Dr. Jason Fung - 'Therapeutic Fasting - Solving the Two-Compartment Problem'

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Strong rec loceng · 2019-02 · on “Paul Graham on the Transition to Meat Substitutes”

Most people are omnivores, not carnivores as PG stated - however the trend seems to be moving towards the health benefits of eating as carnivore - a purely meat diet; it's the food you don't eat that improves health, meat is a healthy food for most people. We have the sugar lobby who paid researchers to create propaganda that fat was the culprit. We have companies incentivized to sell fad diets, we have every participant of the food industrial complex trying to push for their product to be consumed - and we have governments who are trying to keep the lobbyists happy and perhaps for the purpose of keeping the economy stable. They all aren't going to be promoting or funding research that will

Strong rec loceng · 2019-02 · on “Does Carnitine from Red Meat Cause Heart Disease?”

Scientists/researchers in the past were paid by to say that sugar wasn't bad for you, and that fat was the culprit - we know this now to not be true. There's research that emerging that is it's what you don't eat that - it's people who are eating meat + other bad things that causes problems and then allows the connection to meat as possibly being linked as the cause; there's barely any research of people just consuming meats and animal products. Two videos I recommend everyone watch: Dr. Georgia Ede - 'Our Descent into Madness: Modern Diets and the Global Mental Health Crisis' - [LINK] Dr. Jason Fung - 'Therapeutic Fasting - Solving the Two-Compartment Problem' - [this video] Imaging meat is fine

Strong rec loceng · 2020-06 · on “Intermittent fasting works – not only for weight loss but also for heart health”

An accelerated version of intermittent fasting is longer term fasting - ideal minimum being 3 days, although even only being able to handle 24 hours at first is a great start; the next ideal number of days is 5 days, then 10 days, then 20 days based on different changes that occur at those periods. I always recommend people watch this by Dr. Jason Fung: 'Therapeutic Fasting - Solving the Two-Compartment Problem' - [this video]

Recommends fast_throwaway · 2017-02 · on “Live slow, die old: Mounting evidence for caloric restriction in humans”

Dr. Jason Fung, a Canadian Nephrologist is an encyclopedic resource for the impacts of calorie restriction and fasting. While he has a couple (really good) books, the following presentation is a nice overview of his work, findings and results of therapeutic fasting: 'Therapeutic Fasting - Solving the Two-Compartment Problem' [this video]

Recommends RobertRoberts · 2018-03 · on “Complete and Voluntary Starvation of 50 days”

I am aware that extreme fasting is dangerous, but so is extreme water drinking.[0] But fasting in general seems to be stigmatised. Dr. Jason Fung [1] has some fascinating videos on Youtube about why fasting isn't bad. I am just curious why there's a mainstream view that it's bad and the exception is that it's good, vs the other way around? [0] [LINK] [1] [LINK] [this video] Edit: Dr. Fung points out one common misconception that fasting causes muscle to be eroded.

Recommends RobertRoberts · 2018-03 · on “Complete and Voluntary Starvation of 50 days”

I read the link you posted [0] and it did not say distilled water is bad for you. I don't disagree with the statement "extreme fasting can be dangerous". > You have insecurity... Why are you making this personal? > break down your body, lose muscle, produce ammonia, urea, and all sorts of toxins, pull out stored toxins and use them because your body is so desperate on its low reserves of vital nutrients..and destroy your organs. Bravo! According to this video _none_ of that happens. He addresses all of those claims. (provides proof from actual medical studies) [this video] The medical studies he presents (not his own) state the opposite of what you are saying. If you don't want to watch the video

Recommends jerrycruncher · 2018-04 · on “Features of a successful therapeutic fast of 382 days' duration (1973)”

Dr Jason Fung's "The Complete Guide to Fasting" You can get most of the same information from his online output, for free. I found this video especially interesting: [this video]

Recommends loceng · 2019-02 · on “Exercise, fasting shown to help cells shed defective proteins”

Here are a few good videos to watch: Dr. Jason Fung - 'Therapeutic Fasting - Solving the Two-Compartment Problem' - [this video] Dr. Georgia Ede - 'Our Descent into Madness: Modern Diets and the Global Mental Health Crisis' - [LINK]