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Love how they mention how it's working while leaving it open to research on how to make a pill to fix you rather than just saying if you don't want to be an obese gluttonous drain on the health system, stop eating the processed foods they've gotten you addicted to.

I doubt big corn will ever be brought to pay like the opioid mfg's, but they should be.
 
Tapxe said:
Love how they mention how it's working while leaving it open to research on how to make a pill to fix you rather than just saying if you don't want to be an obese gluttonous drain on the health system, stop eating the processed foods they've gotten you addicted to.

I doubt big corn will ever be brought to pay like the opioid mfg's, but they should be.
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Yep, processed foods are the true evil.
 
I got some not so good news back in December. Turns out my liver is forked. I did some research and keto with IF and even some regular fasting (multiple days) can help fix/heal your liver so I striated doing that. I've lost about 20lbs since I started and that was with taking a 3 week trip to the Philippines. I do a 16/8 IF pretty much everyday and cut sugar and most carbs out of my diet. Now that I am back home, I am going to go strict keto and work in a 2-3 day fast once a month. I haven't decided what my goal weight is, but probably another 30lbs at least, but maybe 45lbs so I land at 205lbs which I think was my best weight in my 20s. More important than my weight is fixing my liver and getting healthy.

In reference to the article above, I do find that I am keto and IF, my mind is clear.
 
Troll Hunter said:
I got some not so good news back in December. Turns out my liver is forked. I did some research and keto with IF and even some regular fasting (multiple days) can help fix/heal your liver so I striated doing that. I've lost about 20lbs since I started and that was with taking a 3 week trip to the Philippines. I do a 16/8 IF pretty much everyday and cut sugar and most carbs out of my diet. Now that I am back home, I am going to go strict keto and work in a 2-3 day fast once a month. I haven't decided what my goal weight is, but probably another 30lbs at least, but maybe 45lbs so I land at 205lbs which I think was my best weight in my 20s. More important than my weight is fixing my liver and getting healthy.

In reference to the article above, I do find that I am keto and IF, my mind is clear.
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I had liver damage from Hep C I contracted from a blood transfusion as an infant. Once I got through my Harvoni regimen and the virus was gone, I started doing frequent 20-40 hour fasts in hopes autophagy would help heal it. Not sure if it made a difference, but at the time of my final liver screening it was back in a much healthier range.

I don’t know enough about medicine to say it made a difference or not, but I can’t imagine it hurt. And, I did lose about 20 pounds along the way.

Unfortunately, these days, I am struggling to get back into my fasting routine. I had a lot of stress last fall and dealt with it by abusing my body through over eating. I have gained back some of the weight I lost. And, even though I feel like I’m in a healthier spot mentally I am struggling to get my bearings in terms of fasting. I will just keep making attempts and I imagine one day I’ll knock out a 40 hour and after that it’ll be easier to get back into the groove. My normal IF routine is 20 hours of fasting and four hours of eating. And then I’ll throw a longer fast in every one to three weeks.
 
CajunInVA said:
I had liver damage from Hep C I contracted from a blood transfusion as an infant. Once I got through my Harvoni regimen and the virus was gone, I started doing frequent 20-40 hour fasts in hopes autophagy would help heal it. Not sure if it made a difference, but at the time of my final liver screening it was back in a much healthier range.

I don’t know enough about medicine to say it made a difference or not, but I can’t imagine it hurt. And, I did lose about 20 pounds along the way.

Unfortunately, these days, I am struggling to get back into my fasting routine. I had a lot of stress last fall and dealt with it by abusing my body through over eating. I have gained back some of the weight I lost. And, even though I feel like I’m in a healthier spot mentally I am struggling to get my bearings in terms of fasting. I will just keep making attempts and I imagine one day I’ll knock out a 40 hour and after that it’ll be easier to get back into the groove. My normal IF routine is 20 hours of fasting and four hours of eating. And then I’ll throw a longer fast in every one to three weeks.
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I have a hard starting fasts as well. Once again I’ll use upcoming Lenten season to start one. Either Ash Wednesday or before.
 
CajunInVA said:
I had liver damage from Hep C I contracted from a blood transfusion as an infant. Once I got through my Harvoni regimen and the virus was gone, I started doing frequent 20-40 hour fasts in hopes autophagy would help heal it. Not sure if it made a difference, but at the time of my final liver screening it was back in a much healthier range.

I don’t know enough about medicine to say it made a difference or not, but I can’t imagine it hurt. And, I did lose about 20 pounds along the way.

Unfortunately, these days, I am struggling to get back into my fasting routine. I had a lot of stress last fall and dealt with it by abusing my body through over eating. I have gained back some of the weight I lost. And, even though I feel like I’m in a healthier spot mentally I am struggling to get my bearings in terms of fasting. I will just keep making attempts and I imagine one day I’ll knock out a 40 hour and after that it’ll be easier to get back into the groove. My normal IF routine is 20 hours of fasting and four hours of eating. And then I’ll throw a longer fast in every one to three weeks.
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My doctor said my liver damage probably took 5-10 years, my guess is probably closer to the 10 which is when I started to have a more difficult time to keep weight off. The last 4 years is when the weight went about 20-30lbs higher than what I had been for years and the issues have really started to add up over the last 2 years.

My plan is to use autophagy as much as possible to heal it the best I can. I haven't attempted a long fast yet, but I'm going to attempt one soon. I think I could do a 20/4 fast if I tried. Maybe eat between 5-9pm and fast the rest of the time.
 
If you find yourself unable to cut carbs sufficiently enough to get into ketosis for its benefits then I suggest trying intermittent fasting. Fasting is another way to get your body into ketosis for a small window to take advantage of the healing and regenerative effects on a daily basis with IM(intermittent fasting).

Ketosis is just your body becoming fat adapted, meaning your body is burning fat for fuel rather than carbs.

The article makes a bit of a mistake saying there are keto diets with more carbs for those who cannot handle cutting out carbs entirely, but then it really isn't keto. Anything more than 8-10g of carbs is going to take somebody out of ketosis or prevent them from becoming fat adapted.

Other benefits you will see from cutting out carbs are a dramatic drop in water weight, as well as a drop in blood pressure. Excess carbs in the blood require water for transportation through the blood stream. Less water from less cabs in the body and blood stream means less pressure on blood vessels./arteries and capillaries. It's always said that salt raises your blood pressure, and this is true if you eat the typical 250-350 grams of carbs per day, but if you are low carb the salt doesn't have the deleterious effect on your blood pressure.
 
Wanted to start a fast Wed. Failed and pigged out big time. Since the holidays, none of my shirts looks right and the Dunlap is edging over.

Short story long, I'm ~53hrs clean from sugar and ~48 water fast. Planning to break tomorrow since I put red beans to soak, but the hunger just left.

Anyone know how to keep soaked red beans longer before cooking?
 

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