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Do you mind sharing your daily fasting routine. I only tried intermittently and always wanted to give it a more serious try and I have to start somewhere.

by pokot0 5y ago

inglor_cz 5y ago
My sweet spot seems to be 18/6. I prefer to go without breakfast and have a lunch and a dinner 6 hours apart, because I hate to sleep with an empty stomach. I drink unsweetened coffee and tea (0 calories and may act as appetite suppressant). I generally limit sugar in my food, though not to zero. On my non-fasting days, I have a breakfast, but I try to have no more than 3 meals a day. No snacking. I decide whether to fast or not by the state of my hunger in the morning. If I am ravenous, I have a breakfast and a non-fasting day. If I feel only slightly empty, I go without breakfast to a total length of 17-19 hours of fasting. I am now experimenting with continuous glucose meter to find out what meals send my glucose too high. This, again, seems to be individual. Rice and potatoes seem to act really crazy. Interestingly, pizza not so much.
- 1_player 5y ago
  18/6 has never done anything to my BP, I've been doing it for 10 years. I suspect the biggest impact was trying to lose weight and changing your diet. In my case changing my diet has noticeable and immediate effect to any physiological metric than any other "trick".
  - inglor_cz 5y ago
    I didn't change composition of my diet much back then, but I noticed that on days when I fast longer, my BP goes even lower. I could probably fast myself into lightheadedness now on Concor (not that I want to). People are fairly diverse, so different reactions are to be expected. Our gut microbiota is diverse, too. I also noticed that even slight amounts of alcohol (1 glass of wine) are visible on my BP for about 24 hours after. An increase of 5-7 points.
- belltaco 5y ago
  What CGM are you using?
  - inglor_cz 5y ago
    Abbott FreeStyle Libre first generation, which is the only one available in my country. I know that there are newer generations of the sensor, but I do not want to go through the hassle and extra expense of importing them from the UK or so.

Do you mind sharing your daily fasting routine. I only tried intermittently and always wanted to give it a more serious try and I have to start somewhere.

by pokot0 5y ago

Do you mind sharing your daily fasting routine. I only tried intermittently and always wanted to give it a more serious try and I have to start somewhere.

inglor_cz 5y ago

My sweet spot seems to be 18/6. I prefer to go without breakfast and have a lunch and a dinner 6 hours apart, because I hate to sleep with an empty stomach. I drink unsweetened coffee and tea (0 calories and may act as appetite suppressant). I generally limit sugar in my food, though not to zero. On my non-fasting days, I have a breakfast, but I try to have no more than 3 meals a day. No snacking. I decide whether to fast or not by the state of my hunger in the morning. If I am ravenous, I have a breakfast and a non-fasting day. If I feel only slightly empty, I go without breakfast to a total length of 17-19 hours of fasting. I am now experimenting with continuous glucose meter to find out what meals send my glucose too high. This, again, seems to be individual. Rice and potatoes seem to act really crazy. Interestingly, pizza not so much.

1_player 5y ago
18/6 has never done anything to my BP, I've been doing it for 10 years. I suspect the biggest impact was trying to lose weight and changing your diet. In my case changing my diet has noticeable and immediate effect to any physiological metric than any other "trick".
- inglor_cz 5y ago
  I didn't change composition of my diet much back then, but I noticed that on days when I fast longer, my BP goes even lower. I could probably fast myself into lightheadedness now on Concor (not that I want to). People are fairly diverse, so different reactions are to be expected. Our gut microbiota is diverse, too. I also noticed that even slight amounts of alcohol (1 glass of wine) are visible on my BP for about 24 hours after. An increase of 5-7 points.
belltaco 5y ago
What CGM are you using?
- inglor_cz 5y ago
  Abbott FreeStyle Libre first generation, which is the only one available in my country. I know that there are newer generations of the sensor, but I do not want to go through the hassle and extra expense of importing them from the UK or so.