Fasting

You might be interested in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s take on fasting. He argues that humans become stronger (they’re antifragile) when the go through feast and famine rather than a continuous schedule of equal portions. It’s his same basic argument for exercising—no constant low impact exercises (like a treadmill) but instead weight lifting, walking on very hilly terrain, etc. This is an ok summary

This is great. Thanks for the link!

Read it. Thanks. I think the thing about fasting for is that it is one decision. That makes it easy for me to do and be disciplined about it. I dont necessarily eat keto on the days I dont fast. I dont really think about what I eat at all. Fasting is just "what I do". Been a game-changer for me, health-wise.

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I do IM 16-8. It seems to keep me in check. I’ve tried fasting for 48 hours and 72 hours. I think all that did was screw up my metabolism.

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I have tried the 16/8 and I gained a heap of weight...eating 16 hours a day and the sleeping 8 didn't work for me.

Just kidding....I have done the 16/8 and I didn't notice significant weight loss I did notice I wasn't crashing at 3 oclock every day. The issue is I am an early riser and my family wants to eat dinner around 7 which is 2 hours after my 8th hour...and I will wind up eating something with them so its a killer. But if the timing works out it does seem to help with energy levels, for me at least.

There is some interesting research available about fasting and cancer....I don't think its definitive but it makes sense that Humans fasted most of our existence out of logistics

Highway 40 aka I-64.. aka Jack Buck Memorial Highway, I go fasting through there to keep from getting run over !

A silly pun. Sorry, please continue.