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If it comes prepackaged in a bag or a box, it should be avoided. Boxes of Cheerios do not grow in the ground.

Chapter 1: What Is Fasting?įoods should be recognizable in their natural state as something that was alive or has come out of the ground. Both the ketogenic diet (a low-carb, moderate-protein, high-fat diet) and intermittent fasting are excellent methods of reducing high insulin levels. Understanding this leads naturally to a solution: if excessive insulin is causing obesity, then clearly the answer lies in reducing insulin. It’s a natural and essential process that has helped humans survive famine for thousands of years, but excessively and persistently high insulin levels result inexorably in obesity.

When we eat, insulin increases, signaling our body to store some of this food energy as fat for later use. The underlying cause of obesity turns out to be a hormonal, rather than a caloric, imbalance. Highlights & Notes Introduction, by Jason Fung, MD They stimulate hunger and insulin production.

Artificial sweeteners are not recommended to use during fasting.

Avoiding stimuli that would usually trigger hunger can help you avoid it. It doesn't happen just because your stomach is empty.

Hunger is not determined by not eating for a certain period of time.

Anything above that is probably water weight.

Fasting for fat loss will, on average, lead to a loss of 0.5 pound a day.

If you reach a weight-loss plateau when fasting, try changing up your fasting protocol.

Don't add sugar or milk (or anything else) to it.

When you fast, body fat will be preferred to be burned over muscle - unless you have a low enough body weight (sub 4%).

Eat a diet high in natural fats (from sources such as meat and dairy).

Avoid sugars and refined grains (such as flour & corn).

"If it comes prepackaged in a bag or a box, it should be avoided.".

The secret to healthy eating: eat real food.

Ketogenic diet (low-carb, moderate-protein, high-fat diet).There are two methods for achieving this: If more insulin leads to obesity, then the solution to obesity lies in reducing insulin."When we eat, insulin increases, signaling our body to store some of this food energy as fat for later use.".Obesity is a hormonal imbalance not caloric.