What is fasting?
>A period of time where you don't consume ANY calories
What is the shortest time I can fast?
>16:8. A 16 hour fast and 8 hour eating window per day
What is the longest time I can fast?
>You can fast as long as you have more than 8% body fat and supplement correctly
How do I supplement correctly?
>Get enough minerals. Mainly sodium and potassium
Where do I get sodium and potassium?
>Sodium Chloride is table salt or pink salt. Potassium Chloride is salt substitute, found by the salt in grocery stores
Can I just take sodium without potassium?
>No. This is how you fuck your shit up. Potassium is non-negotiable
How much sodium and potassium?
>2500 mg / 1 teaspoon of each is a good start
Can I take all the salt at once?
>No. You will shit yourself and flush electrolytes. Mix the salts with 1-2 L of water and sip throughout the day. Mixture is called snake juice
Can I just drink water without salts?
>For shorter fasts, yes. But for long ones, you'll deplete your electrolytes and feel like shit
How long can I go on just water?
>Til you feel like shit
Any other minerals I need?
>Some add magnesium to their routine as well
What about multivitamins?
>Not really necessary
Anything else I can add to my routine?
>If your gut is fucked, you can add cayenne pepper
>Some do 1 tsp of baking soda and 0.5 tsp sodium cl for kidney health
>Some take ACV and lemon juice. Acids fuck your teeth, so don't mix with snake juice. Take separately
Coffee, tea, sweeteners?
>Can raise cortisol and insulin, reducing effects of fasting. Otherwise okay
Why not just do CICO?
>CICO fucks with both your TDE and your insulin levels in ways that fasting does not. Also, fasting has other health benefits
What are the other benefits of fasting?
>Autophagy, reduced inflammation, HGH boost, immune system recovery, increased insulin sensitivity, more muscle sparing
Resources:
>Fung
youtube.com/watch?v=YpllomiDMX0
>Cole
youtube.com/channel/UC_yUeH8TsG5pxqvkOxBtsFA
>Discord
discord.gg/sG4vTsz
/fast/ Aetiology of Obesity Edition
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Fasting is great, and I’ve done it with and without carbs and I will say that with carbs is not very effective. I actually gained weight eating only two meals a day in what was usually an 18:6 schedule.
Right now I’m pretty close to zero carb including fiber and the weight is falling off again. Also, OMAD is pretty much trivial eating this way.
fasting with carbs is great for maintaining weight while building muscle in my experience.
Will coffee and diet coke fuck up my 16:8 regular fasts?
>Fasting
>18:6
Yes(no)
Is coffee good for you?
From what I've read, there's a wide consensus that plain black coffee is perfectly fine, artifical sweeteners have divided opinion. Some sources say they're okay, others say they activate the same insulin response you're trying to avoid during your fasting window. Personally I air on the side of caution
No but 16:8 is a meme beyond calorie control.
Just do a full day (wake up twice) without eating
Guess I'll just drink some really cold water then
Wake up twice?
But my goal is indeed calorie control, I get really fucking hungry on OMAD, don't really care about being that distracted