Comments on: 8 Ways Intermittent Fasting Improves Heart Health

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 01:41:11 +0000

Can you take nutritional supplements during the fasting period or would that negate the whole process?

By: Dr. Jockers

Dr. Jockers — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 16:43:08 +0000

In reply to Ian Shaw. Hello Ian, you may have done this second fast without enough recovery from the first fast. If you are not overweight, I recommend not doing more than one extended fast every 3-4 months.

By: Ian Shaw

Ian Shaw — Sun, 27 Feb 2022 13:08:25 +0000

In reply to Ian Shaw. Please I made a big mistake before. I actually lost twelve kg not 1 kg in teh past threee years of having done intermittent fasting.

By: Ian Shaw

Ian Shaw — Sun, 27 Feb 2022 13:06:44 +0000

In January I did a 5-day water fast, while monitoring my blood glucose. From the second day on, my blood sugar was decreasing until the end of the fast, when I did a one-day mostly liquid re-feeding. So everything went well.
At the end of February, I wanted to repeat it, but some curious things happened.
On the second, third and fourth day, my blood glucose remained the same, 5.7 mmol/L.
I terminated the 5-day fast and switched on to intermittent fasting. Next day at noon my blood glucose was quite high, 6.3, which I have not experienced before. I also became fairly tired and skipped my daily exercise.
Note that I have lost 1 kg in the past three years while doing intermittent fasting,
so I am not overweight, my body mass index is 20. I have very little subcutaneous and no visceral fat around my waist.
My private reasoning is that my blood glucose did not go down, because there was no fat from which to generate ketones thus my body desperately wanted to maintain glucose to continue to supply my brain. I became tired because I was suddenly glucose-bound instead of fat -bound.
Anyway, what do you think?

By: Dr. Jockers

Dr. Jockers — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 12:12:07 +0000

In reply to Nyllin. Thanks for sharing Nyllin. So good to hear you had a great experience with this!

By: Nyllin

Nyllin — Sun, 08 Nov 2020 22:45:48 +0000

In reply to Vacheslav. Guys. You have to do a 40 day fast and drink only distilled water. I did at the age of 50. And lost 25 kilos in the 6 weeks . In the first 2 weeks I lost the most and the it gradually tapper down. Also fasting start where you have the most fat not diet that starts where you have the least amounts of fat

By: Dr. Jockers

Dr. Jockers — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 15:20:59 +0000

In reply to Christy.

Really sorry to hear that. Here is our fasting pain relief protocol: https://drjockers.com/fasting-protocol-pain-relief/

By: Christy

Christy — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 19:25:44 +0000

I I have struggled with excruciating back spasms for the past 8 to 10 years. Are use chiropractic care consistently. I did a mineral analysis about six months ago and I followed their protocol with supplementation including magnesium and potassium as well as many other supplements. I have slight herniated disc‘s in my thoracic area and also herniated disc’s in my neck. I’ve had that this since I was 10 years old.I do intermittent fasting every day and sometimes 24 to 48 hours once or twice a month. The back spasms are generally in the thoracic area on either side of the spine, but most recently for the last couple months it’s been the left lateral dorsi muscle. I know this is lengthy I’ll get to the point. Can you suggest anything that would be the reason for these spasms that truly are debilitating?

By: Vacheslav

Vacheslav — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 09:00:28 +0000

a wise person once said: a saint eats once a day, a normal person eats twice a day and a cattle human eats constantly!

By: Michele

Michele — Sun, 15 Dec 2019 22:13:19 +0000

It’s hard to say because each person is different, medical issues, etc., but I think 7 to 8 pm is pretty late to eat. I eat between 5 and 6 and go to bed by 10 or 11 and don’t eat anything until 8am or so. That’s just one thought for you.