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Then you could make a ton of money by appearing on those faux-documentaries they make about the super-morbidly obese, then go on The Biggest Loser and win the millions. It's the American dream, if I understand correctly.  |
lol... But all of that activity would disrupt my humors and force me to exert unnecessary energy and deplete my food fun joy.
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I tried the South Beach diet, actually -- when I was fat. It did nothing, but I was on the drugs at the time and this I would have noticed neither health effects nor weight loss. I remember there being quite a bit of grain, actually. Certainly not less grain than I would normally eat.
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There's a woman on the other forum who lost quite a bit of weight on South Beach and maintained the loss. She swears by it. In fact she's a bit of a bore. The it-worked-for-me-so-it-will-work-for-everyone type.
I'm going to eat clean for a while (well, there were croutons in my salad tonight), then experiment with adding in various grains one at a time.
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Why do they say to limit caffeine?
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She's big on adrenal fatigue, stress hormones, cortisol. Somehow caffeine tortures your adrenal glands? I don't know.
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Do you do this? I have to say it appeals to me, but I'm not sure if that's because it's a fad.
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I have tried IF. I've tried the version where you don't eat every other day - for 24 hours at a time. So let's say you finish eating at 7 pm Sunday. You resume eating at 7 pm Monday. Then eat until Tuesday evening, stop until Wednesday evening when you resume. Stop on Thursday evening and resume Friday evening. So you get three 24 hour fasts in the week. Of course, you could just do one or two fasts a week.
I've also tried the other variant, called 19/5 or 20/4, where you only eat in the 4 or 5 hour window and fast the rest of the day.
My only interest in IF was losing weight, and it didn't help with that. I was cold during the fasting periods. It takes a while to adjust to it, but it can be done.
There's a guy named (I think) Mark Mattson at NIH who does research in this area. But you know, fish, it's supposed (theoretically) to extend your life span.
That's why most people get excited about it. In mice it increases the life span substantially - almost as much as calorie restriction, but without restricting calories (the mice eat enough in their non-fasting times to make up for the calories they missed). The idea is that it reduces insulin levels and gives your pancreas a rest.
Anyway look up Mark Mattson if you want to see some of the research.
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Somehow I get the feeling bacon is not involved :'
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Bacon is ok on IF, paleo, and any of the low carb diets I'm familiar with. You shouldn't live on it, because it's a processed food, but it's not verboten.