Fasting and Hunger – Fasting 17
Does fasting increase your hunger to unimaginable and uncontrollable dimensions? This is often how fasting is portrayed, but is it really true? From a…
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Fasting Lowers Cholesterol – Fasting 16
How can you lower cholesterol without resorting to medications? High cholesterol is considered a treatable risk factor for cardiovascular disease such…
Fasting and Muscle Mass – Fasting Part 15
It seems that there are always concerns about loss of muscle mass during fasting. I never get away from this question. No matter how many times I answ…
The Fasting ‘Advantage’ – Part 14
What is the advantage of using a strategy based on intermittent fasting versus simple dietary changes alone - such as the LowCarb HighFat diets that w…
Feasts and Fasts – The Cycle of Life – Fasting part 11
Feasts are an important part of life. This is a vitally important fact to acknowledge. That is, every single important celebration is marked by feasti…
Women and Fasting – Part 10
Not surprisingly, the use of fasting for weight loss has a long history, since it’s, kind of, like, obvious. I mean, everybody understands that …
Caloric Reduction vs Fasting – Part 9
Some would argue that the beneficial effect of fasting is due to the caloric reduction. But why is there such a striking difference between reducing c…
Fasting Myths – Part 5
Fasting myths Many myths are associated with fasting. These myths have been repeated so often that they are often perceived as infallible truths. Â So…
Fasting and Lipolysis – Part 4
Insulin is the main driver of both obesity and type 2 diabetes. Â The key to reversing both conditions is therefore not "How do we reduce calories?", …
Fasting Physiology – Part II
There are many misconceptions about fasting.  It is useful to review the physiology of what happens to our body when we eat nothing. Physiology Glu…
