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Honestly, I'd sign up for something that removed my preference for sugar. I'd argue I could probably lose 10-15 pounds right away.

robotnikman 6y ago
Same, I would love to kill my craving for sugar. I wonder if fecal matter transplants are a way of doing this, since they supposedly populate your gut with 'good' bacteria.
- isodude 6y ago
  4 hours fast is enough, and eat properly. Trimming in the gut for that goes very fast. I find that skipping breakfast is a nice way as well, and durable over time. You need to get friendly with the sensation of hunger.
  - fredophile 6y ago
    I highly doubt that a 4 hour fast is sufficient for anything. Any guy bacteria that can't survive through a nights sleep would have been wiped out long ago.
    - isodude 6y ago
      It's not as much for getting rid of the bacteria but rather ending the continous stream of eating thay we end up with.
- bluGill 6y ago
  They can, but they can also populate your gut with worse bacteria. More research is needed. It is promising but I wouldn't do it until more studies are done. In the mean time years of eating right will feed the good and kill the bad. Over time you will catch more good bacteria which will grow and multiply. Depending on what you eat, different good foods demand different good bacteria.
- ncarroll 6y ago
  I have a good friend who was hired a couple of years ago at a psychological clinic to build a program for treating depression without pharmaceuticals where possible focusing instead on diet, gut health and exercise. After talking with her I got curious and started doing a lot of research on gut health and food. Up until then, I had never heard of fermenting vegetables and I wondered if an experiment with those would help me get over a bad burnout. I read about all kinds of chemical and nutritional details and studies and edge cases I didn't understand. I tried fermenting some beans which turned out terrible reminding me I had no idea what I was doing. But I kept at it. One day, a couple of months into the experiment, by then I was fermenting successfully and enjoying it daily, when I realized that my life-long love of sugar was simply gone. I have no idea where it went. I wasn't on a diet, I wasn't restricting my food choices in any way other than to be sure I ate a couple of spoonfuls of ferment each day; it just disappeared. I never expected that to happen... If you really want to kill that craving, try fermenting nearly any vegetable you like and just eat a little bit each day. It takes time for your gut bacteria to improve but fermenting is quick and easy to do and it costs next to nothing. Feel free to get in touch via the email in my profile if you have any questions at all and good luck!
daniel2x 6y ago
You can do a zero sugar, zero carb fast for three days. Once the gut bacteria starve and die the cravings disappear. The first two days are a bit tough.
- tormeh 6y ago
  Any source for this? Because if this is true, I'm willing to try. Absolutely no carbs is really hard, though. I'd essentially have to drink rapeseed oil for 3 days... Even butter has carbs.
  - jfkebwjsbx 6y ago
    Eating vegetables for three days seems easy enough.
    - BeetleB 6y ago
      A lot of vegetables have carbs.
      - uoaei 6y ago
        Sugars are carbs but carbs are not sugars
  - daniel2x 6y ago
    I've done it myself (zero calorie water fast) and it worked for me (n=1). The difference between day two and day three is stark. It's free and easy to try. Maybe check with your physician first if you are on medications or have health issues. If the question that you are trying to answer is "will this work for me?" then there aren't any papers that I know of which will answer that. :)
  - bluGill 6y ago
    Drink water. This is a full on fast. Check with your doctor first. My cousin did this for a month got type I diabetes. (I suspect he would have anyway given his genetics, but the fast changed his body enough to bring it on sooner)

robotnikman 6y ago

Same, I would love to kill my craving for sugar. I wonder if fecal matter transplants are a way of doing this, since they supposedly populate your gut with 'good' bacteria.

isodude 6y ago
4 hours fast is enough, and eat properly. Trimming in the gut for that goes very fast. I find that skipping breakfast is a nice way as well, and durable over time. You need to get friendly with the sensation of hunger.
- fredophile 6y ago
  I highly doubt that a 4 hour fast is sufficient for anything. Any guy bacteria that can't survive through a nights sleep would have been wiped out long ago.
  - isodude 6y ago
    It's not as much for getting rid of the bacteria but rather ending the continous stream of eating thay we end up with.
bluGill 6y ago
They can, but they can also populate your gut with worse bacteria. More research is needed. It is promising but I wouldn't do it until more studies are done. In the mean time years of eating right will feed the good and kill the bad. Over time you will catch more good bacteria which will grow and multiply. Depending on what you eat, different good foods demand different good bacteria.
ncarroll 6y ago
I have a good friend who was hired a couple of years ago at a psychological clinic to build a program for treating depression without pharmaceuticals where possible focusing instead on diet, gut health and exercise. After talking with her I got curious and started doing a lot of research on gut health and food. Up until then, I had never heard of fermenting vegetables and I wondered if an experiment with those would help me get over a bad burnout. I read about all kinds of chemical and nutritional details and studies and edge cases I didn't understand. I tried fermenting some beans which turned out terrible reminding me I had no idea what I was doing. But I kept at it. One day, a couple of months into the experiment, by then I was fermenting successfully and enjoying it daily, when I realized that my life-long love of sugar was simply gone. I have no idea where it went. I wasn't on a diet, I wasn't restricting my food choices in any way other than to be sure I ate a couple of spoonfuls of ferment each day; it just disappeared. I never expected that to happen... If you really want to kill that craving, try fermenting nearly any vegetable you like and just eat a little bit each day. It takes time for your gut bacteria to improve but fermenting is quick and easy to do and it costs next to nothing. Feel free to get in touch via the email in my profile if you have any questions at all and good luck!

daniel2x 6y ago

You can do a zero sugar, zero carb fast for three days. Once the gut bacteria starve and die the cravings disappear. The first two days are a bit tough.

tormeh 6y ago
Any source for this? Because if this is true, I'm willing to try. Absolutely no carbs is really hard, though. I'd essentially have to drink rapeseed oil for 3 days... Even butter has carbs.
- jfkebwjsbx 6y ago
  Eating vegetables for three days seems easy enough.
  - BeetleB 6y ago
    A lot of vegetables have carbs.
    - uoaei 6y ago
      Sugars are carbs but carbs are not sugars
- daniel2x 6y ago
  I've done it myself (zero calorie water fast) and it worked for me (n=1). The difference between day two and day three is stark. It's free and easy to try. Maybe check with your physician first if you are on medications or have health issues. If the question that you are trying to answer is "will this work for me?" then there aren't any papers that I know of which will answer that. :)
- bluGill 6y ago
  Drink water. This is a full on fast. Check with your doctor first. My cousin did this for a month got type I diabetes. (I suspect he would have anyway given his genetics, but the fast changed his body enough to bring it on sooner)