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BBC documentary about fasting - cool stuff - I need to fast, lol

August 20, 2012 - 8:09pm — Bill

Seriously!

"Michael Mosley has set himself a truly ambitious goal: he wants to live longer, stay younger and lose weight in the bargain. And he wants to make as few changes to his life as possible along the way. He discovers the powerful new science behind the ancient idea of fasting, and he thinks he's found a way of doing it that still allows him to enjoy his food. Michael tests out the science of fasting on himself - with life-changing results."

 

I used to fast, when I was younger, as part of meditation exercises - it does have quite an effect, mentally. Still have a few books on it in my library.

Neat video, and an even neater concept. 

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First half more about calorie restriction than fasting

Bill - 08/20/2012 - 10:19pm

The whole first half is more about the well known topic of calorie restriction, as opposed to fasting. The fasting talk starts around minute 26.

A lot of talk about IGF-1 - insulin-like growth factor. 

It's too bad tho - if you do a search for fasting, you get a lot of "junk" results.

A lot of modern fasting theory is not based on multi-day fasts, but shorter fasts.

The new model of fasting - alternate day fasting - talk starts about minute 37. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittent_fasting

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/09/070917144537.htm

ScienceDaily (Sep. 22, 2007) — Researchers report that fasting or eating half as much as usual every other day may shrink your fat cells and boost mechanisms that break down fats.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-weil-md/fasting-health_b_1557043.html

Andy Weil - if you like him - "A 2007 review by University of California, Berkeley, researchers concluded that alternate-day fasting may:

  • Decrease cardiovascular disease risk.
  • Decrease cancer risk.
  • Lower diabetes risk (at least in animals, data on humans were less clear, possibly because the trial periods in the studies were not long enough to show an effect).
  • Improve cognitive function.
  • Protect against some effects of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.


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