everything wrote:Did you ty combining IF with keto?
Supposedly the high fat keeps your blood sugar normal and prevents hunger so the fasting isn't as bad.
A 24 hour fast supposedly increases HGH.
Sorry if you already covered that above.
There's another thread I started about a year or two ago call the All Meat Diet. Which was just out of interest. Needless to say there are people who eat all meat and only meat and claim to have gain muscle and lose weight. Although interesting I could never do it because I always feel much healthier when I eat lots of fruit and leafy greens. But I can see how and why it would work. To me Keto is basically IF in that you are not taking in carbs therefore your body is burning your own stored fat. But to me fasting does the same but without anyone telling you what to eat which I never enjoy, like cutting out the middleman. LOL!
Also the more I fast the less interested I am in meat. I eat seafoood and chicken. If it wasn't for sausage I could probably cut out red meat but I am a sausage and Italian meats fanatic! But (for me) when I come out of a fast I naturally choose things that grow in gardens and orchards. I don't have to make myself eat healthy my body gravitates to healthier choices and junk food is less appealing to me.
Even when I do eat meat it's usually in small amounts to add flavor.
The only problem is when I do the longer fasts all I think about is food and usually it's fastfood like Carl's Junior Bacon burgers and fries yet when I break my fast it goes away. It's funny instead of being a man thinking about sex I am a man thinking about food. LOL! I can't stop it.
Anyway, this is just my view. If you are comfortable with lots of meat in your diet then I would consider eating more meat or high protein for awhile to replace your carb intake and I have a feeling that you would definitely lose weight especially if you can combine that with IF and have a high protein dinner. I actually considered just eating beef jerky when I was hungry and I have a very good feeling that I could do that and lose weight essentially combining the ideas from keto, all meat and IF.
Of course I am not a doctor of dietitian in any way. I am just some random Joe on the internet.
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