janiejoey
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Anyone try this diet and if so what can you tell me about your experience? All your opinions are valuable to me, so let me know what you think. I learn so much here.
Been thinking about trying this diet for 2 months along with my Paleo Diet and natural fermented foods, to see what will happen to my body. Alzheimer runs in my family and this diet has a good chance to help me prevent it.
Below is Scientific Research and results from this diet. Of course not all the evidence is in yet, and nutritionist don't recommend this until further studies are done. There may be risks for certain people as shown below.
What you do is eat 5 days normally and on two nonconsecutive days you eat up to 500 calories for women and 600 calories for men or eat only 1/4th the calories of what you normally eat, on each of those fasting days. Eat whatever time is good for you during those days. You can break the calories up or eat those calories in one sitting. Drink water, coffee and green tea through out the day. That's what I'm understanding about how to implement the diet.
Studies conducted by the Baltimore National Institute on Aging reveal that fasting once or twice a week lowers Insulin-like growth factor 1 ( IGF-1 ) levels; a lower IGF-1 level encourages fat burning and can protect the brain against diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.[3] Tests conducted on mice have revealed that controlling the levels of IGF-1 through fasting can promote longevity; high levels of IGF-1 in later life promote aging, although it is needed in youth for growth.[2] However, the general medical consensus is that fasting has not been researched extensively enough to determine if there are benefits.[2] Villagers in Ecuador suffering from the extremely rare Laron syndrome in which they cannot produce IGF-1 have shown an immunity to diseases such as cancer and diabetes, as well as exceptional longevity.[2] But they exhibit extremely short stature and typically stand less than 1.2m (4 ft) tall, due to restrictions on the hormone in childhood development.[2]
Results and criticism
Dr. Michael J. Mosley, largely responsible for popularizing the diet after he featured in a BBC2 Horizon documentary Eat, Fast & Live Longer in August 2012, went on the diet for at least six weeks. He tested himself on the first Friday and discovered that he had lost 2 lb of body fat, his blood glucose levels had fallen dramatically, and his IGF-1 levels had halved. He lost 14 pounds (6.4 kg) and 25% of his body fat in six weeks on the diet, with improved cholesterol and blood sugar.[2] Nutritionists have observed that intermittent diets, such as 5:2, can trigger problems for those with eating disorders such as anorexia or binging.[5]
Janie
Been thinking about trying this diet for 2 months along with my Paleo Diet and natural fermented foods, to see what will happen to my body. Alzheimer runs in my family and this diet has a good chance to help me prevent it.
Below is Scientific Research and results from this diet. Of course not all the evidence is in yet, and nutritionist don't recommend this until further studies are done. There may be risks for certain people as shown below.
What you do is eat 5 days normally and on two nonconsecutive days you eat up to 500 calories for women and 600 calories for men or eat only 1/4th the calories of what you normally eat, on each of those fasting days. Eat whatever time is good for you during those days. You can break the calories up or eat those calories in one sitting. Drink water, coffee and green tea through out the day. That's what I'm understanding about how to implement the diet.
Studies conducted by the Baltimore National Institute on Aging reveal that fasting once or twice a week lowers Insulin-like growth factor 1 ( IGF-1 ) levels; a lower IGF-1 level encourages fat burning and can protect the brain against diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.[3] Tests conducted on mice have revealed that controlling the levels of IGF-1 through fasting can promote longevity; high levels of IGF-1 in later life promote aging, although it is needed in youth for growth.[2] However, the general medical consensus is that fasting has not been researched extensively enough to determine if there are benefits.[2] Villagers in Ecuador suffering from the extremely rare Laron syndrome in which they cannot produce IGF-1 have shown an immunity to diseases such as cancer and diabetes, as well as exceptional longevity.[2] But they exhibit extremely short stature and typically stand less than 1.2m (4 ft) tall, due to restrictions on the hormone in childhood development.[2]
Results and criticism
Dr. Michael J. Mosley, largely responsible for popularizing the diet after he featured in a BBC2 Horizon documentary Eat, Fast & Live Longer in August 2012, went on the diet for at least six weeks. He tested himself on the first Friday and discovered that he had lost 2 lb of body fat, his blood glucose levels had fallen dramatically, and his IGF-1 levels had halved. He lost 14 pounds (6.4 kg) and 25% of his body fat in six weeks on the diet, with improved cholesterol and blood sugar.[2] Nutritionists have observed that intermittent diets, such as 5:2, can trigger problems for those with eating disorders such as anorexia or binging.[5]
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