Hey all! So I have briefly done Keto in the past and really enjoyed it. I had initially done it to fit into my wedding dress but now I'm ready to go full time and commit permanently. The problem I'm running...
First time posting here. I've read the diabetes code twice and I think it's the best explanation of diet and diabetes I've come across. My prior attempt at getting my diabetes and weight under control was Whole Foods Plant Based....
This question is in relation to diet soda on fast. Some people claim that this and any sweetener can cause an insulin spike. I’ve succeed in losing 18kg with IF (OMAD) and keto diet but during my fasts I drank...
Keto is high fat, low carb, and a decent amount protein. Vegetables are optional. Most people only do keto for a few years and then revert back to their normal eating habits after they get the health results they wanted,...
I started IF by eating at 12 and 6 and doing a 1 hour workout at about 4. I found myself absolutely ravenous after dinner last night even though I’m having 2 meals that are typically filling. Meal 1: 3 eggs,...
Is there anyone here who successfully reversed chronic conditions like type 2 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, Prostatitis, epididymitis ect which are as per current medical beliefs not curable only manageable? I am not asking for clinical trials ( if you have then...
Hey, I thought this would inspire some of you. I started my daily fasting routine on 1 May, 2020 and I still continue to fast daily to this day without fail. I was and still am on a Fat-based "VLCHF" diet of...
What are your thoughts about it guys? People claim it to cause metabolic disease or even linked it to stuff like ADHD. Is it really that bad? 😳
everything i've read or watched about ACV seems to always add a disclaimer that there are very few studies on the benefits of ACV therefore any medicinal claims shouldn't be taken as gospel. of course there are the people that...
Hi Everyone, I’ve just released the latest ep of my podcast What Your GP Doesn’t Tell You: Why Has Medicine Been So Slow To See the Benefits of Fasting? which I thought might be...
Hi Everyone, I’ve just released the latest ep of my podcast What Your GP Doesn’t Tell You: Why Has Medicine Been So Slow To See the Benefits of Fasting? which I thought might be of interest to...
He's vegan which upsets a lot of people, but I'm genuinely curious how many people trust or distrust him.
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This year alone, I've heard about patients with inflammation-based diseases prescribed strict diets of fruit juices to aid in recovery, and people with type two diabetes and gastroenteritis prescribed low fat, high grain diets ostensibly to lose weight. It's not my...
It seems like it's in everything like bread, pasta, beverages, cereal, and sauces. What kind of diets avoid most of this? EDIT: Thank you guys for suggestions! I just want to be clear that I do read nutrition labels, but some...
On one hand, I’ve heard it’s low calorie and good for digestion, but on the other hand it must be high GI since it’s made with white rice. Thoughts? Edit: and also how plain congee compares to congee with meat and eggs.
So first of all - are tomatoes Keto? I see them in a lot of Keto recipes (both Veg and Non-Veg) but I do see my blood sugar spike a little even with just eating tomatoes (I eat like 2...
I'm wondering if anyone has had any luck reversing PCOS and/or insulin resistance on a particular type of fasting schedule? OMAD, 16:8 or extended fasts for example? I've been insulin resistant for 15 years and started fasting a few days ago...
Just a random thought
I found this sub after being treated deplorably by the "owner" of r/type2 diabetes . I was telling my story of being diagnosed with type2 as well as hypertension and obesity. With the help of IDM I'm no...
I genuinely thought whole milk will break a fast however, I am reading the complete guide to fasting by Dr Jason Fung and it seems to list whole milk as something you can add to coffee. Here is the list...
Hi All, ​ I am kicking off my keto diet and wanted to pair the journey with a continuous glucose monitor. Now that i have been searching a ton of advertisements are showing up... Curious if anyone have a go-to brand. ​ Thanks!
I’ve always had a passion for nutrition/fitness but recently I’ve dug into the research regarding metabolic disease and insulin resistance, and it’s pretty overwhelming. There seems to be compelling evidence that *everything* causes MD / IR. Carbs are the boogeyman...
I've been surfing at /r/diabetes lately, and I've responded to some posts with "type 2 diabetes can be reversed. Try a low carb diet and fasting. Check out Dr. Fung on youtube and his website." I haven't gotten into any heated...
Let’s say a type 2 diabetic on insulin decides to fast. He stops taking insulin altogether. Can his blood sugar drop too low? Or is hypoglycemia only an issue for type 1 diabetics?
22 (F). CW - 81 kg. I recently got diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and I need to lose a lot of weight and clean my diet. I haven't gotten word from a certified nutritionist but I asked my doctor and...
How do you guys feel about diet soda and intermittent fasting? I just started 16:8 and sometimes I’ll grab a diet soda. Should I drop it or is it okay starting out? I still make sure I drink water throughout...
Hey all, 16/8 and 20/4 for about 2 years now. Because my dad is diabetic I've always taken a proactive approach to hopefully ward off the disease as I get older. The reason for this topic is, I'm wondering if...
I’ve looked online and haven’t found an answer to this specific question. I feel like it could be a real long time but maybe I’m wrong! Thanks for your knowledge!
Hi all. I am looking for a helpful nutrition book that borders the line between textbook and mainstream nonfiction. I am a geneticist by career. Therefore, I am scientifically literate and do not mind a hard read. I'm just looking...
Question about blood sugar/insulin sensitivity being better over time. 48f 5'4" sw/cw/gw 214/159/145 After getting covid early last year I suddenly had pre-diabetes. I switched to healthy eating and later added IF and keto. I've lost 55 pounds. Currently...
I've been reading up on how sugar and fiber interact in the gut. It seems like in fruits, the natural fiber pretty much neutralizes any harm that might be done by the sugar. Is this also true of, for example,...
I've been trying to puzzle this one out on my own, and thought I'd just ask. So, large parts of the world, especially the eastern world, eat white rice as a major staple food, probably 2-3 meals a day. The common wisdom...
EDIT: Alrighty, everyone, that's a wrap! Thanks so much for the excellent questions. If you have more questions, check out the Fasting FAQ at my website, https://www.stevehendricks.org/fasting-faq, which has about 10,000 words of answers to the most common questions I...
Interested in how other pre-diabetics feel while fasting and what kind of results they've seen. Personally, I combine IF with a low carb Mediterranean diet. I've been eating horribly for months now, so I decided to check my fasting blood...
M49, 170Lb. 6'1" 14/10, 16/8 Just started IF last Monday (11/7) after doing some research on the benefits. Been doing either 16/8 or 14/10 every day. No problems, and I dont have craving issues with food. I exercise regularly. I stop...
I’ve been practicing 16/8 if for a few months now but only doing it three times a week. My question is, is this enough for health and longevity? Do I need to be doing it 7 days a week or...
Hey, yesterday I had work in the morning and then I went on a fishing trip for the rest of the day. I ate like 4 strawberry’s in the car on my way back but then I came home and...
Last year I experimented with Keto and I loved it. I was able to control my hunger and I felt satiated a lot of the time. I was doing this as a means of controling my diabetes. Then I got...
I am new here and have some stupid questions on which of these things are allowed during the fasting period. 1. Brushing teeth 2. Tea with ginger, turmeric and cloves (without sugar and milk) 3. Apple cider vinegar 4. Vitamins supplements Thanks in...
If yes, can you share your diet?
So I know it’s sugary and not great for you but is it at least good for getting your vitamins in?
This post will contain discussion of topics such as eating disorders, self harm, etc so please keep that in mind before reading in case that may be an uncomfortable or troubling topic for you. From middle school onward, I definitely struggled...
Whenever a website or picture talks about how much of a food group you should aim to get a day they say it measured in servings or cups. I was wondering how much of each food group you should get...
Im 33M/5'5 SW 178, CW 170..8 pounds lost in 2 weeks post switching to a low carb diet and starting walks for 15 mins post each meal, without IF.. I was diagnosed 2 weeks ago with dangerously high BS and an...
What impact would alternating a healthy diet with a junk food-based diet from one day to another have on the body? What I mean by the above-mentioned alternation is having a menu along the lines of: Monday - everything raw: a large...
There is a lot of misinformation in the nutrition field that are sometimes even dangerous, what nutrition myths we need to be careful of?
Researched and discovered that all four meds I have been taking daily for + 5 years all have constipation as a side effect. Allopurinol (gout), atorvastatin ( cholesterol), and losartan ( blood pressure) and alfuzosin (BPH) all have...
I made a post here back in June and said I'll be fasting to reverse type 2 diabetes. Well, I didn't get to do that, as life got in the way. But, I have finally reversed my high blood sugar...
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"According to the new study, stevia may disrupt communications between different bacteria in the gut microbiome. While the team found that stevia inhibited these pathways, it did not kill off the bacteria." - Neuroscience News
For the people with high insulin resistance: do you experience this? Someone said in some older topic: >IF works with a high carb intake but if your insulin resistance is highor you don't burn carbs through exercise (ie higher intensitymovements), you're probably...
I cannot go 18 hours without eating. I can't even go 16 hours without eating. The most I've gone without eating in the past 16 days is 12 hours, and that was a struggle. I don't know what to do...
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Hi guys. I’m sort of new to this and have been lurking and now feel confident enough to post (this seems like a good, friendly and supportive community) I’m a 27 year old woman and currently weigh 230lbs. I’m only...
I have a question. I'm on 16:8 and it's going fine, but the only thing I'm battling with, is having no taste in my mouth. So I drink 1-2 glasses of zero drinks (ice tea zero, fanta zero mostly) daily...
Im wondering if warnings about kids and junk food are overstated. My uncertainty comes from the fact that many people who ate "poorly" as a kid are very healthy now, and that teens inherently need a ton of calories. Many...
I have bad Type 2 diabetes or rather I had bad type 2 diabetes, I am now doing much better thanks to 6 months of IF following what I learned from the Obesity code and diabetes code. I am my...
Ive never looked into sugar intake reccomendations but took a look on the NHS to learn it was only 30g. For most of you this wont be shocking but as someone who just blindly went through life not looking at...
I'm in my early 40's. My Blood Glucose was always around 80's and 90's. I then had a test done and it was 100. The only thing that changed was I was doing a lot of intermittent fasting and trying to...
[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31960664](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31960664) ; [https://doi.org/10.32394/rpzh.2019.0083](https://doi.org/10.32394/rpzh.2019.0083) [Szypowska A](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Szypowska%20A%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=31960664)1, [Regulska-Ilow B](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Regulska-Ilow%20B%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=31960664)1. ### Abstract The differences between the metabolism and the physiology of cancer cells and the cells of the human body are assessed and used in most anticancer treatments. These differences encompass, among...
Not formally diagnosed because my blood glucose is inside of my current doctor's reference ranges. I have tricare through the Navy so I have little control over my doctor choices. Had my A1C checked in November and at it was...
I went from 255 to 140 with keto and IF (usually OMAD with occasional 48h and 72h fasts in between). I'm now maintaining with low-carb and 16:8 IF. That means I skip breakfast and I don't ever snack even in...
Hey everyone, I wanted to create a post because I feel like I have seen a bunch of posts recently from people who have started fasting to lose weight and are struggling with either not losing any weight, or plateauing very...
Dr Fung has said that low carb and fasting are crucial for permanent weight loss, but after reading his articles and the Obesity Code, to me, it looks like unless you have diabetes, fasting and not eating below maintenance on...
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I’m a year postpartum & I wanted to try intermittent fasting to gain control of my health as I’ve been dealing with autoimmune flares since giving birth. I don’t know if this is related to the fact I had gestational...
Hi all, I've been doing the 16:8 time restricted eating for about a month. I would say about 5 days out of the week. I did a 36 hour fast last week. I think since I've been doing this, I've...
Not sure if this is the right place to post this but I’m 22, I went and got blood work done on Friday (I forgot to fast though) and my cholesterol was 228 mg/dL and Triglycerides was 663 mg/dL. In...
After the fasting, blood sugar was optimal for two days, then It started to get high during the fasting state, and It was costantly over 115 and in the fed state It webt to 200. Why the benefits vanished so...
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As hunters and gatherers weren’t fruits the only source of carbs. Since wheat and rice were only cultivated after the agricultural revolution and we hardly had those (correct me if I am wrong on this point).
What does more damage to public health alcohol consumption or (full sugar) soda consumption?
Is it like fat, like the saturated and unsaturated? Some good, some bad. I've read that the simple carbs are the bad ones but I can still not understand. Are carbs mostly sugars? And are they really that bad?
[https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-eating-plate/](https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-eating-plate/) [https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/2014/01/24/the-problem-with-potatoes/](https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/2014/01/24/the-problem-with-potatoes/) It says "a cup of potatoes has a similar effect on blood sugar as a can of cola or a handful of jelly beans. The roller-coaster-like effect of a high dietary glycemic load can result in people feeling hungry again...
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Are diet fizzy drinks really that bad? It is said that they are because of artificial sweeteners - but what is the problem with this? There are artificial sweeteners in so many daily things, just avoiding fizzy drinks because of it...
Hello My Fellow Fasters! **Backstory:** Wanted to start off by saying this community has been awesome and I am very thankful for you all! As you can see in the title, I am a Type 1 Diabetic. I have recently...
I know this sounds very silly and far fetched but i wanna know are vegetables actually toxic ? Most of the animal based / carnivore community argue that fiber is a lie and that we don’t need vegetables since they’re...
I just wanted to share this for anyone on the fence. * * I started out: -24, Obese (5’5, 183 lbs, BMI just over 30). -Horrible PCOS, didn’t have a menstrual cycle for a year and my doctor said my hormone levels were...
Hello! So which one is healthier? - butter has 45g of saturated fat in 100g of serving and margarine has 18g saturated fat, 30g monounsaturated fat and 12g polyunsaturated fat. I know that in general both butter and margarine are unhealthy, but...
I read something ridiculous like 88% of people are not having their 5 a day. I've always had more by habit so I'm wondering how YOU would encourage people to start eating more vegetables? I feel like a lot of people...
For example, sometimes my family will make ice cream (generally healthier than store-bought, but still, it's ice cream) and I know it has added sugars etc. It's hard to completely stop participating in any desserts with my family, so is...
I have been intermittent fasting since 2018. I have done ADF, I have done Carnivore -NO Carbs AT ALL- none. I have consistently drank 90 to 120 oz of water per day. I don't drink coffee. I don't drink tea. I...
Is it true one must consume calories as a breakfast for optimal metabolic performance? Or, could one do the calorie consumption later in the day without negative effects?
Hello, It is pretty known that Insulin Resistance is caused by constant spikes in glucose which forces the pancreas to create more insulin which eventually leads to insulin resistance. Foods that cause high spikes in glucose are high on the Glycemic Index....
Hello, I've been doing 16:8 intermittent fasting since the start of December last year and so far it really helps me to lose weight more, though recently one of relatives suggest me that fasting diet is not suitable for me...
Okay, so I hear a lot fasting “gurus” always freaking about minor insulin spikes; they mainly bring up that rise in cortisol levels will cause insulin, but does that matter or is it negligible? For example, I vape, but my...
I started grad school about a year ago and really fell off the wagon as far as diet and being sedentary. I’m hoping fasting can help get my levels in a normal range. I know diet is the biggest thing...
Lipid oxidation in pathophysiology of atherosclerosis: Current understanding and therapeutic strategies [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772487522000198](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772487522000198)
I read The Obesity Code and The Diabetes Code and a few other books about IF that got me sold on this as a lifestyle. Does anybody know of any books that address the thyroid (especially for women) and the...
I would classify myself as pre-pre-diabetic with insulin resistance. The labs have been pretty consistent. My fasting sugar locks in at a solid 95 - 105, A1C is around 5. I'm starting to think my body has a real issue...
I broke my fast after 6 days of fasting. Ate few eggs, rice and some carbs.. my glucose levels are not coming down. 2 hours after food it was 165. After 4 hours it is 200. I am a healthy...
Seems like nearly everyone in my life is against me intermittent fasting. My coworker and I were discussing how we were dieting to lose weight after new year. He told me his plan how he is eating small meals often....
Thanks all to the great community here. I IF'd my way to fantastic weight loss a few years ago (when combined with a calorie deficit) and sporadically for health purposes I have practiced 16-8 IF for weeks at a time...
i dont understand why people hate on mass gainers becuse of maltodextrin