Intermittent Fasting and Life Extension

[erikwingren]

Re: flies smelling food, I recall reading somewhere recently that some people have (insulin response? I'm not sure -- but some physical response you'd expect on eating sugar or carbs) .. from calorie free but sweet tasting diet sodas. Which could go a long ways to explaining the 'fat guy with a diet soda' thing!

[Steven Barnes]

Possible. But I think that eating a diet food on the one hand and junk on the other creates a sense of "hey! I earned this pie!" attitude. While it is clear that there are physical issues that make it more difficult for some to lose weight than others, I've yet to meet a seriously overweight person who had not been in serious denial...or still was. Anyone who both reduces caloric input and increases output (dietary control and exercise), slowly increasing their knowledge and application of both, will lose weight. PERIOD. The fact that people with weight issues never seem to do both these simple things at the same time (they always do one or the other, or try some kind of drastic action, then quit when it gets too hard. What I see is that about 99% of people with weight issues could handle them with behavioral change. It is emotional issues, not physiological ones, that are paramount for most of us.

[Argent'horn]

I have realized that I am going to have to modify my IF routine somehow. It has become uncomfortably clear that if I do not eat a couple of eggs for breakfast, my brain does not work as well all day. I make more mistakes while lecturing, I lose my train of thought more often, and I generally am not as good at mathematics. I have been hoping this difficulty would go away, but after 20 months on IF, it has not. It is not so much of a problem when I am teaching elementary courses, but when I am teaching graduate level courses, I just don't do as good a job without my daily eggs to eat.

I suspect that the problem is insufficient choline, but there may be more to it than that. I will post again when I have an alternate protocol worked out. Any suggestions in this direction would be most welcome. Until then, I will eat eggs at breakfast and fast the rest of the day on alternate days. But, I am not at all sure this is the best solution.

[Steven Barnes]

I think that everyone has to experiment and find their own way. I see no reason a small amount of choline-heavy protein changes the basic idea. As an adult human being, you MUST find your own way.