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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...
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.
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.
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