Thanks Helen, Care to give an example of your eating plan/menu..I'm in the health food industry and have been taking coconut and its oils for a while ...
Dear All: I wish you a very happy new year. Just by chance, I came across an article which might interest you. Essentially scientists have found a hormone...
Happy New Year, everyone! I had trouble with the link Chad posted, so I'm trying a different way of linking to the same article. Link to FGF21 article ...
I eat between 1 and 6 most of the time. We have our own chickens so our first meal usually has eggs in some form. i tend to vary my cooking oils , relying...
... Wow. I'm totally jealous that you have all that at your disposal. I am amped about finding some great, low priced eggs at Trader Joes. I had Roe and quail...
Hi there, I have a question. I exercise pretty hard in the morning. Either weights of running. How does this work with the fast 5 diet. I like to do some kind...
Dear Bert: I am sorry the link was bad. Here is a new one: http://www.hhmi.org/news/mangelsdorf20070606.html I hope it works. In case it does not, here is the...
... to ... I do my exercise in the morning but my window is like Ellen's from 1- 6. I also am not a night owl and retire early....usually by 9 pm but I rise...
I have been on Fast-5 since April last year and at the same time I started doing the CrossFit.com WOD (workout of the day) which is about as hard a workout as...
I exercise almost every morning and have suffered no ill effects from doing so on an empty stomach. There have been a couple times that I have become...
There are bodybuilders who claim exercising before breakfast is the best way to fight fat. I don't know if this is true, but I do know that it really gets you...
I'm about to try this with a window of early afternoon. How do most of you handle timing and supplements? I've always taken mine early am with a glass of milk....
Hi Lynn. My window is generally 6-11PM. I will drink coffee, decaf, and teas (green, white, red, or herb) during the day before my window - not black tea as...
... like ... the ... because I ... the ... Hi, The reason one was told to excercise on an empty stomach in the morning is because you have little glycogen in...
i've almost reached my goal!!!! i first started this journey fasting 24 hrs on/24 hours off then I found Fast5 before the beginning of last Summer. today my...
I'm only on day 3 of the plan and have only read about the first 100 posts of this forum, but thought I'd drop in and introduce myself and let you all know how...
Hi Susan, welcome and good luck. I think you might find that low carb and Fast-5 will be just what you need and you won't need to bother counting calories....
that's great! How much have you lost altogether? How much on 24/24 and how much on Fast-5? Did you lose more eaasily on Fast-5 or did you just like it for...
... Hi leezurd5, Thanks for your reply. I hope it works for me too. I was on Metformin 500 mgs. twice a day, but I have discontinued it because I think it is...
... i am not a diabetic, but I just read something in a book by Dr. Ron Rosedale that might apply here. He was talking about excess protein being used the...
... IF, but that it goes down later. I don't know what causes this: my ... Hi Heather, I am going to try it for at least a month and see how my blood sugars...
You might want to avoid gluten and casein as a test too, for a week or two. There is a fair bit of evidence now that the gut reaction to those two can cause an...
I'm not sure what kind of bread you are eating or how you made your soup, but it doesn't sound like your diet is as "low-carb" as you might think it is. (Many...
Hi everyone, Just checking in and saying hello to everyone. My question is this- can this fast5 way of eating affect mood? I started doing the fast5 in...
I don't know if this is a connection, but I had the same problem when I did the Cliff Sheats diet some time ago. I lost a lot of weight, but lost my desire to...
Hi again Cindy; I have a couple of thoughts regarding your increase in Dawn Phenomenon blood sugar rise. I agree with a previous post that your 'low carb'...
Hi again Cindy; I have a couple of thoughts regarding your increase in Dawn Phenomenon blood sugar rise. I agree with a previous post that your 'low carb'...
... I take loads of supplements, but wait until my window period to take them. With the food, I think they get absorbed better in the body. Also, anything...
I'm happy to say that my weight is down 3.8 pounds after 4 days of Fast5. I have been continuing to keep track of calories on fitday and eating very low carb....
... Hi Lisa, I have been eating these lc "breads" for approximately 1 year with no problems with my blood sugar. Like I said, my blood sugar was fine 1 to 2...