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By: Dan Rivera

Dan Rivera — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:50:40 +0000

The only thing low fat failed was my taste buds and mood.

By: TracyM

TracyM — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:02:52 +0000

Sorry if I’m posting this in the wrong spot, but I need some help/info. Today is my very first fasting day as I’ve now adopted the Eat Stop Eat lifestyle. (yes, lifestyle, NOT diet)

I just wanted to know if there are any forums to go to discuss progress, get support, or get questions answered.

Thanks so much for your help, and thank YOU Brad, for changing my life. This may seem odd to some, but I already feel healthier and have more energy after only fasting since 6PM last night! Amazing!

Tracy

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:25:57 +0000

Jenny, I concur with you. I tried almost every diet known to mankind. I am glad I did, don’t get me wrong. But I wish I could go back and try delicious foods that I passed on because it wasn’t low carb or had sugar, or had bread crumbs…for crying out loud what was I thinking….? ESE is the only way to go.

By: neil

neil — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:00:05 +0000

Hey Brad,
Big thanks for all the research and info you put out on the website. Everything is top quality. I wasn’t sure where to post this question but wanted to see if you have any advice or can point me in the right direction for a men’s multivitamin. I am currently taking the GNC Men’s Mega Sport multivitamin but it’s mostly due to the fact that I have been taking it for years and don’t know if there is a better option out there. I think I initially started it as it matched up pretty well with what Men’s Health was recommending at that time. I did a search on your blog and couldn’t find anything related to my query. Thanks in advance.
Neil

By: Jkl

Jkl — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:25:07 +0000

Still overthinking this. It is very simple. Eat real foods. Eat when you get hungry and avoid processed foods, no matter what it says or claims. Don’t be scared of meat, fat or anything else that isn’t processed. We don’t have to think in terms of 1000′s of years ago(Paleo), more of what it was like 100 years ago. When my grandparents were growing up they didn’t have access to the abundance of processed foods nor did they eat fresh fruit morning, noon and night because it wasn’t as available. They used butter because thats what you had. It was the overthinking of nutrition and manipulated studies that caused the increase in obesity in the U.S. Just my opinion, but has always worked for me.

By: chris

chris — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:41:26 +0000

very interesting stuff Brad. We’ve been hearing that the American epedemic of obesety was macronutrient based, but the firgures here are more logical. Serving sizes have increased, availablity has increased and affordability has also increased while options for being entertained while sitting down have increase along with the whole seated job thing. Pretty obvious really why everyone is getting fat.

Go back to what grandma said and eat three healthy meals a day (and we do all generally know what a healthy meal is), don’t stress about missing a meal or two (cause you won’t get fatter by eating less) and move more (let’s please end the whole lazy gym theory of long slow cardio to lose weight) work hard at whatever you are doing. It works.

By: Alex P.

Alex P. — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:01:35 +0000

That’s funny, I was raised exclusively on skim milk, so just drinking full milk straight is gross to me. However, chocolate milk, or anything flavored, has to be full.

Fat free has always been a euphemism for me: nasty.

By: Cooper

Cooper — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:59:44 +0000

My hypothesis is that people tend to think they can get away with eating more because they’re eating so called “healthy” foods.

I personally can never feel satisfied with low fat foods. Adding fat to anything makes it taste better so removing the fat from foods seems backwards to me. So people are reduced to eating more of the foods they don’t enjoy. Can anyone really say that skimmed milk tastes anywhere near as good as full fat milk?

By: Junglist999

Junglist999 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:11:04 +0000

Been thinking about the whole reinterpretation of the heart hypothesis and de-fearing of saturated fats while promoting pasture fed animals, whipping cream in coffee, raw whole milk, butter and coconut oil for frying et cetera.

While helpful correctives, you can’t get away from the high calorie content of fats and the need to utilise the macro nutrients in general that go into ones mouth. Low to moderate unrefined carb (veg and some fruit) intake works for balanced energy and low body fat stability, but I find I can easily overdo the protein and fats – just as the ‘low fat’ skimmed milk/skinny ice cream/no fat biscuits industry encouraged and led to excess consumption/caloric intake as you describe

Experimented with 16hr IFs couple of times.
Will make it regular. Robb Wolf recommended not going over 16hrs due to effects of excess cortisol and the need for a low stress life in general to benefit from longer fasts. May try longer IF’s to test this on my physiology.