Posted on 01/06/2023 10:04:33 AM PST by ConservativeMind
The term intermittent fasting covers several approaches.
The "Eat Stop Eat" method: Alternate days of normal eating and fasting, including two non-consecutive fasting days in a week.
The 5:2 method: This alternates between five days of normal eating and two days (which can be consecutive) of 70-75% calorie reduction during the week.
Time-restricted eating: This consists of narrowing the food intake window to between 6 and 10 hours per day, fasting between 14 and 18 hours during the day.
With the "Eat Stop Eat" and 5:2 approaches, the data has shown they can effectively help us lose weight and improve certain metabolic parameters such as fasting blood glucose. For example, Surabhi Bhutani showed the use of the 5:2 method for three months resulted in a weight loss of 3-6 kg in participants.
The most studied method is the one with a daily food intake but limited in time. Two "time slots" are often observed:
When food intake starts with breakfast and ends in the late afternoon—known as "early time-restricted feeding".
When food intake starts with lunch—known as "late time-restricted feeding".
This approach appears to improve metabolic regulation and slash the risk of metabolic diseases. However, these benefits vary according to the chosen time slot. When food intake starts in the morning, studies have observed weight loss and improvements in insulin sensitivity.
Conversely, there are fewer or no benefits to starting meals at midday and ending them in the evening. Halberg Hospital showed positive results in participants who ate only in the morning, and not in those who ate in the evening after 8 p.m.
Research suggests our internal clock and circadian rhythms have something to do with it. Indeed, the benefits to only eating in the morning is that periods of food intake and fasting coincide with our biological clock.
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All you people that wait for “PM” to start drinking baffle me. AM is a wonderful time for a nice drink. On most vacation days I drink in a window of 10 - 2. Then I stop and repeat the next day. Feels so much better to me than drinking at night. I sleep better too.
Beer - It’s not just for breakfast anymore.
Its always 4:00 PM somewhere. 😊
A good diet includes the four food groups: regular food, junk food, fast food, and beer.
TBH I cant recall, but I think it has to do with the body firing up the sugar levels in anticipation of a new day of activity. It happens closer after 3:00 AM or so hence the name “dawn effect” You can google the term and learn more.
I hope your joshing...Kind of hard to drink in the AM when you are expected at work...
Milk/cream and sugar are for people who don’t like the taste of coffee
I used to have a t-shirt that said “I do more drinking by 9AM than most people do all day”
I did say “vacation days”. :-)
I did look it up. Very common.
My son called me after he saw that episode to say Beth was on my diet. ;)
Actually, I’ve been intermittent fasting for several years now. Initially I lost 20 pounds in 30 days, have kept it off, and feel fantastic. To loose weight while fasting you must avoid all sugar, dairy, and grains.
Yep. I have to admit my care to what I eat is not good as it should be, but I know its better than it was. Keep working at it.
That sugar is damn EVIL!
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You can’t drink all day unless you start in the morning.
(I take it her character hits back, doesn't she?)
Hits first too
CM Thanks! I have been skipping breakfast and having lunch and dinner. Better schedule since my daughter works and eats dinner at home. Perhaps I need to stay up late and sleep until 9:00 so I can have a 10:00 breakfast and 5:30 dinner. :) !
Sounds like Wife #1. (Made her angrier, but sometimes you could intercept the fist before the blow! :)
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Congratulations!
I was wondering which IF plan you used? — Thanks!
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