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In the past I have successfully lost weight on low carb diets (anywhere between 10-25 pounds). It usually would take a significant commitment to see results. Of course, I always end up back to my old ways and regain it....
Hi, I'm planning on doing a 20:4 intermittent fast in combination with a low carb diet. I'm aware of the kinds of foods that are good for low carb diets like fish, nuts, veggies, fruits, etc. My main issue is, I'm not...
It is easy to maintain a lean physique while eating low carb, high fat, and high protein diet or keto. What are the downside of getting most of you calories from fat and protein and essentially neglecting carbohydrates?
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I am sure this has been asked a thousand times and I hope it doesn't brake any community rules but I was wondering what are generally considered "healthy" macros under the assumption that low carb dietary style is the way...
I am very interested in fasting and I tried time-restricted eating first (18:6). I heard a lot of health benefits of fasting and ketosis but I have some questions. If I fast for 18 hours and then eat carbs, doesn't that...
Assuming a sedentary lifestyle, would it seem to be much more difficult to fast (esp longer fasts) on a high carb diet? Because of insulin spikes and drops?
Carbs digest faster than fats. But is that because carbs take less energy to digest? Or because the body goes into overdrive like a high intensity workout to digest them quicker? Maybe fats take just as much energy, but that energy...
so, using the calories in calories out law, if you are consuming more calories than you need, then you will definitely gain weight, and the other way around is weight loss. if one person is consuming high amounts of carbohydrates, as...
I do not understand the general trend right now, apparently carbs are bad for you? When did oats, sweet potatoes, berries become a number one cause of obesity? How in the world did some people come to this conclusion?
Hi Everyone, After reading Dr. Fung's books, it's clear that he advocates a low-carb diet. In his Obesity Code book, he talks about looking at food's glycemic index/load as a guideline for foods to look at to eat. Also, in...
So i see so many people talk so greatly about keto mixed with if, but i rarely see anyone who is vegetarian talk about their diet. Basically all of my protein comes from legumes, lentils and soy based prpduct -...
39F, 5’6”. HW: 210 lbs. SW three months ago: 182lbs, CW: 147lbs, now doing IF 18:6. Hello all. Newbie here. For the past 3 months I had significant success at weight loss with a low carb diet, daily cardio and strength...
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...
Recently joined this channel and was shocked to see so many people demonizing saturated fat, suggesting that it directly causes CVD. For those who might actually care about science instead of long proven false dogma, almost a year old...
So I wanted to start IF, and now I am not sure anymore, because of the following: Is it true that I have to go low carb? I actually thought it's about not eating too much calories, but I heard somewhere...
Hi, so I heard doctor fung talk about how fasting for periods of 3-4 days won’t slow your metabolism. He showed a chart of someone’s metabolism when on a traditional low calorie diet wich included carbs compared to someone fasting....
I'm interested to hear your arguments against following a plant-based (plant-forward) diet. I don't mean vegan or vegetarian, but essentially an omnivore diet that's centered on whole plant foods (whole-food plant-based, WFPB) and sometimes adds animal-based and ultraprocessed foods. I'm surprised...
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...
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...
If I eat the same amount of calories for example 1200 calories, which would be better for losing weight faster. low carb calorie deficit 18:6 vs high carb calorie deficit 18:6? Would I lose the same amount of fat...
I’ve been doing 20:4 fasting for a couple weeks. I find that when I eat carbs during my eating window I can easily stick to my 20 hour fast. But when I go very low carb during my...
I started the 16:8 IF as a part of a no carb diet for gastrointestinal reasons, so not for weight loss. I guess I'm puzzled by the 16-hour no-food window. With dinner at 6pm, I can make it to 8am...
I was always into fitness/bodybuilding and a low-carb diet is the best way to lose some fat. I did it a few times, but around 2000 it was mainly low-carb, low-fat, high-protein. Do you remember those negative articles about low-carbing,...
Last year I dropped from 118Kg down to 92Kg over a 6 month period by doing 18:6 roughly 5 days a week and a very low carb (almost keto) diet, it was the first time I'd ever been able to...
I know that the human body uses carbohydrates to create energy, but it can also use proteins, and therefore I don't understand if a person can live fine without carbs?
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....
What happens when you do strength training but eat a low protein low carb high fat diet? Do you just retain muscle mass or is there a way to add muscle on such a diet?
I can't work out which is the bigger culprit; carbs or salt.
I fasted and did low carb for about 5 months and lost a lot of weight. Im the next year, i decided to stop smoking and ended up gaining rhe weight back. I decided to try to lose weight again this...
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...
I feel so horrible right now and I have nowhere and nobody else to talk about this with. I have struggled with weight my entire life. I’ve always been overweight. I decided to make a change last year around August....
Just was curious if y’all stick to a low carb diet or eat carbs between fasts.
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Hi folks, There are certain groups of people that are still recommended to specifically reduce their consumption of fat as a macronutrient. From personal experience, I'm familiar with post-cholecystectomy patients (not all of them, but commonly). Also I believe people with...
I feel like my problem mirrors that of fasting, at least to some extent. I consume about 3 or 4x the amount of recommended sugar intake daily. I haven't gained weight but I'm speeding towards diabetes. I crave it like a...
I started at about 275lbs and weighed in at 240 today on day 14. That cant be all fat loss so I suspect That I have shed many pounds of water. Admittedly my diet was the worst...
I am 40y / M / 5’9 / 220 lbs. I started IF 3 months ago but unfortunately I failed to achieve any weight loss. I tried 20:4, 18:6, and 16:8 with either Keto / low carb diets without counting calories...
It seems to be common wisdom that having carbs as the main calorie source is important, and while I do share that, I want to understand *why* exactly. I wouldn't want to oversimplify an issue I am not an expert...
Day 1 was a breeze with no problems. Day 2 started out good, but went downhill. I broke my fast after 59 hours. I know what my mistake was. I didn’t drink my electrolytes when I...
I started rolling 48 hr fasts February 1st to quickly treat my severe inflammation that built up over six weeks of lapsing on my carni diet. My meals in between have been zero carb and I am firmly in ketosis,...
Hello-today is the day I decided to finally go IF in addition to low carb. Low carb has been relatively easy for me but I am not getting the results I want so my doctor encouraged IF. I understand black coffee is...
I’m curious as to how many following IF are also low carb or NOT low carb? I lost some weight in 2019 over 6-8 months doing low carb/keto, approximately 10kg and felt amazing … and then slowly regained most of it...
Starting out IF is not as easy as it sounds...let's be honest. I've been doing this for 2 weeks now and some days are better than others; so here's my question: How do you overcome the cravings? ...
I just discovered his [youtube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@drekberg/videos), and ive watched several videos so far. A lot of it seems pretty scientifically on point in regards to his nutrition recommendations. I particularly like his focus on [fundamental nutrition concepts](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7gDIshc-S0) rather than evangelising...
When trying to lose weight it is obvious chicken is one of the best meats to eat.thighs are usually tastier for somez is that counterproductive given the higher fat content in thighs?
[https://www.backpacker.com/skills/low-carb-diets-make-you-stupid/](https://www.backpacker.com/skills/low-carb-diets-make-you-stupid/) I am doing a phd and I'm wondering if upping my carbs will help improve my cognition or if the science in this article is just bull?! Thank you!
I've already tried water fasting before you tell me to see if I like it, I did a 3 and half water fast before I broke it with pizza (I know, dumb, friends came over with pizza) is it okay?...
For the first time ever Im interested in a career path. I want to be a Doctor. I'm willing to go through the years, because I Am motivated. Never felt this way before on any other fasts. The effect on the...
My husband and I have recently started to Intermittent Fast and I also throw in OMAD 1-2x/week. We are also doing a very low carb diet. I’m trying to stay under 20 carbs while he is trying to stay under...
I have heard the term sugar burner and fat burner thrown around in the topic of metabolic inflexibility... The idea is that some people are unable to start burning fat, and some seem to suggest that this happens as a...
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190116-a-high-carb-diet-may-explain-why-okinawans-live-so-long I suspect that ultra-low fat intake can offset the effects of ultra-high carb intake. What do you think?
So I know that fat gain is just calories in and calories out, however today I learned that consuming too much sugar causes DNL which causes the sugar to be stored as fat. So if someone eats at a caloric...
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...
Been practicing IF for over a year. 22F, 5'6", CW 200 lbs GW 150. Think 2016 Adele for reference for build. I am a full time university student and I work after classes. My days are often out the door by...
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...
So I've been on Snake Juice for my first 72 hours. Read the rest for context before getting to my partially ridiculous question please. I've been IF for 2 months and on a very low cal no carb diet during the...
Before I get downvoted to hell, i just want to see if y’all noticed any benefits with a low vs high carb diet. Of course this comes with the assumption that it’s minimally processed and full of variety, not a...
So I've been doing IF probably 10 yrs ago when Lean Gains stuff came out but after becoming a father and a busy family man...I fell off the wagon. Year ago I decided it was enough and I went back...
I just realize that I’ve been looking at diet and fasting all wrong. For someone who is able to do 72 hours a week of dry fasting it doesn’t make sense for me to be on a ketogenic diet anymore. The...
Hi, M23 BMI 29,I I managed to fast for a while year on 16/8 7 years ago, I gave a shot now but with 20/4,been doing good for the past week. However, today I avoided carbs and focused on fats...
Hi everyone. I need some gentle honest advice. I started fasting on the 13th December. I decided to do rolling 72s with half a day of eating in between. It is now the 2nd February. My starting weight was 236lb....
In the past I have done keto, atkins or low carb in general with excellent results. This time, because my cholesterol is quite high, I decided to do IF and I do 18:6 (two meals at 12:00 and 18:00) or OMAD...
Who has glucose test strips? To answer the question about whether adding milk/cream/butter/unsweetened almond milk to our morning coffee breaks the fast and makes us dirty cheaters we need a bunch of people to participate in an experiment. Some should...
Winding down a 5 day fast today. I've lost 10 lbs and I know a lot of it will return. But will jumping right into either a keto or no carb diet help to maintain most of the weightloss?
Experienced faster here. Went from 19/5 to OMAD and then worked my way up the fasting ladder to a PB of 13 days water only which was followed by 7 day fast after one meal. In Nov 2020, I had...
I see people often discussing one strategy or the other, but haven’t been able to find much info about the benefits or fallbacks for each. How do you decide which method to use? Is this primarily a way to maintain...
i feel sooo guilty. ive only had less then 500 calories today, and ive only been fasting for 2-3 days 16 hours no eating. did i ruin it?? are the 2-3 days all for nothing? it was so hard. but...
Hi guys I've just completed my 2nd dry fast and I'm not pleased with the results. My first dry fast was around 1.5 months ago. I did 70 hours with no food or water. I felt great, my digestive system cleared up,...
I've lately added a single 24 hour fast day per week to my slow-carb diet regimen, and I've noticed something odd. At the end of my fast day, I often find it very hard to go to sleep. Is there...
So I'm basically way to weak to fast when I'm eating a high carb diet, I've tried numerous times and i can't do it. So I'mma try keto and then fast on the weeknd. I've betted my brother 150...
Let me preface by saying I do not like black coffee. I tend to have my coffee on the sweeter side. I cut coffee out about 2 or 3 weeks ago to do an extended water fast. But I do...
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...
Ive decided to take a temp hit to performance in exchange for getting the tail end of my cut out of the way now. I do weightlifting as a hobby and need the final 2kg (which I know from past...
Hey you guys, I was wondering if it’s safe to go for a light walk during a 20:4 fast during lunch time? I started my fast around 9pm and will be done at 5pm. I took my walk around 1:30...
Hi. I am not asking for professional advice, that's probably against the rules or something. I am only asking for personal experiences. I am an experienced extended faster and OMAD practitioner. I've successfully lost 10kg from...
I started my weight loss journey around Jan 21st, where I weighed 220.4 Lbs. I dint do IF then, it was mostly a low carb diet and weight training here and there. Cut to present, I started doing IF strictly from...
I’m sure this has been asked here before, so I apologize in advance. Does anyone on here fast only, but still eat what they want? I seem to really struggle with sticking to any diet or way of eating (even...
I am currently at 20% body fat so i want to cut to become leaner. I am at a low carb diet and i just eat alot till i am full so i know i am geting alot of fat...
How i’ve been doing IF for the past two weeks is just following my body. I don’t specifically stick to 16:8 or whatever. Some days I fast for 24 hours and eat for the next 4 hours and then fast...
Would like to try these multi day fasts that you guys seem to achieve so effortlessly. It’s taking me incredible amount of effort to even do a daily 16:8. I don’t have to eat breakfast but I am frazzled if...
For lunch (I follow 18:6), I ate two salmon burgers, a bit of guacamole, a good amount of broccoli, four eggs, a few spoons of mayonnaise, and a green smoothie. Just out of curiosity, this totaled to under 1200...
Newbie here. I am 152cm or around 5ft. Really trying to lose weight using IF. doing 16:8 with low carb diet. But I just can't figure out how much water I should be drinking every day. I really don't get...
Hey all, I am 59 years old close to 400 pounds and type 2 diabetic. A year ago I had a sever ketoacidosis episode that left me in the hospital for a week and about 5 months of...
So I went into this fast from a no to very low carb diet. I've been getting plenty of salt since day one but just started some potassium and magnesium yesterday(day6). Hungers not that bad but I just feel well...shitty.....
I started fasting to optimize my energy and while waiting for an ultrasound, I read [this](https://drjasonfung.medium.com/much-new-and-interesting-data-support-the-benefits-of-fasting-in-diseases-other-than-obesity-and-868a73734a63) article from [Dr. Jason Fung](https://drjasonfung.medium.com/). That new information convinced me to continue fasting and change a few habits: >*In mice, they use severe caloric restriction...
As a layman I'm bamboozled hearing both sides of the saturated fat debate. It does seem that, broadly speaking, he was. So I ask, what doe the evidence say? Thanks
A few years ago, when trying to find a weight loss lifestyle that works for me, I ended up trying keto, I really didn't enjoy it, so I stopped. However, I was in ketosis, and my general cravings were minimized,...
>“This is clearly a lie. Gaining 34 lb in 28 days requires a caloric surplus of 4300 calories per day, so for a guy his size, he must have eaten 7000 calories a day. He expects me to believe that...
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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...
I've been doing a 60hr and 36hr fast each week and am feeling like I can extend to 2x60hrs. Been doing this for 6 months. On my days off I eat what I want. I don't seem to have any issues...
Can someone eat TOO much carbs through vegetables? It seems like in order to maintain a certain weight, carbs have to be considered (along with exercise) which raises the question; if someone is trying to maintain a weight, and be...
The only speed bump I've run into so far is I tried to go to the gym and do some cardio on the elliptical machine. I had no energy and felt really nauseated. I only stayed on for 7 minutes...
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...
This morning is the beginning of day 6 of a fast. I weighed myself at the beginning. I was 284.5 lb. I weighed myself this morning to find that I was 269.2 lb. A loss of 15 lb. In five days. Based...
I've been doing it for a few weeks now and it's always depressing because in most cases it never feels like I ate that much yet my calories seem to be stacked:/ Also just seeing that most of my nutrients are...
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,...
Hello, i am planning to do a FULL straight 7 day soft dry fasting and want to know what to expect. I have zero experience whatsoever. Zero preparations and doing this for weight loss. Been on SAD - standard american diet all...