Calorie restriction through intermittent fasting.
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The Review:
This author, John Meeke, seems to be a ghostwriter with an unaccredited academic background. I could find no introductory profile anywhere for this writer. Where are the credentials? To me, it reads like a college research paper, and John Meeke is attempting to get some extra mileage out of his classwork. But, it does have some relative reference merit and value in his sharing of informational research.
Publisher’s Synopsis:
When most people think of fasting, they likely attribute it to a diet fad used in modern times to lose weight quickly—what many people don’t know, is that fasting has been around since the beginning of time! Fasting initially gained popularity around ten years ago, and only seems to be growing within the scientific community. While fasting is a highly effective way to lose weight, it has also been utilized for religious purposes, as a form of protest, and has been practiced unknowingly by prehistoric hunter-gatherers for survival. Either way, the human body has become accustomed to fasting over time, despite the belief that fasting is “unnatural” and bad for the body. Our bodies are biologically programmed to fast!
Fasting has also been shown to have a variety of health benefits including promoting longevity and preventing certain chronic illnesses such as cancer, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer’s. Fasting has also improved mental and physical health and is said to promote anti-aging. In this book, we’ll be exploring all the incredible benefits of fasting on both your health and weight loss goals, as well as how it compares to other popular diets. By the end of this book, you’ll have a deep understanding of what fasting can do for your body, and you’ll be able to make an informed decision as to whether you would like to give it a try yourself! You’ll be truly amazed at what fasting can do for your brain, energy levels, physique, and self-confidence. You’ll also learn about the different methods of fasting to help you choose which one may best suit your lifestyle. Let’s jump right in!
My Review Summary:
For me, Intermittent fasting through boosting your prebiotic fiber and probiotic intake is the best method I know of to help get Slim and Trim and your ability to stay that way. I view intermittent ketogenic fasting as the consciously intentional abstinence of lipogenic and growth-inducing nutrients to create a catabolic state of metabolism within adipose tissue and an adaption of the brain to consume Ketones rather than that of glycogen. Ketone bodies are transported into tissues outside the liver where they are created and then converted into acetyl-CoA for use by mitochondria throughout the body to produce the actual energy chemical, ATP. And, You may be unaware these Ketone bodies in the brain assist in converting acetyl-CoA into long-chain fatty acids. (NCBI: NBK493179, PMID: 33233502) These fatty acids are necessary for the upkeep of neurons in the brain. (PMID: 23921897)
It is not my intention to start a rant here, but many pseudo-scholars will often attribute that fasting has been used therapeutically since the 5th century BCE. They will also attribute that the Greek physician Hippocrates as having recommended abstinence from food or drink for patients who exhibited specific symptoms of illness, as well as quoting that he wrote, “To eat when you are sick, is to feed your illness.”
However, I have found that the opposite is true in factual reference to this misquote of his writings. (See HIPPOCRATES Vol. 1 Pg. 27 Sec. IX) “if a man takes insufficient food, the mistake is as great as that of excess and harms the man just as much. For abstinence has upon the human constitution a most powerful effect, to enervate, weaken, and kill. Depletion produces many other evils, different from those of repletion, but just as severe.”) For me, misquoting Hippocrates in this way is akin to the typical snake-oil quackery of a shameless self-promoter.
Moreover, there is enough factual evidence to accept that the early great philosophers, thinkers, and healers did advocate fasting for health and as a healing therapy. And, you will find through sufficient scrutiny of their works that Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, and Galen were all passionate proponents of fasting. (I intend to bring my fact-finding out in a chapter of a future book.) In addition, ancient Greek philosophers such as Pythagoras required fasting of their students to help them improve mental focus.
Fasting is in fact evolutionary to our bodily functions, and toxins are allowed to accumulate when we don’t. I have developed a hybrid 5:2 intermittent fast to encouraging flourishing gut flora (a.k.a. TheCarbFast). For me, Intermittent fasting through boosted prebiotic fiber and probiotic intake is the best method I know of to help you get Slim and Trim and stay that way.
By Peter Paul Rubens - https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/403500/pythagoras-advocating-vegetarianism, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1718040
