been cancers cured with fasting...I think it is mentioed in the replies...the process of autophagy is exactly what kills cancer cells...don't forget you are an electrical being...the energy is within us ...in our cells...maybe someone else has a better answer...that is my take...
It does. But, it does not kick into high gear until several hours of no food.
The digestion process takes a MASSIVE amount of the body's energy. If you are constantly stuffing your face all day, your body's energy is directed at digestion, absorption, and assimilation of that food.
If the food also causes a spike in insulin, then the body SHUTS OFF the ability to store fat or cleanse, until that insulin gets back down again.
From the body's perspective, it is important to self-cleanse, BUT it is more important to get that sugar OUT of the bloodstream and DO SOMETHING with it. What it does is: (a) burn some for energy, but that amount is limited, (b) convert some to glycogen, but that is also limited, and (c) convert the rest to fat and shove it into the fat cells to get it out of the way.
During this time, the body CANNOT cleanse.
People who eat constantly get sick over time because their body never has time to heal, other than during sleep. And some people even get up again in the middle of the night to eat something. Those are the ones who REALLY get sick.
You will notice that whenever someone complains about being sick (Covid or anything else), they NEVER tell us their lifestyle habits. Probably because they do not realize that their lifestyle habits are what most likely made them sick.
Doctors NEVER consider this, other than smoking, because doctors are taught WRONG information, and therefore don't even think about asking.
And that means that most doctors are INCAPABLE of healing anyone. They can only push drugs and surgery.
That could very well be true, but we just do not know. I doubt that the doctor in the OP article has ACTUALLY researched this. It's just a guess that sounds good.
OTOH, a fast might not be a bad idea, just to see if it can help.
Cancer is not a genetic thing, the way you are thinking. The doctors have this wrong, too.
Cancer is caused by disruption in the healthy function of the mitochondria of the cells. This disruption occurs primarily due to toxins. The #1 source of these toxins is in the plant foods we eat.
All plants have toxins for thier own protection, and they cause harm to animals that eat them, with very few exceptions for specific species of animals and specific species of plants.
A fast eliminates these from the body and allows the body to cleanse. There ARE people who have been cured of cancer via fasting, or even a zero carb diet.
As a society, we eat like pigs, which causes constant elevation of insulin, which causes increased obesity, which causes all sorts of health problems, AND we "eat our healthy fruits and vegetables," which also cause increases in insulin (fruits) and toxins (vegetables) in our body, which causes even more dis-ease.
The lies are what perpetuate the health problems, and 90%+ of people are still in the dark, along with 95% of "experts."
Autophagy can not occur when your insulin levels are elevated.
Insulin is what tells your body it's time to burn carbohydrates for fuel and to store any extra calories as fat to be used by your body at a later time.
Once your insulin levels drop down to baseline, your body begins using ketones from fat as fuel and begins repairing the cells.
Been doing 24 to 48 hours fasting forever; partially because there was nothing to eat in my parents house growing up and had no money. It honestly hard to do now having my own family because everyone is eating around me. You do feel fantastic once you push through though.
Great testimony...thanks for sharing...
I felt that punctuation lol
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It is code you know...
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You used 4...I only use 3...showoff...
What about the reprogramming of the human DNA? How is fasting going to de-program the changes made to the DNA?
That would be a great question to ask Dr. Makis...he answers questions on X...if you are not on X, I could ask him...
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.
This isn’t true. Simple calorie restriction does not induce autophagy. It is a duration of time without ingesting anything that triggers digestive processes in your body that starts it. It requires 16-18hrs of fasting before your body begins to enter autophagy.
And there is a lot that is “magical” about fasting. The amazing healing properties of our God given bodies are turned on during fasting.
And miserably hungry is only a state of mind. Your mind is a spoiled rotten child and when you first deny it food it will scream and cry like a baby. Master your body, tell your flesh no, you really aren’t starving after 18hrs of fasting. You just don’t have any will power to control your flesh because you/we have lived a life of indulging our fleshly desires at every whim.
Thank you for your knowledge and input...we are so spoiled with the live to eat philosophy...way too much food and way to much weight...
A fat person has more cells than a skinny one. Cutting weight cuts the number of cells. Otherwise a fat person would have gargantuan fat cells if cell count never changed.
Absolutely evolutionarly evolved to dispise hunger. A compound called Grelin is what is responsible I think. The fasting body puts alot of its resources on keeping your brain at full power, otherwise finding food might be impossible. But the body obviously doesnt want you to be HAPPY that your STARVING.
Actually, losing bodyfat reduces what is inside those fat cells (fat, glycerol, and water), but does not get rid of the fat cells themselves. Doesn't really matter, because you will still get lean. But that is how it works.
Ghrelin is a hormone that kicks in when your body thinks it is TIME to eat, not that you SHOULD eat. If you are used to eating multiple times throughout the day, ghrelin will kick in around those times, and you will feel hungry. But that hunger will pass in an hour or so. After several days of fasting, you don't get hungry anymore. Obiously, it cannot be purely a hunger signal if it goes away completely.
Probably true, generally, but a fat bastard DOES need to "starve" for a period of time, to correct the overindulgence they have been abusing their body with for years and years to get into that situation in the first place.
The longest fast on record was something like 382 days. He was Scotsman in the 1970's/1980's, and he started fasting at 426 pounds. He kept going for more than a year, and ended his fast at around 180 pounds.
He had no health complications whatsoever, and kept the fat off for the rest of his life.
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However, the number of fat cells stays constant in adulthood in lean and obese individuals, even after marked weight loss, indicating that the number of adipocytes is set during childhood and adolescence.
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature06902
The above study used a combination of two unique procedures:
The scientists were able to determine the age of fat cells in the body by measuring the incorporation of radioactivity from the atmosphere into the DNA of the fat cells.
They compared the mass of the fat cells in relation to the full amount of adipose tissue in a extremely large number of human subjects whose body weights varied widely.
The scientists found that people who have obesity produce approximately twice as many new fat cells annually as lean people. They also found that fat cell death happens at twice the rate among people who have obesity, compared to lean people. Even if the people with obesity they studied lost a significant amount of weight, their total number of fat cells in the body remained constant, but the size of individual fat cells fell substantially.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/106343#1
Several years ago, I can't remember when exactly, I stopped eating breakfast, and had nothing until lunchtime. I can't say if it's related, but the last time I've been sick will be four years in July, and I'm thinking that's about the same time (four years ago) that I stopped eating breakfast.
A little over a year ago I also ditched dinner, and now do all my eating mid-day, within a three hour window, and at 57 years old I'm in the best shape of my life, and look and feel much younger.
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.
Just avoid cheap moldy coffee.
This is very important information. Thank you for pointing it out.
For those unaware, instant coffee 100% guaranteed to have mold (they use the gross beans that can't be sold to make instant).
Low end coffees tend to let moldy beans slip through because they aren't looking at the beans too closely.
The coffees that you'll have the best success with evading mold are coffees roasted in small batches by people who care enough to pick out any moldy beans they may notice.
Thanks for elaborating on my low detail comment, fren!
Try this for a week:
Eat the same way you do now, but dry fast for the rest of the day, and only have a sip of water here or there if you really need it.
Humans never drank water all day long. That is a new fad.
I do this as well, only eating from noon until 8PM and have lost a lot of weight.
Also switched to carnivore diet just over a month ago, which sped up the process even more. Lost 27 lbs. in 5 weeks after the switch.
I do the same
Maintaining a low insulin level in the body, most of the time, is THE #1 KEY to good health, and especially to lean body mass.
When a person eats 5-6 meals per day, especially if those meals/snacks are high in carbs or dairy, insulin spikes. Those multiple insulin spikes throughout the day disrupt the body's natural hormone signals and cause bodyfat storage.
Obese people eat not only junk food, but they eat frequently throughtout the day. This is WHY they become obese.
Like you said, far too many people eat for entertainment, rather than health. The results speak for themselves.
The "graze like a cow" advice is probably the single worst advice that mainstream knuckleheads preach (i.e. doctors and "licensed, certified dieticians" -- yeah, licensed and certified via education that is 180 degrees opposite of how the body actually works).
Based on my own personal experience I agree 1000 percent
Calories, per se, have nothing to do with health or fat/lean.
Calories are a unit of heat measurement, and was invented back during the steam engine days to figure out how much wood or coal to put into the engine to generate the power needed.
A "calorie" is the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of water.
That has nothing to do with the biochemistry of the human body.
What matters is the macronutrient content, since the body processes (via digestion, absorption, and assimilation) the protein, fat, and carbohydrate taken in.
Each of these macros is processed differently and has a different effect on the hormones of the body.
There was a man who did several self-experiments where he proved that eating a set number of "calories" would have different effects on lean mass vs. bodyfat, if the types of food were different, even thought the amount of total "calories" was the same.
He ate different diets of 5,000 calories per day, which the mainstream advice says would make him fat. Eating a meat-based diet, he did not get fat. Eating a vegan diet, he did. Eating a junk food diet, he piled on the fat. These were all the same 5,000 calories/day for 21 days.
He did another diet of 3,500 calories. Meat-based, he lost bodyfat. Plant-based, he got a little fat.
So, the amount of food ("calories") does have some importance, but it is the amount of WHAT foods that matters most.
Fasting is the total absence of food, and can have a dramatic effect on overall heath and function of the body -- especially good for healing the sick.
Just got done with a Water only 120 hour fast. I had Never in my life went one day without food. I found it to be quite easy. BIG TIP..the last meal you have before the Start..Make it BIG and enjoyable. Drink Plenty of water..obviously - Bone broth can be used to help electrolytes, they do make 0 calorie electrolytes. I have only found those at like Amazon :(. CVS or Walgreens carry Ketosis Pee Strips, that can test and confirm that you are in Autophagy. got the BEST sleep of my life doing this! Remember even 1 calorie is enough to kick you out of this!! Afterward I found that it is quite easy to do, can be done, the only drawback is that your mind starts to think about what you are going to cook, LOL, and you have that time that you normally set aside to eat (that is now empty) During that time I would take a quick couple of blocks walk.
I love your suggestions and success...that was QUITE a fast...thanks for your info...
TY! Tweety..We ALL never know what we can do...Until we try!
Control what you put on your mouth... eat the foods your great grandparents ate. Tell the experts to STFU...then live your life.