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Fast mimicking diets were tested on elderly folks, because fasting or calorie restriction might be dangerous and has compliance issues " The fasting-mimicking
by jvanderbot 4y ago
Fast mimicking diets were tested on elderly folks, because fasting or calorie restriction might be dangerous and has compliance issues
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The fasting-mimicking diet (FMD) is a low-calorie/low-protein but high-unsaturated-fat diet that has an effect on stress resistance/longevity-related markers similar to those caused by water-only fasting, but that minimizes the burden of prolonged fasting as it provides both macro- and micronutrients. "
- aliqot 4y agoCholesterol and other parts of fats are the basic building blocks of a lot of things your brain needs. I have a hypothesis that sugar is the antithesis of this and that the benefits we're seeing from FMD are because you've limited their sugar intake.
- jvanderbot 4y agoTrue or not, that's a pretty decent mental model for justifying better eating habits.
- aliqot 4y agoI lost ~100lbs in the span of 1yr during covid with most of that weight coming off in 4 months on that model. The key in one-meal-per-day isn't that it restricts calories[0], but what it does do is force you for 23h a day to resist a reward/response cycle that food has on you. - Biggest benefit was so much time for activities just opens up. - Biggest drawback in all seriousness was losing the confidence and protection that came with being an immovable object. [0] - My theory is that one-meal-per-day when not paired with mental progress can encourage binge eating. I can consume 10,000 calories in a single meal, unless I'm also biking 30 miles that is not doing to help me lose weight, one meal or ten meals.