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I have done fasting, I have done alternate day fasting. I have done fast-5. Yes, I can get there if I want to. My point is that "there" is a miserable place,

• keybored 4y ago
  Since you haven’t tried low-carb: low-carb is supposed to go well with intermittent fasting and fasting because of the effect it has on your insulin.
  • jimmydoreornot 4y ago
    Yes I need to seriously try low-carb. BTW, I have (controlled) hypertension, (controlled) high cholesterol, high triglycerides, low HDLs, and a large beer belly gut (just like my dad, but unlike my brother)... but I have hba1c on the low end and high insulin sensitivity. Doctors used to insist I was on the path to diabetes (25 years ago), but now they are mystified. I chalk it up in part to fasting and drinking a lot of coffee, and my revulsion towards sweet tasting food (I love fat, starch and salt... but not sweet). So I have a lot of doubt about insulin-related explanations given my well controlled blood sugar. But I still think hyper low-carb might work. As an aside, long-distance running works to a limited extent. I drop weight without trying and my hunger does not increase. Other forms of burning calories, however (e.g. bicycling), have not had the same effect.
    • blobbers 4y ago
      Would recommend you all check out Dr. Jason Fung. Alternate day eating etc. He's a nephrologist that works to control diabetes.