Can you drink alcohol during a fast? I assure you I'd love the answer to be yes. As a person who practices intermittent fasting once or twice a week, I can tell you that there have been days were I've considered breaking a fast solely for a nice pint of Guinness. It doesn't happen often, but when it does, I will think of every excuse in the book outlining why I should be … [Read more...] about Alcohol and Fasting
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What I Eat
I’ve been asked to do a "day in the life of Brad" and track all of my eating, so I recorded 2 days of regular eating, then the two days surrounding a fast for you. I’ll warn you right now that my diet is not overly exciting. In fact, I generally follow my own advice... I fast twice per week, and eat around 100 grams of protein per day like in How Much Protein. I’m not … [Read more...] about What I Eat
7 facts about Eat Stop Eat
Some reminders about Eat Stop Eat 1. You still eat every single day. With Eat Stop Eat you never fast for a full day. It’s 24 hours (at the most) divided between two days. If you were to fast for an entire day, the fast would be closer to 36 hours long (since you would fast through your sleep, fast through the day, fast through you next sleep, then eat). That's a lot of … [Read more...] about 7 facts about Eat Stop Eat
Reverse Taper Intermittent Fasting
The concept of the Reverse Taper Diet is still one of my favorite ideas. Without getting too technical, the concept is that you should be in your largest calorie deficit (eating the least amount of food) at the beginning of your diet, when you have the most fat to lose and thus the most fat available to be used as a fuel. Then, as you slowly lose fat you also slowly up your … [Read more...] about Reverse Taper Intermittent Fasting
My Philosophy of Intermittent Fasting
In a day an age where science is EVERYTHING, we sometimes forget that philosophy is the 'thinking of thinking' and needs to play an important role when we discuss how we should eat. After all, we shouldn't confuse data collection with wisdom. The more we simply absorb data without truly critically analyzing its meaning, the more we can potentially fall victim to many of the … [Read more...] about My Philosophy of Intermittent Fasting