Cyrus Tabery presents : How to feed the beast, intermittent fasting for your brain HD

Intermittent fasting for brain function improvement, longevity and mass reduction Cyrus Tabery, March 21, 2017 Abstract Want to feel good, improve longevity, and lose weight? Skip 4 meals per week and pay attention to how your body chemistry works and you can do it! Intermittent fasting is a tool to control your diet and enable significant metabolic improvements compared to the “one continuous meal” that is typical in American society today. The causal link of constant high insulin (hyperinsulinemia) to diabetes, obesity, and dementia is very strong. Fasting for 24 hrs significantly increases human growth hormone and apoptosis and protein repair in cells which can reduce cancer risk but increase bone and muscle mass. Yes; this is counter intuitive!! The weight loss connection of not eating is clear; but there is a strong physiology reason that fasting works to improve health. If you eat carbs then your body produces insulin. High insulin forces you into a fat storing state. If you have time with very low insulin then your body can burn the extra fat you may be carrying around and if you keep the fasting regime then you can keep it off. This is not a yo-yo diet. I have been following something close to the 5-2 diet for about 16 months and I lost 20 lbs in the first 3 months and another 10 lbs in the next 3 months. Since then I have been flat at my target weight and I feel great. There are 3 key parts to my fasting regime : • I eat normal meals during the day but I am careful to have 12 hours every day without calories – no snacking at night. • I skip breakfast and lunch on Monday’s and Thursday’s. This gives a 24 hr fasting twice per week • I eat a small amount of coconut oil/MCT oil to start my fasting days in bullet proof coffee. In my brief talk I will illustrate the chemistry of why this matters, some data on how my body responded, some caveats and tips and a summary of the other contributors to this area. I will also cover a few common questions regarding the changes to the body chemistry from fasting, the influence of religion on fasting, and the current ongoing research in this area. Several of my colleagues and friends have already started and are finding success. Give it a try and see how you feel. References : [1] Mattson, M., “Meal frequency and timing in health and disease” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol 111 Issue 14 (2014) [2] Harvie, M., ”The effect of intermittent energy and carbohydrate restriction v. daily energy restriction on weight loss and metabolic disease risk markers in overweight women.” The British journal of nutrition, 2013 110 (8), 1534-47 PMID: 23591120 [3] Fung, J., The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss, Book 2016 [4] https://intensivedietarymanagement.com/fasting-and-growth-hormone-physiology-part-3/