* * * IF (intermittent fasting) Diets - post your opinions and experience here * * *

[Ben_66]

The proposed benefits of IF in animals and humans read like a laundry list of “look
better,” “feel better,” “live longer” physiological changes. These include:
REDUCED
• blood lipids (including decreased triglycerides and LDL cholesterol)
• blood pressure (perhaps through changes in sympathetic/parasympathetic activity)
• markers of inflammation (including CRP, IL-6, TNF, BDNF, and more)
• oxidative stress (using markers of protein, lipid, and DNA damage)
• risk of cancer

INCREASED
• cellular turnover and repair (called autophagocytosis)
• fat burning (increase in fatty acid oxidation later in the fast)
• growth hormone release later in the fast (hormonally mediated)
• metabolic rate later in the fast (stimulated by epinephrine and norepinephrine
release)
IMPROVED
• appetite control (perhaps through changes in PPY and ghrelin)
• blood sugar control (by lowering blood glucose and increasing insulin sensitivity)
• cardiovascular function (by offering protection against ischemic injury to the heart)
• effectiveness of chemotherapy (by allowing for higher doses more frequently)
• neurogenesis and neuronal plasticity (by offering protection against neurotoxins)

[gbrice75]

BUMP!!! For Deucefan

[wh1spa]

BUMP!!! For Deucefan

Bump because im going to do this. Looking at at 19/5 with two meals, 1 pre / 1 pwo.

Alot more research to be done -_-

[gbrice75]

Bump for T-dogg

[t-dogg]

Im doing this diet now. Sunday I did a 12hr fast. Wends ill do another 12hr fast and the following sunday Im shooting for 24hrs.