Peter Attia· MD
Supposed to be starting keto today in prep for water fast in 7 days... on second thought, the food (and beer) at the ballpark is a bit tempting. How about I start keto tomorrow?
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Supposed to be starting keto today in prep for water fast in 7 days... on second thought, the food (and beer) at the ballpark is a bit tempting. How about I start keto tomorrow?
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Breaking fast slowly... small bowl of chili, small salad. Then a few berries and a couple of eggs.
Coming to end of keto week, about to start fast tomorrow.
I like to personally get my ketogenesis from from my periods of fasting more so than carbohydrate restriction well i do i do refined carbohydrate restriction
I went for a very boring repetitive ketogenic diet where I was still usually skipping breakfast anyway or sometimes I would have like maybe an egg or some bacon or something but usually I didn't breakfast I would just have coffee with a bit of MCT powder in it you know lunch I would have some macadamia nuts maybe an avocado some olives and then dinner would usually just be a salad and a modest enough serving a protein that I could be confident I wouldn't boot myself out of ketosis
I've been vegan I've been keto I've been like the most you know um you know hardcore fasting intermittent fasting Tim restricted eating like I've done there's no diet I don't think I've I've done for long periods of time and I have found benefit in one form or another from various different aspects of these things
Time-restricted eating produces fat loss independent of total calories.
A 72-hour fast measurably improves autophagy markers in healthy adults.
One-meal-a-day (OMAD) eating patterns increase all-cause mortality in long-running cohort data.
Eating the largest meal before 3pm improves 24-hour glucose vs. an evening-heavy schedule, calorie-matched.