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How Does Intermittent Fasting Affect Carb Loading?

It’s time to look at another Skribit question and give a quick answer. The question I’m answering today is:
Every other day fasting and its impact on how often to “carb load” when on a ketogenic diet.
I’m going to go ahead and acknowledge that I don’t carb load, so my answer isn’t from an “insider’s [...]

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IF: “Long on promises, short on delivery?”

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This is the first post by Greg Davis.
Modern Forager is no stranger to fasting, having reported on its potential benefits in several posts. But has one of the paleo/low-carb heavyweights, in Dr. Mike Eades, weighed in against the practice of intermittent fasting?
In one of his posts this month on his popular [...]

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My Intermittent Fasting Success Story

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I’ve written a couple times before here and here. Well, Mike OD has started a new site devoted to Intermittent Fasting and Instant Freedom called The IF Life. He’s asked for success stories from people that have implemented IF as part of their lifestyle. So here goes! Also, [...]

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A Day of Vittles

I’ve talked several times about my IF protocol, so I thought I should give some examples of what a day of eating looks like for me. This is my menu from yesterday at about 6:30pm to today at about 6:30pm, when I started my next 24 hour fast. I’ll start eating again tomorrow [...]

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My New Fasting Regimen

I wrote a month ago about my ad-lib eating/fasting regimen. Soon after that post, I changed things up. With my lack of exercise due to shoulder surgery, I cut down on my food intake since I wasn’t supporting any level of exercise. Between not exercising and not eating as much, I quickly [...]

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Hayflick Limit, Intermittent Fasting, and Life Extension

There was an interesting discussion of using Intermittent Fasting for life extension at the Performance Menu a few weeks ago. Robb Wolf, in all his genius, mentioned something I’d never heard of before known as the Hayflick Limit. This principle is a conondrum for those hoping for to extend life much beyond normal [...]

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Ad Lib Eating and Intermittent Fasting

“Eat 5 smaller meals per day to maintain energy levels.” That’s pretty common knowledge in the nutrition world, is it not? I reject this line of thought. I eat only as many times as I need to eat each day. My day consists of somewhere between 1 and 3 meals, generally [...]

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