For weight loss, we prefer to focus on detoxification (link) and a more sustainable regular nutritious diet such as raw food
with daily intermittent fasting.
Finding a weight loss program based
on daily intermittent fasting is hard enough at the best of times, but many programs complicate the process, are incomplete, or lack detail.
I was very small to begin with (5» 1 and about 106 lbs) and was doing
daily intermittent fasting for a few years which means I only really ate for 6 - 10 hrs each day.
The program
utilises daily intermittent fasting with the 16:8 diet, allowing for 2 - 3 good sized, nourishing, and satisfying meals a day, with a fruit snack built into the program.
Last week in An Anti-Cancer Diet (Sep 28, 2011), I recommended that cancer patients eat 400 to 600 carb calories per day, but combine it with a program
of daily intermittent fasting plus longer «ketogenic fasts» and periods of ketogenic dieting or low - protein dieting to promote autophagy.
A detailed discussion
on daily intermittent fasting, meal timings and meal ratio advice, how to set up your day AND your training for maximum results, foods to eat and foods to avoid.
I've personally found that when it comes to maintaining health and hormonal status for the female clients I train, the complete 24 hour fast described in step # 5 is far more effective than
daily intermittent fasting.
And if you are female and simply can not resist the idea of
daily intermittent fasting, at least implement the extra nutrient steps I outline in step # 4.
Here are some of the lasting results that have been achieved with
this daily intermittent fasting program.
Daily intermittent fasting may also help with the neurological issues.
And I'm not even hungry and don't suffer but feel great and clearer thinking / more energy in the morning (even with my risperdal which for years had made me lethargic in the morning) during
my daily intermittent fasting (16 hour fast with coconut oil during the fast with 8 hours feeding).
Rather than
daily intermittent fasting, it can also involve not eating at all for a day or two per week.
While it is true that the body will eventually revert to creating energy from muscle proteins during times of prolonged caloric restriction, this is unlikely to happen during
a daily intermittent fast.
Which fasting protocol is «better,» 5/25 or
daily intermittent fasting?
Also, my time at the retreat helped me get used to
daily intermittent fasting and I've been doing quite well with my fasting since then.
Then wait about 45 minutes upon waking to eat that first big nutrient - dense breakfast and let
the daily intermittent fast break.
This pattern is like the «
daily Intermittent Fasting», when Italians are on vacation they skip lunch and the big meal is in the evening, same pattern!
I have
daily intermittent fasted (which i will explain in a moment), and been in and out of ketosis and experienced the benefits.