Phases of Digestion – Part 1
What is the cephalic phase of digestion? Not to get too fucking technical, but there are neurological signals that come from the cerebral cortex and the appetite centers. Who cares? …
Fasting
Apple Cider Vinegar and Fasting
Use of apple cider vinegar (ACV) leads to an increase in GLP-1 and AMPK and improves insulin sensitivity. Having an increase in GLP-1 is amazing when there is food in …
Artificial Sweeteners and Fasting
Zero-calorie sweetened drinks are okay during fasting. Not. And neither is chewing gum, mints, or anything artificially sweetened. Sorry… yikes… Here is a non-exclusive list of non-nutritive (artificial) sweeteners. Acesulfame …
Herbal Tea and Fasting
Herbal (not so tea). All of the real teas wanted me to get together with you and ask you not to call this swill tea. It’s not. Black tea, green …
Tea and Fasting
Can I have tea while I’m fasting? This post covers black tea, green tea, oolong tea, and white tea (No white tea does not mean it contains milk. White tea …
Coffee and Fasting
I so love coffee and have it nearly every day at the end of my feeding window. Most site admins and IF “pros” will not only tell you coffee is …
What Can I Have While Fasting?
My standard answer is that we can have the same thing we have while sleeping plus water. There is plenty of science in this section that proves that, however, some …
Dry Fasting
Just because I do it doesn’t mean I recommend it. There’s probably a lot more science needed and we’re probably not going to get it, because there’s no money in …
Autophagy
Autophagy. Auto = Self, phagein = to consume. Also known as autolysis it quite literally means the eating of oneself. Apoptosis is a bit different as it is programmed cell …
72-Hour Fast
What to expect when you do a 72-hour fast. Cellular Detoxification and Repair When we eat our body doesn’t really take time to repair itself. It’s too busy digesting. However, …