WEIGHT LOSS THROUGH FASTING, USE OF SPICES AND TASTY DIETS 3 BOOKS IN 1: THE COMPLETE BEGINNERS GUIDE TO INTERMITTENT FASTING FOR WEIGHT LOSS, SPICY HERBAL REMEDIES, AND RAPID WEIGHT LOSS IN 7 DAYS

After 6 months of IF, (coupled with the keto diet) I have lowered my fasting glucose from 110 to 82. I am 50 years old and female. For the past 3-4 years I have been struggling with my weight (I am 15 lbs over where I should be). I thought I was doing everything right in terms of diet coupled with exercise. I would eat a low fat diet and was eating 6 small meals a day. One day, while searching the internet for clues as to why I was struggling to shake these 15 lbs, I learned about insulin resistance, prediabetes, and Syndrome X. This is when it occurred to me, maybe I am prediabetic? Maybe I have insulin resistance? Maybe my glucose levels are too high? And yet, every year, during my physical, my doctor would run the standard blood work, share my results stating "everything is normal". Well, one day last year, I decided to run over to CVS to buy the equipment diabetics use. I checked my fasting blood sugar and the reading was over 106. I called my doctor to ask to have my glucose levels tested. My fasting glucose results were 110. And yet, she told me it wasn't anything to worry about? Really? Well maybe in the grand scheme of things 110 isn't high, but what about over time? Will my fasting glucose levels keep rising as my weight increases? That's when I decided to take matters into my own hands. A friend introduced me to the keto diet and I decided to try it, coupled with intermittent fasting. Well, flash forward one year later and my fasting glucose levels are now 82 and I'm down 13 lbs. I managed to lower my fasting glucose levels by following a keto diet coupled with intermittent fasting. Funny thing is, I found IF easy because I was never a fan of eating breakfast, or eating 6 small meals a day. Skipping meals is something I have always done so intermittent fasting comes naturally to me. I was never skeptical about fasting, or thought it was unhealthy. In fact, I think we eat too much food. I disagree that it's healthier to eat 6 small meals a day. I say it's better to not eat all day long. I've been hearing and reading from skeptics who say, "Skipping meals is so unhealthy." Baloney! Says who? Who says skipping meals is unhealthy? Dr. Fung is right when he says, [and I'm paraphrasing] "The people who benefit from you eating all day long are the people who say fasting is unhealthy." Friends and family who reject my new way of eating are simply afraid of what they do not know or understand. I often hear people say to me "Oh I could never skip a meal." Sure you can. Have you ever tried? I also hear a lot people say they are following some version of the paleo diet, claiming we should all be eating like paleolithic man. All the while eating 6 small meals throughout the day. I' am not an expert on paleolithic man, but it seems to me, paleolithic man didn't eat 6 small meals a day or eat pancakes made with coconut flower. I would bet he went days without food. Listen, if you're struggling with your weight and/or struggling with high fasting glucose levels, buy this book, practice the different fasting methods offered in the book so that you can find the one that's right for you. I prefer to fast 16 hours every day and 22 hours on the weekend, but that's just me. Try IF. Stop eating so much food. Stop eating 6 small meals a day. Learn to listen to your body. Learn that hunger does go away, that it won't increase. You won't regret it.

Wow, I found the magic button for weight loss. After having limited success with the whole field of dieting options I stumbled across a talk on youtube by Dr Jason Fung talking about fasting. After the video I searched and ended up buying the audio book and the hard copy. The concept initially terrified me for some reason and when talking to friends who fasted I just shook my head and though there is no way I could do that. One of the fasting approaches recommended however seemed pretty easy. Have dinner and fast for 24 hours, having dinner the next day. I have done that accidentally at times! Well after a 6 days of doing this, I lost 10 lbs (40 to go) and realized that what I thought was breakfast or lunchtime hunger was just my body reminding me of a long held habit of eating I have had. It is incredible that over such a short fast you can turn off insulin based fat storage, and start burning fat. A side benefit is that increased metal clarity occurs fairly quickly and offers additional incentive to fast. Also my moderately elevate blood pressure is getting back to normal. Leads me to think that we have a obesity problem in the country because people eat 3 meals a day and insulin based fat storage never turns off. This is another area where the industrial food business exploits us in their marketing and so called guidelines. I am now convinced there is absolutely no need for 3 meals a day. Now the book recommends starting out the 24 hr fasting for a couple of days per week. I have decided to do it 5 or 6 times per week. I am pretty confident I can now get to any weight I want. I think the book is important in that it helps you break long held thoughts and misconceptions about eating and going without food. It also discusses other lengths of fasts that can range from 36 hour to weeks. It is so flexible you can do it anytime. And if I am fasting one day, and my friends invite me over for breakfast, or lunch no problem I will forget about fasting that day or have breakfast, but forget about lunch. In my opinion most people who have access to food have never experienced hunger, just mealtime urges. These urges are easy to identify and ignore after a few days (at least for me). I listened to the audio book first and then used the book for reinforcement for changing my thinking. There is quite a bit of repetition but this was necessary for me to truly break long held conventional thinking. Basically you are eating less food when only eating once per day. By having a long break between meals you body has time to get into fat burning mode. So while it seems like a magic button, it is not magic at all. You just have to forget about everything you have ever been taught or thought you knew about eating. This book is a great tool to change habits and conventional thinking. I will try to come back after I reach my goal weight and give an update. But I have no doubt that this is the solution that will allow me to control my weight to whatever level I choose. Read the book. It will change your life!

Great read. If you know nothing about fasting, this will set you straight. If you been down that road and need a refresher on how to get the ball rolling again, this will help get going. Great value for your money.

Please read this. I was on the border of needing insulin. Going downhill fast.Diabetes was out of control.I came across Dr.Fung on youtube.Doing what he said within a couple of weeks blood sugars were normal. My GPs wanted to know how I had "cured" myself. All down to the great man.I will be buying everything he writes. Books great. Arrived on time. 5 star.