Wed, Mar-09-16, 07:11
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Plan: Very LC, Higher Protein
Stats: 227/186/185
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Progress: 98%
Location: Herndon, VA
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Good article in a mainstream newspaper no less! IF is still viewed with skepticism and considered unhealthy by many who are used to eating 3 meals a day with snacks, as they've heard for many years. Interesting quote here:
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Dr. Varady found in her research that intermittent fasting was easiest when people ate a moderately high-fat diet and were allowed to consume up to 500 calories on their fasting days. In her studies, 10 percent to 20 percent of people usually find the diet too difficult and quickly stop. Those who stick with it typically adjust after a rocky first few weeks.
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After reading this, the thing that's driven home is the fact that to fast effectively, there's an adaptation period that could serve to discourage many who are trying for the first time. There's a huge advantage for those eating LCHF, as fat adaptation is much easier and has likely already happened. It takes much less time to reach ketosis and burn fat without the prolonged sensation of hunger or cravings. It takes some time, and this quote from Mattson really captures it:
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But Dr. Mattson, who has been skipping meals for decades, said the adjustment to skipping breakfast and lunch was a lot like the change that occurs when a couch potato starts exercising.
“If you’ve been sedentary for years and then you go out and try to run five miles, you’re not going to feel very good until you get in shape,” he said. “ It’s not going to be a smooth transition right away. It takes two weeks to a month to adapt.”
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My concern is how this statement may be interpreted by many:
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The 5:2 diet, for example, advocates eating without restrictions for five days and then consuming just 500 calories — roughly the equivalent of a light meal — on each of the other two days of the week. Another regimen, called alternate-day fasting, involves eating no more than 500 calories every other day.
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Will people rationalize that they can restrict calories to 500 a day a couple times a week and go back to the cheese and raspberry danish breakfasts the rest of the time? Sound and healthy eating always promotes success in everything else!
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