Reddit mentions of The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended

Funny

For anyone who wants to read the book without having to pay for it, and is willing to read it online instead of print, here you go

https://idmprogram.com/fasting-a-history-part-i/

Start there & work through all of the fasting articles. It's essentially the same content.

Also the kindle version is currently on sale for $3

https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide-Fasting-Intermittent-Alternate-Day-ebook/dp/B01MF8SC2X/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1542057759&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=jimmy+moore#mobile-udp-contributor-popover-id_1542057774178

YES!!!!

Here is the good news - /r/Keto and IF are powerful tools for controlling blood sugar and managing diabetes.

Two years ago my A1C was 13.4 and I was in losing toes/kidney-damage territory. I went hardcore Keto 18:6 IF and frequently OMAD. MY doctor put me on Metformin and blood-pressure meds.

9 months later, my A1C was 4.9. Technically non-diabetic. I asked my doctor to take me off Metformin which she didn't like the idea of, but she agreed. 6 months later my A1C had stabilized at 5.3 and has stayed there. I'm off all diabetes and blood pressure meds and my last BP was 110/60. I lost 40 pounds. I'm 53.

Here are the most important things I can share with you;

• If you don't want sugar in your blood, don't put it into your mouth.
  
  
• Bread, pasta and rice are all basically complex forms of sugar.
  
  Eat all the meat and vegetables you want and give your body a break from high insulin levels. You've caught this early and there is no reason you can't reverse the symptoms of diabetes with delicious food and skipping a meal or two a day.
  
  It's really that simple.
  
  I recommend Dr. Jason Fung's book The Complete Guide to Fasting which will give you all science behind low carb diets and intermittent fasting for treating diabetes. His other book The Obesity Code is even more in depth if you want more science.
  
  Now here is the bad news. Doctors will likely fight you about this. I was sent to a class at a hospital after my diagnosis. The nutritionist said diabetes was progressive and irreversible and medication could only slow it down. Their goal of management is an A1C of 7.0 which means they want to keep you diabetic.
  
  Why? Healthy people don't make doctors any money.
  
  You need to take this seriously and do your homework. You can absolutely manage this and do it with food alone. But there are a lot of people who will tell you it's impossible or too hard to do. I've read that at least 80% of T2 diabetics could manage the disease with diet alone, but only 5% choose to do so.
  
  It breaks my heart when T2 diabetics I know will have a slice of pie and say "Well, I'll just up my meds tonight".
  
  F*ck that. I'm not going to inject insulin years from now for pie today.
  
  You got this. You can do it. I'll gladly answer any questions you have here or by direct message.

Just replying to this comment to say that if anyone is considering fasting: yes research shows it can be a very healthy thing to do but you must do it properly.

Here is a book that can guide you on fasting the right way.

Edit: And while we're at it, since ketogenic diets were also mentioned (and I also mostly follow that as well), here's a book to guide you on the how and why of keto too. People use this expression all the time, but for real that book transformed my life (and my body too).

Buy a copy of this book on Fasting: https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide-Fasting-Intermittent-Alternate-Day-ebook/dp/B01MF8SC2X/

$10 on Kindle or $20 for high-quality paperback.

And have her read it. A few friends of mine have now read my copy and are converts. They either now fast or (at the very least) understand that it is a completely normal and safe thing to do.

In defense of your GF, yeah, a 30-day fast isn't a "walk in the park", but if you have more than 30 pounds of fat to lose, then yeah, it should be fine. (Assuming that you take electrolytes, vitamins, and re-feed properly.) If you had less than 20 pounds to lose, I wouldn't try a 30-day fast.

Jason Fung is a doctor who wrote a couple of books recommending fasting. He runs some kind of medical practice too where he uses fasting to help diabetic patients.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01MF8SC2X/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498713917&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=jason+fung

You spent 40 years accumulating that mass dude. Fasting is not easy mentally nor physically. Religious fasts had a community aspect to help push through. Fasting burnout is common. Day 3 can be especially annoying to push through, ESPECIALLY if you are not keto adjusted.

Jason Fung's idm protocol has two rules of thumb for really motivated folks who are interested in longer fasts. 7 day fasts he recommends doing once every 4 weeks. 14 day fasts he recommends doing once every 6 weeks to allow the body to readjust.

You haven't mentioned if you take medications. Do you have diabetes? If so, its highly recommended you work with your pcp to adjust your medications. Do you have heart issues? This can be potentially dangerous.

The dude who fasted for 382 days did so under the DIRECT supervision of a doctor. He was also TWENTY SEVEN years old, meaning his heart didn't have as much time to calcify. I'm not trying to be a negative nancy, but fasting is an extremely powerful tool and should be implemented cautiously.

I want you to succeed. I don't want you to burn out. I don't want you to injure yourself. I don't want you to kill yourself and I especially don't want people to blame Fasting for killing you.

edit: Continuing
Okay, you're still here. Sorry for being snappy. But I get scared looking at all these posts with people who plan on 30 day fasts but then [deleted] by [deleted] shows up later. I really encourage you to read though the side bar. If you have the money+inclination, I'd really recommend you download Jason Fung's book on fasting protocols.Complete Guide to Fasting. Amazon referral link remvd Its only 10 dollars and it really lays out exactly what you need in an easy format to refer to.

Watch Megan Ramos's Ketofest speech video in youtube. She is Jason Fung's partner in the idm protocol. The first 15 minutes is basically her personal story from obese to healthy since she was patient 0 of Jason's fasting protocol. 24 mins in is basically a step by step guide on how to do it properly. 33 minute 45 she covers some possible common side effects and what you can do to help avoid them. All in all one of the most useful videos for what you are about to embark on.

Since you're 40 years old, when you do break your fast, metamucil is highly recommended past a 7 day fast. Dislodging an impacted stool is one of the more unpleasant possible side effects of this. Having to go to a hospital setting and have a nurse shove her arm into your rectum to remove a stool is NOT what I consider a fun exercise(unless that is your kink, i'm not trying to shame here). Please be careful to have lots of fiber before the fast and also after. Some folks recommend fiber during as well, but if you're doing a 7 day( what I think is a great target for a first fast ) you probably don't need to consider laxatives/bulkers for your stools.

Make sure you join the discord on the side bar. Theres some old guys like splat who's like 50 years old.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MF8SC2X/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Recently finished reading The Complete Guide to Fasting (amazon). A lot of the book overlaps Dr. Fung's blog posts (site) but at the end of the book there are some explanations of different fasting styles and why Dr. Fung might recommend one or another for various situations. Might be helpful!

Dr. Jason Fung and Gary Taubes are incredible resources.
Dr. Fung places more of an emphasis on IF/extended fasting than Tabues.

If anything, watch this talk Dr. Fung gave at a conference about CICO. This talk is from last year and is primarily about fasting.

If you like books these are essential:

Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It

https://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Get-Fat-About-ebook/dp/B003WUYOQ6

The Complete Guide to Fasting

https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide-Fasting-Intermittent-Alternate-Day-ebook/dp/B01MF8SC2X

Both books are written as easily comprehensible "science" books. You won't learn the inner workings of the hypothalamus but you are reading academically backed (and cited) results.

this! https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MF8SC2X/ref=oh_aui_d_detailpage_o00_?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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Purchase and read this book, it will explain everything:- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MF8SC2X/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

IF itself addresses issues with BMR and body set points. Dr. Fung's point is just that multi-day fasting will produce faster results than IF.

If anything, the problem with OMAD is hitting your minimum protein requirement. In my experience, you're better off splitting that into two meals a day, or eating nothing at all. In the latter case, fasting metabolism will preserve protein and electrolytes, though a multivitamin is recommended. He goes over this in detail in The Complete Guide to Fasting.

Sin was defeated on the Cross by Jesus. So remember, when you fast, it's not to get something but to become someone. Self control is a fruit of the Sprit. Fasting is a powerful tool we have to rid us of the carnal voice in our lives and teach us what Spirit living is. I'd recommend this book- The Complete Guide to Fasting and this is a great message by Dan on fasting and I did a podcast episode on fasting if you'd like something shorter to listen to lol

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MF8SC2X/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Why would the body choose muscle over fat? How would that help us evolutionarily?

How are ketones harmful for the body? And if they are, why does the body produce them?

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This book may help you: https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide-Fasting-Intermittent-Alternate-Day-ebook/dp/B01MF8SC2X

I read a lot. I was in elementary school in the 1970s and it was all the rage back then to train kids in gifted programs in speed-reading, which my school did. I was the fastest reader, in fact I got a talking-to for speeding up the machine because it was going too slowly for me. :| I still read very quickly.

Most of the books I read have to do with religion and spirituality, like The Weapon, Resistance, The Four Last Things. Right now I'm deep into St. Faustina's diary. It's extraordinary.

In fiction I love classic literature, novels and short stories. Jane Austen, J.D. Salinger, Nathaniel Hawthorne. I have a particular taste for 19th century French writers: Honoré de Balzac, Gustave Flaubert, Victor Hugo. They motivate me to improve my French.

In non-fiction, I read about dog training and health, business, human nutrition and health, history and politics. Anyone struggling with weight loss might want to check out Dr. Jason Fung's The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended - good info there.

Currently on my to-buy list:

• IQ and the Wealth of Nations
  
• In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War
  
• The Big Lie: Exposing the Nazi Roots of the American Left
  
• Padre Pio: Man of Hope
  
• 
  A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History
  
• 
  The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise
  
  I prefer paper books, they are dependable and unchanging. Ebooks may or may not be there later and you never know how they've been changed, or by whom.
  
  I don't think any of that has to do with being an INTP necessarily, except maybe having a range of interests.

Read Dr Fung.

https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide-Fasting-Intermittent-Alternate-Day-ebook/dp/B01MF8SC2X/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1527539594&sr=1-2&keywords=dr+fung

Worth a shot? I suggest reading Dr Jason Fung's book on fasting before starting.

r/fasting r/intermittentfasting

https://smile.amazon.com/Complete-Guide-Fasting-Intermittent-Alternate-Day-ebook/dp/B01MF8SC2X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1503450150&sr=8-1&keywords=fung

https://smile.amazon.com/Obesity-Code-Unlocking-Secrets-Weight-ebook/dp/B01C6D0LCK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1503450150&sr=8-2&keywords=fung

https://smile.amazon.com/Keto-Clarity-Definitive-Benefits-Low-Carb/dp/1628600071/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

this book has all the data and all the science... if you must have it

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I have been doing Keto for about 6 months, down 40lbs. It’s crazy how satisfying a high fat diet makes you feel. I started looking into fasting. I highly recommend this book https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide-Fasting-Intermittent-Alternate-Day-ebook/dp/B01MF8SC2X/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1541628309&sr=8-3&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=the+complete+guide+to+fasting
Totally changed how I would approach low food supplies. Before I started Keto there’s no way I would consider fasting, I just couldn’t do it. Now I have to remind myself to eat sometimes. I can go 24 hours without eat now no problem.

From the sidebar:

Where to start

[Fasting in a Nutshell] (https://www.reddit.com/r/fasting/wiki/fasting_in_a_nutshell)
FAQ - Please, use it!
Fasting Chat
Fasting Discord

I'd recommend reading Dr Fung's Complete Guide to Fasting although you can skip a lot of the rah rah you can do it self help introduction & chapters and the using bad logic to support their argument chapters. If you're in a hurry in fact just skip right to Part III: Resources. It's all you really need. Part I is just sort of convincing you that fasting is a real thing that won't hurt you and might do you some good. Part II is a sort of long form version of Part III, discussing the various fasts. The intro section is largely useless tat and mostly Jimmy Moore, massive man and failed faster and keto dieter, going on about how great keto and fasting are while being living proof it doesn't work for everyone.

read the fasting bible.

https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide-Fasting-Intermittent-Alternate-Day-ebook/dp/B01MF8SC2X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499795394&sr=8-1&keywords=fasting

They make a lot of statements in there then back them up with recent research. They also point out that there really is NOT much research in this area.

The basic premise behind fasting is that you get your body in a state where you have to use stored energy to supply energy to your body. One of the side effects is that the body is proported to throw out extra stuff it doesnt need (Cancer, extraneous fat cells, extra skin) It does a house cleaning.

I am paraphrasing but the book lines it up quite well in a way were you may be saying "Oh yea.. that makes sense"

> I don't see how not eating for weeks can be possible really. How do you go to work? Do everyday shit? I can't even imagine.

It's really not as big of a deal as you make it sound. It's also well researched. I've done 6 in my life and gained immense benefits each time. It's hard to understand though for people who may have never heard of it.

Dr Fung is a leading expert in the field and has written an excellent book about it https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01MF8SC2X/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Get this asap:

https://www.amazon.ca/Complete-Guide-Fasting-Intermittent-Alternate-Day-ebook/dp/B01MF8SC2X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495575227&sr=8-1&keywords=fung+fasting

>https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide-Fasting-Intermittent-Alternate-Day-ebook/dp/B01MF8SC2X

Dr. Fung is a great purponent and his points have always made sense. Great reading suggestion, I second you.

I just read Jason Fung's book on fasting, and I really like his approach.

He recommends that you flexibly incorporate fasting into your life, working around your schedule. Maybe you normally fast on Mon/Wed/Fri, but a friend is having a birthday party Friday. Why not shift the Friday fast to Saturday? Maybe you normally skip breakfast and lunch, but some friends invite you to a weekend Brunch. Why not skip dinner that day?

Your case is different because you are talking about a long-term fast. Five days is already a great first fast—congratulations! There is certainly nothing wrong with stopping this fast for the weekend and starting a new one next week. (However, be aware that this is two short fasts and not one long one.) Did you have a goal? I'd recommend that if you want to do a really long fast (a week or more) that you plan it around your schedule. Like find a free weekend and put that in the middle of a 12 day fast.