@woodgirl saidI find that I very often do not get around to eating breakfast until about noon, and I quite often don't eat in the evenings. It is not a deliberate regime; it's just the way my body and I seem to cope with the waking hours of the day. I don't overeat [when I do have a meal] and I don't snack much. I am mostly a two-square-meals-a-day person. Would this be adjacent to IF?
Is anyone here interested in this? Could it lead to a healthier you?
@kannstipated saidThis is a 3 week study where you can continue to eat the same amounts if you chose. The idea behind the extended fasting time is that there’s less of a strain upon your digestive system, an improvement in the absorption of nutrients and a more stable, normal blood sugar level. During the 3 weeks you’d keep a log of your mood, energy, hunger levels and health symptoms daily to see if they change.
Fasting?
Fasting and preventing your body from getting nutrients is a lot worse than just eating healthy.
Your teeth, bones, organs, brain, everything, need nutrients constantly. Just eat healthy.
People tend to look for a quick fix scam instead of what is really needed and that is why the "fitness industry" is so big and brings in money. People are dumb. They don't want the hard work. They want a temporary feeling of them about to change.
@woodgirl saidless of a strain upon your digestive system, an improvement in the absorption of nutrients
This is a 3 week study where you can continue to eat the same amounts if you chose. The idea behind the extended fasting time is that there’s less of a strain upon your digestive system, an improvement in the absorption of nutrients and a more stable, normal blood sugar level. During the 3 weeks you’d keep a log of your mood, energy, hunger levels and health symptoms daily to see if they change.
This is one of the principles of the Hay diet, which, in my experience, is a diet that certainly works. Being disinclined to eat in the evenings too close to going to bed is, I think for me, a throwback to when I tried the Hay diet.
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@woodgirl saidThis doesn't sound so interesting. Whatever I eat and at whatever intervals, it's always just the same: mood, toxic; energy, lacking; hunger levels, invariably on a need-to-eat basis; and health symptoms, increasingly decrepit.
During the 3 weeks you’d keep a log of your mood, energy, hunger levels and health symptoms daily to see if they change.
@fmf saidIt sounds like you already have a regular eating habit with an extended fasting time which suits your energy needs. The study I mentioned is by ZOE and has a 10 hour eating window with 14 hours fasting. I listened to a TED talk today on an 8 hour eating window which would not be good for me I already have to eat lots being very active and having a BMI of 19.5.
I find that I very often do not get around to eating breakfast until about noon, and I quite often don't eat in the evenings. It is not a deliberate regime; it's just the way my body and I seem to cope with the waking hours of the day. I don't overeat [when I do have a meal] and I don't snack much. I am mostly a two-square-meals-a-day person. Would this be adjacent to IF?