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Old Mon, Jul-23-18, 11:21
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The best meal to skip is the one that works for you and it is reasonable to expect it varies from person to person since we have different metabolisms and some are night people, others morning people. I'm never hungry before 10 am and since I'm retired, "meal time" does not need to follow the clock.
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Old Thu, Aug-09-18, 09:41
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An update on The Obesity Code Facebook page. It is now a closed group, but one with very active 26,500+ members. I don't post there but check regularly and noticed that they have been adding Resources to the File tab. Open those .pdfs and you will find many links to books, Dr. Fung articles and lectures, other good low carb websites. Maybe I have missed these before but an update this morning has new things. One of interest:

IDM now has a Physician Locator on their website. Canada and US. Doctors in their "Network"..assume they manage fasting protocols.

Physician locators: https://idmprogram.com/idm-physicians-network/
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Old Thu, Aug-09-18, 09:44
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Plan: LC/CancerRecovery
Stats: 170/135/130 Female 62 inches
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Great resource, Janet. Thanks so much.
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Old Thu, Aug-09-18, 19:24
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Plan: Very LC, Higher Protein
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Glad to see IDM maintaining a physician locator. I'm receiving a lot of emails from IDM, and I'm not sure whether it's because I simply was on their mailing list before or whether any of my correspondence labeled me as a member. However, they're offering me fasting support and mentoring. I'm curious whether anyone else is receiving these communications.
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Old Fri, Aug-10-18, 03:22
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Rob,
Yes, I am getting an email about weekly now. I did sign up for their newsletter ages ago but I too noticed more than previously. The last one was a sales pitch for their pay on-line community, though don’t read them closely. This is a case where I do take the wheat (Jason's new blog posts as available) along with the chaff (sales promos).
I’m always up for supporting doctors and others who freely share good information, but their FB page and the other forum that supports Ketogenic Living both have experienced fasting guidance and on-going support.
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Old Fri, Aug-10-18, 04:06
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I’ve been receiving emails too.
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Old Fri, Aug-10-18, 08:16
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Thanks, Janet and Jean. I'm all for supporting IDM, as they are doing wonderful work. I was curious whether I had become more than a member of their blog emails, and I'll happily take the marketing for their business as one of the positive side effects . . .
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Old Sun, Aug-12-18, 07:41
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From Fung Team this morning. Great explanation about Why T2D is reversable:
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Here’s something you may already know - over 50% of American adults have either prediabetes or diabetes.

Not surprised?

Here’s something you may not know:

These twin cycles (hepatic and pancreatic) are not metabolic dysfunction that ends in disease, but protective mechanisms.

Yep, you heard us right -- insulin resistance (and beta cell dysfunction) are protective.

Insulin is harmful and the reason we’re “resisting” it (otherwise known as Insulin resistance) is because our body is trying to protect our liver.

Picture the liver as a balloon, and when we eat it fills up with fat and sugar. When we stop eating for awhile, like during fasting, the insulin levels drop, releasing some of the stored energy and deflating the balloon.

But if insulin levels stay elevated for a long time, the balloon (your liver) inflates - filling with excess sugar and fat. The pressure inside the liver escalates, which makes it difficult for any more sugar to make its way into this jam-packed liver. The liver doesn’t have any room for more sugar, and so pushes (or resists) the incoming sugar, which now piles up outside in the blood.

This provokes a compensatory hyperinsulinemia (excess insulin circulating in the blood). Like trying to inflate the over-inflated balloon, it works for a time. However, it becomes more and more difficult. Ultimately, the liver was only trying to protect itself from the damaging effects of the high insulin. The problem is not the insulin resistance, but excess insulin in the bloodstream.

The liver is busy trying to clear the fatty congestion by exporting this new fat. Some of it accumulates in the pancreas, eventually clogging it and lowering insulin levels. This is exactly the correct protective response. Since high insulin is the very problem that causes type 2 diabetes, reducing insulin is the most effective protective strategy.

The treatments we have been using for type 2 diabetes were EXACTLY wrong. Too much insulin causes this disease. Giving insulin or drugs that raise insulin will not make the disease better. It will only make it worse!

It is no different from treating alcoholism with more alcohol. Treating alcohol withdrawal by giving more alcohol will certainly improve symptoms in the short-term. But the disease, the alcoholism will get worse.

Our standard accepted treatments were precisely how NOT to treat type 2 diabetes. It’s very difficult to assess how reversible a disease is when you’re feeding it instead of treating it. But when you look at diabetes through the lens of treatments that address core issues, the reversibility problem looks much, much clearer.

Are you feeling hopeful, inspired and ready to reclaim your health?
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Old Sun, Aug-12-18, 08:50
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Plan: atkins, carnivore 2023
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Yes, I know now that the specialists that gave me insulin during my pregnancies is the WRONG approach. I often think of the damage my babies experienced because of the daily insulin injections.

My one "happy" action was that I tossed the 300carb a day diet the nutritionist gave me, and followed the food list for DANDR Induction. I wish I had been further along in my LC journey as I could have changed a few more things.

At least I know I did more to help my babies than the doctors in this.

Do doctors really "do no harm"???
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Old Sun, Aug-12-18, 08:55
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Thanks for posting. Very clear, and yes, inspiring.
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Old Sun, Aug-12-18, 09:15
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From Fung Team this morning. Great explanation about Why T2D is reversable:
Can you post the link please?

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Old Sun, Aug-12-18, 09:26
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This was in an email this morning. On IDM website https://idmprogram.com , complete Stay Updated to receive them.

Last edited by JEY100 : Sun, Aug-12-18 at 09:38.
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Old Sun, Aug-12-18, 09:30
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This was in an email this morning. Go to IDM website https://idmprogram.com and complete Stay Updated.
is it the facebook join group link?
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Old Sun, Aug-12-18, 09:39
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is it the facebook join group link?


No, the Facebook group and the IDM program website are separate. Both great, filled with free information.

Here's the FB page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/obesitycodenetwork/
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Old Sun, Aug-12-18, 09:46
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No, the Facebook group and the IDM program website are separate.
ok i see it. first month free, $39 / month, $429 / year.
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