Well it appears the hopes of keeping the corona virus contained have come crashing down around us. Be honest, even reading this now its hard to believe, tens of thousands of people world wide are being infected with this deadly virus in some places having a fatality rate of 3%. putting that into perspective that is 3 in every hundred. 3million every hundred million.
Should we be worried?
Worried? if the media had its way we would all stay worried morning, noon and night. worry is not something i would ever suggest, worry can lead to all sorts of other problems, quite frankly in the midst of tense geopolitical situations and the stock markets suffering on top of a global epidemic we don’t need any extra issues.
In saying that, i would also like to say being prepared couldn’t hurt.
If Italy can be used as an example, store shelves are clearing out like crazy. I know I don’t want to be left fighting over the last can of spam.
I have made a list of things I recommend having in case of an epidemic or any natural disaster one would need to prepare for.
Water – one gallon of water per person per day for at least three days, for drinking and sanitation.
Food – at least a three-day supply of non-perishable food.
Battery-powered or hand crank radio and a NOAA Weather Radio with tone alert.
Flashlight.
First aid kit.
Extra batteries.
Respirator
a few 5 gallon buckets
Duct Tape
seeds
indoor led lights (for indoor farm)
powdered supplements
I wrote an article on how to set up a micro-greens indoor farm the cheapest and easiest way. smartmindbodysoul.com/microgreens if you want to go the extra step and be prepared for the possibility of spending weeks if not months in your home or in my case I live in a third story apartment. I will not be in a position to have an outdoor garden. Indoor farming may be the only option for food if an outbreak occurs and grocery stores close down like they are in China.
Even if you don’t plan to grow microgreens, the set up can be used for any vertical grow operations. I went and had delivered seeds that i can grow quickly in case of the need for immediate food. I get my seeds from trueleafmarket.com/. They have the best varieties and take really good care of their product.
What if the Grid goes down?
A very important obstacle people in the city tend to over look is electricity. hense why batteries are essential. but what to do with the batteries?
What would you do if your electricity shuts down and you cant use your stove? your refrigerator. no hot water. How are you going to boil water?
If you are in my position, you cant have a fire in your apartment. what if you don’t have a barbecue?
I took it upon myself to stack up on dried goods and canned meat with high sodium for long term storage and to cut down on the need for energy to cook. but as for the case of boiling water i have gotten a small hot plate that i can use by using battery power. You need to be able to boil water! not only for sanitary drinking water. For canning, in case of long term lock down, For bathing, for cooking.
Do not fail at maintaining the possibility of boiling water!
this isnt The walking Zombie shows you watch, this is real life, and you have to face reality and your neighbors after this potential threat has passed. So don’t go pillaging. Respect your neighbors and dont eat their food or steal from their trees that over hang on the street. their family needs to eat too. take this time to prepare if you have not already done so. Nobody is going to do it for you. There are many things i have left out because i do not want to beat a dead horse. i just wanted to do my part in sharing some of my ideas and hope that i can help ease some worry by helping you prepare so that you are not faced with panic when everyone starts heading for your local grocery stores and you were not prepared. Good luck and lets hope this isnt as bad as the media is making it out to be.
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New Year New Lifestyle!
Its 2019!
Are you ready to take your life back after those mean old holidays? forcing you to eat prime rib, Turkey, twice baked potatoes. Pumpkin pie.. I probably ate 5 pies to myself since Thanksgiving.
I fell way behind in my diet. But there is good news in that. Now i have a new goal. I was too busy trying to be perfect that I didn’t feel I had any room to improve. Jokes on me. So know that you’re not alone.
The 1st of January is always an exciting time. Its really just another day, but with it brings motivation, it brings a feeling of new things to come and a feeling as if we can just wash away the mistakes of yesteryear. As we turn the page into 2019 what kind of things are you washing away? Better yet, what type of things are you gaining? What lessons did you learn? And what ACTIONS are we going to take this next year that will define the new you? Are your goals financial? Or do you want to lose weight? Become a better mother or father? Be a more loving partner? Maybe its something small like cutting out soda from your diet. Or something huge like cutting out drugs and alcohol?. What ever your new year resolution may be i know you can do it.
If you want to achieve your goal its going to take action!
I used to be a hardcore alcoholic, depending on ones perspective i still am, I havn’t drank since. Aug 28th 2018.
I never thought I was going to quit drinking. My family and friends were all prepared for me to die in the hospital from alcoholism and I felt powerless over that reality. I could not see a brighter day, a happy future, I could only see the sadness that was the inevitability of my addiction winning the battle. Then one day, in a serious, extremely painful bout of pancreatitis ( 4th time hospitalized in a year) after the doctor telling me I am in stage 2 liver disease, have a legion on my pancreas, 2 on my kidneys, a tear in my duodenum, bleeding ulcers, and a laundry list of mental repercussions of constant abuse and self loathing, i just stopped. unless you have witnessed someone actually die from alcoholism, I was the worst case of alcoholism you would have seen. I just knew it was death or other. I chose other. And with that call to ACTION snowballed positive decision after positive decision. I exercise on a regular basis, I started intermittent fasting which has done wonders for my physical health and self esteem. I started this blog which has propelled my life and daily actions forward into the realm of positivity and focus. The reason I’m saying all of this is to hope that I can be a beacon of hope to anyone struggling that thinks. Oh im too far into my addiction or I’m too fat and out of shape to start getting healthy. There is no such thing. I was over 270 pounds bloated sack of human excrement dying on a hospital table with zero hope. Couldn’t tie my shoes without breaking my belt or bursting a button a crossed the room. For real. Now I am in good shape, still have plenty of room for growth but I am one million times happier and productive. http://smartmike7.trofad.hop.clickbank.net/?type=noexit
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Well lets start with the least life changing and most effective transition into better health and better habbits and talk diet.
What types of foods are you eating that migh be causing you to be more tired and lazy and making it even harder to get motivated?
which can be bad for you when consumed in large amounts. It also contains gluten, a type of protein that causes issues for those who are gluten-sensitive.
On the other hand, pasta can provide some nutrients that are important to health.
However, more studies that focus specifically on the health effects of refined pasta are needed.
Carbs are broken down quickly into glucose in the bloodstream, which results in a sharp rise in blood sugar. This insures that there will be an equally dramatic decrease. Which will lead to you getting tired. In turn you will probably not want to run that mile or write that blog. Bread has the same.
You dont want to cut all carbs such as carbs that get absorbed slowly into our systems, avoiding spikes in blood sugar levels. Examples: whole grains, vegetables, fruits, and beans. We can minimize the health risk of bad carbs by eating fewer refined and processed carbohydrates that strip away beneficial fiber.
Examples of whole carbs include vegetables, whole fruit, legumes, potatoes and whole grains. These foods are generally healthy. Eating plenty of fruits and veggies may help reduce the risk of many diseases, including heart disease, high blood pressure, and some cancers. Vitamins & Minerals. Fruits and veggies are rich in vitamins and minerals that help you feel healthy and energized.
Diet isnt the only way to get in shape. Intermittent fasting is a great way to burn fat and retain muscle As well as save time. I wrote an article on intermittent fasting.> https://smartmindbodysoul.com/fasting-made-simple/
In my experience its never fun counting calories, eating bland foods, or if youre into weight lifting, spending all your time planning meals and eating. I own my own business and am a full time single dad and i dont have time for anything extra.
That is what lead me to pursue intermittent fasting. Ever since i started fasting 16 hours and eating my meals in an 8hour window not only have i been able to see a dramatic increase in muscle gain, ive also cut fat in record time. I have better mentle clarity and im able to focus on tasks unlike ever before.
Fat loss is great, but it isn’t the only benefit of fasting. Intermittent fasting makes your day simple.
I’m big on simplicity, and reducing stress. Intermittent fasting provides additional simplicity to my life that I really enjoy. When I wake up, I don’t worry about breakfast. I just grab a glass of water then usually a dark black cup of joe and start my day. So if weightloss is your goal for 2019 intermittent fasting can get you there and help with focus to get some of your other goals accomplished. While i am on the topic of focus.
Nootropics are a great way to gain mental clarity and weed through the clutter of thoughts. to do a little spring cleaning of your mind.
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Lets talk about financial goals.
What things are standing in your way to be making the kind of money that you need to be making? Is it time constraints? Lack of motivation? Just don’t think its possible without trading more of your time with your boss so they can pay you for a few more hours of work? Have you thought about starting an on line business but cant figure out where to start? That is what I did. I started this blog to help me not only focus on what I truly wanted to focus on but to free up some of the financial stress that I was having living paycheck to paycheck.
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Dont let that confuse you. Starting a blog isnt going to just make you money. You need to work at it and monotize it so that once you gain a following you have products that people can buy and advertising to help people find what they are looking for. For that I use viglink. It was incredibly easy to start. All I did was copy pasted the code they gave me into my website html and viglink does the rest.
Viglink allows affiliate marketing on your already exsisting blog or website. It makes ads out of words that you type. So if you have a website that is full of content already viglink is perfect to monotize with. Also some websites actually pay you per click. So you dont even have to make sales to make money with a blog. You just have to drive traffic.
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While the stock market is a viable source of income it is definitely not for everybody. I am not a financial advisor but my personal rule is not to invest what i can not afford to lose. But if you want to invest. Join Robinhood and we’ll both get a stock like Apple, Ford, or Sprint for free. Make sure you use my link. https://share.robinhood.com/mikes826
Another way to make money online in 2019 is app testing. Businesses are starting to rely on apps more and more. Will millions of businesses who is going to test all these aps? That is the beautiful thing about the internet. There is no shortage of money making opportunities. There are needs to fill everywhere. All you have to do is be in the right place at the right time.
Whatever your goals for 2019
everything worth having in life takes ACTION.
As people we get so caught up in the fear of failure that we never even DREAM, let alone jump toward one. So id like to kick off this new year with..
If you don’t have dreams, you don’t have a direction, if you don’t have a direction, you are destined to go nowhere. Weather your dream is to be in great shape, make a certain income, or just be a better you, it remains a dream unless you DO something about it. I look forward to being a part of putting action to our dreams. Have a HAPPY New Year and remember that it is your choice to wake up hung over and feeling like crap tomorrow or waking up fresh, sober, on your way to financial freedom. Make the choice that is best for you. I wish you the best of luck. And look forward to the journey of being the best us that we can be.
If you are anything like me you cant help but think, how can one person make a change? How can i make a difference i am only one person. The time to change that perspective is now. You are not only a person. You are a person with access to a device that reaches the world. And you have access to every product on the planet givin the right dollar amount.. But if im going to play a part in the solution, what part do i want to play? If im going to fix a problem, what problems do i want to fix?. Im definetly not here to repair celebrity relationships or tell you where to get the hottest dress to walk the red carpet with. I tried fixing peoples homes with a remodeling company. I failed because it wasnt my passion and frankly dont know a thing about it. I just wanted more money, going after the money didnt seem to work when i didnt have knowledge of what i was doing. So i switched my focus. What can i do that i feel passionate about?.
I want to fix the worlds problems. The actual problems. I started figuring out what those were. Then I remembered when I was young and ambitious I dreamt of involving myself in third world countries where I would provide them with clean drinking water and a way to dispose of waste properly. I remembered wanting to start a community garden and actually bought things to start one but lacked ambition and funding to get it going.. We are beyond a time where these things are a necessity in many places now.
According to businessinsider.com For the third year in a row, millennials who participated in theWorld Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Survey 2017 believe climate change is the most serious issue affecting the world today.
Nearly half (48.8%) of the survey participants chose climate change as their top concern, and 78.1% said they would be willing to change their lifestyle to protect the environment. There is a reason for that. Environmental degradation.
A huge part of Environmental degradation is Water degradation. According to Wikiliks; Approximately only 2.5% of all of the water on Earth is fresh water, with the rest being salt water. 69% of fresh water is frozen in ice caps located on Antarctica and Greenland, so only 30% of the 2.5% of fresh water is available for consumption. Fresh water is an exceptionally important resource, since life on Earth is ultimately dependent on it. Water transports nutrients, minerals and chemicals within the biosphere to all forms of life, sustains both plants and animals, and moulds the surface of the Earth with transportation and deposition of materials.
The current top three uses of fresh water account for 95% of its consumption; approximately 85% is used for irrigation of farmland, golf courses, and parks, 6% is used for domestic purposes such as indoor bathing uses and outdoor garden and lawn use, and 4% is used for industrial purposes such as processing, washing, and cooling in manufacturing centers. It is estimated that one in three people over the entire globe are already facing water shortages, almost one-fifth of the world population live in areas of physical water scarcity, and almost one quarter of the world’s population live in a developing country that lacks the necessary infrastructure to use water from available rivers and aquifers. Water scarcity is an increasing problem due to many foreseen issues in the future, including population growth, increased urbanization, higher standards of living, and climate change. This is why water filters need to be accessible to everyone. I wrote an article on the benefits of alkaline water there are also other alternatives as well as a water filter bottle to kill germs and make drinkable, previously undrinkable water. That article is linked here https://smartmindbodysoul.com/alkaline-water-the-fountain-of-youth/
Other than water being a huge problem. The number of hungry people in the world has increased over the last few years. One in nine people in the world go hungry on a regular basis, and, as a result, suffer from nutritional deficiencies. Food security is the largest threat to the overall health of the population of man kind, even more than malaria, tuberculosis or HIV.
So, what is the problem? How can it be 2019 and people are still going hungry?
The problem is not that we are not producing enough food (although this may become a problem in the future), but that people lack access to food. Not having enough money to obtain basic food supplies and not being able to grow our own food are the two main causes of being unable to acquire food. At the root of all these problems is conflict.
While hunger has steadily decreased over the past ten years, over the last few of these years an upsurge of conflict has doubled the number of refugees in the world.
Farmers need to abandon their land to save themselves and their families. Once these farmers reach a safer location, they have no land rights, which means they can’t grow crops. These refugees then need to purchase more highly priced exported foods. When they don’t have enough money, families don’t eat. They dont have the luxury of stealing a package of steak if they are starving. Or hitting a food bank. They dont have state funded programs giving them foodstamps. They simply just do not eat.
Even though approximately 11% of the world is undernourished, more people, about 40% of the adult population, are overweight.
No country in the world has seen any kind of decrease in obesity rate. Even with starvation being as prevalent as it is. In fact, it is rising among both children and adults. While it is the easy rout to think of obesity as a form of ‘over-nutrition’, it is actually another kind of malnutrition. Withholding necessary nutrients to replace them with convenience and flavor. People consume nutrient deficient, high-carb, preservative-rich prepacked sugar filled garbage food and hold on to unhealthy weight as a result. Causing a laundry list of illnesses and disorders including diabetes, cancer, blood disorders, heart disease and stroke. When we talk about hunger, we’re not just talking about access to food, but also access to nutrients. In order to thrive, humans need a range of foods providing a variety of essential nutrients. Poor families often rely on just one or two staple foods— like corn or wheat — which means they’re not getting enough of critical macronutrients like protein, and they’re also missing out on lots of important vitamins and minerals. The less nutritious a person’s diet, the poorer their health will be, the less sustainable energy they will have, and the less likely they will be to break the poverty-hunger cycle. This is especially important for women and young children: Nutrition support during pregnancy and up to the age of five can help protect children for their entire lives, reducing the likelihood of disease, poor health, and cognitive impairment.
Besides malnutrition, there are many other issues affecting health on a global scale. In the past, the main topic of focus had been communicable diseases such as hepatitis, cholera, malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS.
Increased access to clean water and improved education around proper sanitation has resulted in an overall decrease in the prevalence of transferable diseases worldwide. However, this does not mean that efforts to improve sanitation should be discontinued or slowed down by any means, only that what is currently being done to prevent disease is actually working.
The focus of the global healthcare community has now shifted to non-communicable diseases like cancer, diabetes, chronic respiratory and cardiovascular diseases as well as road traffic injuries and deaths. Communicable diseases now kill 70% of persons and low-income countries are the most severely affected. While it is still important to focus on teaching proper hygiene practices, the importance of good nutritional education and preventing personal harm is now being emphasized.
I believe there is no better time to educate people about what foods effect what parts of their body and mind. Explaining the dangers of a sugar filled diet, excessive alcohol consumption, smoking tobacco, using unsafe cooking fuels, driving recklessly and walking across a busy highway, not having the proper lighting while jogging or bicycling is imperative. So many deaths are a direct result of a preventable ,uneducated decision /choice.
In most low-income countries emergency response is not of the highest standards, which means that empowering individuals in the local community with first aid and the access to clean water and knowledge of how to grow food can help to save lives.
The UN tackles the problems of health and well-being under UNSDG 3 and the World Health Organisation (WHO) oversees the objectives set under this goal.
GVI helps to further the aims of UNSDG 3 through their healthcare projects. Their healthcare projects are available in Thailand, South Africa, Nepal, Mexico and India. These projects are mostly educational.
We have a need to conduct workshops with students and community members to teach them about preventative healthcare practices. Not how to vaccinate and hope for the best and buy cough syrup by the gallon when it fails and you get sick anyway.
These type of workshops like WASH (Water and Sanitation for Health) classes where they are taught about the importance of washing hands and brushing teeth as well as healthy cooking and eating workshops.
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Since it is unlikely we are going to change the content in our public schools or change the curriculum and force the adjenda that these things are important to focus on we are blessed with the platforms of the internet and social media to be able to come together and focus on the needs of the many. A movement that really hit close to my heart was the The Dakota Access Pipeline or Bakken pipeline.
The Dakota access pipeline is a 1,172-mile-long underground oil pipeline in the United States. It begins in the shale oil fields of the Bakken formation in northwest North Dakota and continues through South Dakota and Iowa to an oil terminal near Patoka, Illinois. This is an example of people coming together against a raging system that is destroying agriculture and i am aware it is a little off topic however i feel necessary to mention as it pertains to adversity when people stand up for what is right and what is good for the health and welbeing of millions of people but get brutally stomped out by big money.
The reason it hit me so hard is because I understand the need for clean water. I understand what the suix tribes and local natives were protecting and are continueing to protect. The right to clean drinking water out weighs the right to profit. Especially when we have so many other options of feul and products like hemp to replace plastics that we no longer even need to frack or use crued oil. Its as old as the ideals of the politicians perpetuating the behaviors that WILL lead to our demise. And as necessary.
The pipeline was built and will one day leak and those percentages of available drinkable water will go down dramatically and we will be left wanting. Because we let the needs of the few destroy the lives of the many. So if we are not able to change their behaviors we at least need to take responsibility and need to change ours. We can educate eachother and teach our children to grow food. Teach them about alkalinity and acidity. Push healthy alternatives to transportation to reduce our footprint and increase physical activity. Shorten our trip to and from our place of work and build a community that helps tend a garden that feeds everyone and promotes self sustainability. That community can be on the internet and the garden can be information. However its attainable for you.
There are tons of benefits to having a community garden: stronger sense of community, promoting healthy eating, learning what it really takes to grow your food. It’s also a great way to make gardening a possibility for those living in urban homes with less yard room, and to create a healthy town center for citizens of all ages.
But where should you start if you’d like a community garden of your own? I reccomend looking within your community to find out potential leaders, and if there’s any urban farming already going on in your area. You’ll need someone who’s already familiar with farming techniques and growing produce locally to make sure your community garden is truly successful. There are places like where I’m From where you can rent a small chunk of land to grow your own garden that is overseen by a college botony group. Those places are great but sometimes not phesible for someone who already struggles to afford groceries. Schools are another great option. Reach out to your local schools that don’t have gardens to see if they have any space that they’d want to turn into a community garden. Churches also often own a lot of land and frequently have an interest in community gardening.
In his forward to UNICEF’s 1998 “State of the World’s Children” report, Secretary-General Kofi Anan spells out a simple but most unassailable truth: “Sound nutrition can change children’s lives, improve their physical and mental development, protect their health, and lay a firm foundation for future productivity.”
Over 200 million children under the age of five in developing countries are malnourished. For them, and for the world at large, Kofi Anan’s message is especially urgent. Malnutrition contributes to more than half of the nearly 12 million deaths of children under five in developing countries each year, and malnourished children who survive often lose precious mental capacity.
This should not be happening with how much technology we have. We can get to other planets but cant get clean water and food accrossed a sea of water and food. Explain that. However far-reaching the benefits of nutrition may be from a clinical viewpoint, ensuring good nutrition is also a matter of international law. The right to proper nutrition is most emphatically proclaimed in the UN’s 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child. Under the Convention, virtually every government in the world recognizes the right of all children to the highest attainable standard of health, specifically including the right to good nutrition. So the fact the laws are in place, practice needs to be in place.
this implies learning– and action. Action can take three forms: influencing public policy, contributing financially, and working directly with poor people.
Learn about hunger and poverty. What are the situations and hangups confronting poor people in the United States and in the rest of the world, and what are the underlying factors causing their hunger and poverty? An important step to helping poor people is to increase your understanding through learning. While it is, in general, not possible to support individual poor families, it is possible to contribute to organizations that do support poor people. We have all of the resources and the information to fix world hunger and provide clean drinkable water to the world. The question is will we do anything about it. I hope everyone gets to see a day without wanting or lacking basic nutrition and the comforts of water and shelter.
I hope this helps and reaches people that also want to help and become a part of the solution and i look forward to doing my part to help us become the BEST US that we can be.
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The pancreas is about 6 inches long and sits across the back of the abdomen, behind the stomach. The head of the pancreas is on the right side of the abdomen and is connected to the duodenum (the first section of the small intestine) through a small tube called the pancreatic duct. It plays an essential role in converting the food we eat into fuel for the body’s cells. The pancreas has two main functions: an exocrine function that helps in digestion and an endocrine function that regulates blood sugar. The pancreas produces 2 antagonistic hormones to control blood sugar: glucagon and insulin.
The alpha cells of the pancreas produce glucagon. Glucagon raises blood glucose levels by stimulating the liver to metabolize glycogen into glucose molecules and to release glucose into the blood. Glycogen is a substance deposited in bodily tissues as a store of carbohydrates.
It is a polysaccharide that forms glucose on hydrolysis. Almost all of the pancreas (95%) consists of exocrine tissue that produces pancreatic enzymes for digestion. The remaining tissue consists of endocrine cells called islets of Langerhans. These clusters of cells look like grapes and produce hormones that regulate blood sugar and regulate pancreatic secretions. A healthy pancreas produces the correct chemicals in the proper quantities, at the right times, to digest the foods we eat.
A pancreas thats deseased.
Pancreatitis
Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas that occurs when pancreatic enzyme secretions build up and begin to digest the organ itself. It can occur as acute painful attacks lasting a matter of days, or it may be a chronic condition that progresses over a period of years. I have dealt with pancreatitis on numerous occasion. I had bouts of pancreatitis that led me into the hospital. It is incredibly painful and can last days. Symptoms include abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite.
Acute vs. Chronic Pancreatitis
Acute pancreatitis refers to pancreatitis that develops suddenly, most often as a result of gallstones or alcohol abuse. Reactions to certain medications, trauma, and infectious causes can also lead to acute pancreatitis. Acute pancreatitis can be life threatening, but most patients recover completely.
Chronic pancreatitis refers to ongoing disease in which the pancreas continues to sustain damage and lose function over time. The majority of cases of chronic pancreatitis is a result from ongoing alcohol abuse, but some cases are hereditary or due to diseases such as cystic fibrosis.
What type of foods help with the health of your pancreas?
There are 3 things that are specifically good for the pancreas. Extra virgin coconut oil, cayenne, and Cinnamon. First, you are going to need something that will try to improve the functions of the pancreas Cinnamon is your answer for this. Next, you need a way of keeping in place the improvements of the cinnamon. To do this, the improvements need to be fueled. Cayenne does this by causing the body to produce a thousand times more capillaries than it normally would. So anytime a healthy cell is produced that improves the function of the pancreas, it will need food/oxygen from the new capillaries that are created. The new, well fed cell then needs strong communications with the rest of the cell structure and beyond that to the entire organ. What Extra Virgin Coconut Oil does is build and rebuild nerves and nerve fibers throughout the body. It has already been proven successful in correcting or helping with MS, Alzheimer’s, and dementia.
Anywhere in the body that nerves need to be created or repaired only the Extra Virgin Coconut Oil will do it. You can get capsules of Cinnamon at just about any health food store–if not, get raw cinnamon and number zero capsules and fill them your self. If you do not have an actual pancreas problem, one number zero capsule of cinnamon every three days is appropriate. If you do have a problem with your pancreas , then one or two a day is going to be what you want to take. Do not buy the cinnamon from a bulk store or grocery store. It is not very pure. At any health foods store you can get 500 mg capsules of Cayenne. I get my supplements usually from GNC, they have the best cayenne. Cayenne has been shown to improve circulation and cure neuropathy, gout, edema, PAD and similar restricted blood flow problems. Take the cayenne with a meal and drink plenty of water. If you get a warm feeling in your tummy, drink more water and it will go away. If you have any kind of stomach disorder, the cayenne will likely cure the problem but never make it worse. Any good health foods store will carry Extra Virgin Coconut Oil in various sizes. A pint will cost no more than about $20 and last a very long time. The Oil only stays in the body for 8 hours before it is matabolized. Therefore, if you have a nerve disorder of any type you need to take two-three teaspoons every eight hours. If just for general maintenance of your nerve system, then every three days take one tablespoon. You can mix it with cerial or take directly. When you buy coconut oil it has to be Extra Virgin, meaning it is all natural cold compressed, Otherwise the benefits are not as powerfull.
Those are the main 3 components to a healthier pancreas, but what are some others? and specifically what are some vegetables that help prevent pancreatic cancer.
Broccoli
This green cruciferous vegetable is a superfood that is great for keeping the pancreas fit and disease-free. It is mainly known for reducing the risk of pancreatic cancer, on account of having high quantities of quercetin, a potent flavonol that is very healthy. Flavonols help fight cancer in many ways and thus need be an essential part of one’s diet; they fortify the body’s detoxification mechanism, flushing out carcinogenic substances from the body; they also prevent the growth and division of cancer cells, and even propel the latter into self-destruction. Your body will benefit significantly from flavonol-rich foods, and quercetin-rich broccoli is unusually high for maintaining a healthy pancreas. Broccoli also lowers estrogen production and increases the production of testosterone which can be helpful in many ways for both men and women.
Garlic
Garlic is a vegetable of the allium species which boasts of many health benefits and nutritional qualities. Concerning the pancreas, garlic consumption is believed to prevent cancerous tumors since it contains sulfur, flavonoids, arginine, selenium, and oligosaccharides which are all carcinogen-fighting micronutrients. Garlic also aids the efficiency of the pancreatic digestive function by ensuring that controlled regulated release of insulin. Garlic allows for an increase in insulin production and a decrease in blood sugar levels. Thus, consuming it will help keep the pancreas in optimal condition. Since eating raw garlic is unappealing for most normal people, it may be taken chopped up with water or even grated in honey overnight.
Spinach
Anyone who is experiencing pancreatitis are encouraged to add spinach to their diet. Spinach contains Vitamin B and iron, both of which are required to lessen the inflammation of the pancreas and aid in healing. However, preparations with spinach are not well-liked by many so other vitamin-rich leafy greens such as kale, Swiss chard and mustard may also be considered. For those experiencing chronic pancreatitis, one portion of the average meal is recommended to comprise of spinach or other alternatives mentioned, every day. You may add it to your normal meals as fillings in sauces, curries, soups and many other ways. I eat 7cups of spinach a day. I hide it in eggs thinly sliced and you cant even taste it. Also i blend it into my berry shakes in the morning. A whole cup can just dissapear into your shakes like this without having to chomp down a bunch of squeeky leaves.
Taking care of your Pancreas is essential for digestion and as ive said in my other articles, all health starts at the gut. If your stomach isnt able to digest the essential vitamins and minerals from the healthy foods you eat than what is the point in eating them? The pancreas is an often ignored organ. Make sure you take good care of it. I hope this helped and i look forward to continuing the journey to become the BEST us we can be.
For the sake of this article you just woke up. You feel hungry but you just started intermittent fasting and you cant eat for another 6hours. Whats the first thing youre going to want to consume? Well since you cant have any calories because that will break your fast, but you really want to curb that hunger feeling.
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A lot of the time that hungry feeling we get isnt our body needing food. Actually its your body telling you that you are lacking certain minerals , often those minerals are potassium and sodium. Apple cider vinager is loaded with potassium but you dont want to over do it. Two table spoons in an 8ounce glass is plenty. And maybe sprinkle the salt a little. Makes for a healthy mineral enriched, thirst and hunger quencher first thing in the morning. its zero calories so it wont break your fast.
Applecider vinegar also aids in digestion which in some studies has shown also aids in weightloss. This mixture leaves you feeling like you just had saline fluids pumped into your veins.
If you are anything like me you like a cup of coffee https://bit.ly/2Qsfn6u in the morning. While coffee is great for energy it promotes the release of both sodium and potassium so make sure you moderate your intake or make up for the loss of minerals by supplementing them. I get my vitamins and minerals from gnc.com
Caffine is the most commonly used nootropic that has a wide variety of benefits. Drinking coffee can improve circulation, be great for your heart, keep you mentally sharp and it can even aid things in the body such as hair growth.
some of the health benefits of coffee extend to the hair, mind, body and skin. If you fast like i do though just make sure you leave out the cream and sugar. I reccomend doing that anyway since dairy and sugar both have a significant amount of cons that outweigh the benefit of flavor. I drink it black. The darker the better for me.
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After that it’s smooth sailin until you break your fast. I drink coffee and water all day but i dont recommend it if you’re sensitive to caffeine.
Green tea is a good substitute since it also jelps with weight loss and burning fat.
Like anything else, balance and moderation is the key to success. So since you have your morning and afternoon schedual free of preparing meals or worrying about what to eat you are free to go to work, go on a hike. Jump right into your workout. Wether it be at golds gym or 24hr fitness or at the park. I tend to work out a lot at the park because i have two kids and they love the park.
My oldest is into fitness like i am, so its exciting to watch her strive to be better than before.
I prefer to do my lifting an hour before i break my fast. some studies suggest that you benefit more from the fat burning benefits of fasting if you workout early into your fast.
Its time. 2:00 for me. Time to bust out the mct oil.
I break my fast with mct oil to get my body into full ketogenic mode and start burning that fat. Then i eat a fiber and fat rich salad and take my vitamins and nootropics. I take fish oil. Bcaa amino acids lysine. Acetyle l carnetine, NAC and a few others i fully explain in my blog about nootropics.
BCAAs stands for “Branched-Chain Amino Acids.”
Just knowing full name of BCAAs tells us quite a bit about what those supplement bottles contain: amino acids. Less mysterious already, right?
Specifically, this group of amino acids includes leucine, isoleucine.and valine.
These three “proteinogenic” BCAAs account for 35% of the essential amino acids in muscle proteins, and are among the nine essential amino acids for humans.
Like all amino acids, BCAAs provide your body with the raw materials needed to accomplish a host of different vital processes.
L-Lysine, is one of the building blocks of protein.
This compound is essential for maintaining a healthy body and keeping its systems functioning at an optimum level. You dont want to neglect this one if youre building muscle.
Lysine deficiency can lead to fatigue, hair loss, muscle soreness, and a decreased immune system. It is also necessary for your body to repair itself and function smoothly.
Increasing the amount of Lysine you consume – whether through supplements or changing your diet – may improve the symptoms of several chronic conditions, and make others less severe.
I take lots of supplements but all natural. I also use cbd oil for inflammation. The rest of the day until ten. I eat what ever i want. Still keeping bread and pasta to a minimum because im trying to see these muscles i work so hard for.
Some magnesium and melatonin before bed with a glass of water and thats it for food or calories of any kind until 16 hours later. That’s it. If you have any questions since im sure i left some things out. Feel free to ask a question or comment. Give feed back. And i hope everyone is successful in becoming the best you can be.
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The healing properties of Hemp CBD have actually been proclaimed by different cultures for centuries, however the plant is just now being used to it’s potential and has now made its way to beauty and skin care products. Considering the growth of the natural and organic product industry, the CBD skin care trend isn’t that unexpected.
Thanks to CBD oil, hemp is getting its recognition as a high-end wellness and skin-care ingredient. As the months and years go on you’ll no doubt see a massive influx of Hemp oil skin care products. The relaxing of cannabis laws and the enthusiasm around emerging studies has legitimized the medicinal claims surrounding CBD, however it’s the glamorization of the plant that has actually made everybody wish to be seen with it, including lots of celebs. There are currently a large number of fans, who are drawn to CBD topical items for their pain-relieving properties and abilities to help with chronic ailments. Olivia Wilde told a press reporter that she used it to eliminate physical aches during a Broadway stint. Stylist Karla Welch, who deals with Olivia Wilde, Ruth Negga, Katy Perry and Sarah Paulson, uses CBD lotion on her customers’ feet when they stroll down the red carpet.
By now, you’ve seen a CBD infused version of almost everything, but what does it really do? Can it get you high? And if not, why do people care about it? The beauty world has actually been seeing some big changes. Hemp Oil beauty products are gaining in popularity, and it’s poised to take your skin-care routine to a higher level. Products such as; CBD lotion, CBD cream, CBD body butter, and CBD rub are capable of doing what your old products did but also have a special ingredient that allows it to one up pretty much anything on the market. That’s since the star active ingredient, understood for its reputed stress reducing, inflammation reducing and pain relieving advantages has amazing properties when it pertains to topical usage.
For 5,000 years, hemp had actually been benefiting everybody. Before 1937, when it was outlawed, there was a hemp oil tincture on every shelf. It reduces inflammation and discomfort in such a way that its importance was undisputed and now it’s skin advantages have been recognized as well.
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Cannabinoids from these plants help animals.
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Named after the plant that led to its discovery, the endocannabinoid system is a network of receptors situated throughout the body. Short-lived natural endocannabinoid substances are manufactured as needed by the body to keep homeostasis, a steady internal environment. When these internal devices drag the body’s needs, supplementing with extra CBD can assist. Study also recommends that supplementing can coax the body to build more receptors so all-natural cannabinoids will function more effectively. 2 sorts of receptors have actually been recognized: CB1 receptors, mostly in the mind, nerves, glands and organs; as well as CB2 receptors, found mostly in the governing cells of the immune system. Several cells have both receptors, each linked to a various activity. A crucial duty of the endocannabinoid system is controlling inflammation by up-regulating or down-regulating the immune feedback. An overactive reaction could result in allergies and auto-immune problems; an underactive one can leave the body at risk to infections and the unchecked expansion of cancer cells.
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In the ever changing world of health and fitness there are lots of trends out there. Whether it’s a low carb diet, or Atkins diet, vegan, non gluten, you name it.
Its hard to figure out which one is right for you. In my experience its never fun counting calories, eating bland foods, or if youre into weight lifting, spending all your time planning meals and eating. I own my own business and am a full time single dad and i dont have time for anything extra.
That is what lead me to pursue intermittent fasting. Ever since i started fasting 16 hours and eating my meals in an 8hour window not only have i been able to see a dramatic increase in muscle gain, ive also cut fat in record time. I have better mentle clarity and im able to focus on tasks unlike ever before.
What is intermittent fasting?
What is Intermittent Fasting and Why Would You Do It?
Intermittent fasting is not a diet, it’s a pattern of eating. It’s a way of scheduling your meals so that you get the most out of them. Intermittent fasting doesn’t change what you eat, it changes when you eat.
Why is it beneficial to focus on when you’re eating?
Well, it’s a great way to get lean without going on a crazy diet or cutting your calories down to nothing. In fact, most of the time you’ll try to keep your calories the same when you start intermittent fasting. (eat bigger meals during a shorter time frame.) Additionally, intermittent fasting is a good way to keep muscle mass on while getting lean.
Perhaps most importantly, intermittent fasting is one of the simplest strategies there is out there for melting bad unattractive weight off while keeping good weight and lean muscle on because it requires very little behavior change. This is awesome because it means intermittent fasting falls into the category of;
With all that said, the main reason people get into intermittent fasting is to lose fat. We’ll talk about how intermittent fasting leads to burning fat at a record pace here in a min.
“simple enough that you’ll actually do it, meaningful enough that it will actually make a difference.”
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How Does Intermittent Fasting Work?
To understand how intermittent fasting leads to rapid fat loss we must first understand the difference between the feeding state and the fasted state.
Your body is in the fed state when it is digesting and absorbing food. Typically, the fed state starts when you begin eating and continues for three to five hours as your body digests and absorbs the food you just ate. When you are in the fed state, it’s very hard for your body to burn fat because your insulin levels are high. insulin blocks your bodies ability to burn fat.
After that timespan, your body goes into what is known as the post–absorptive state, which is just a fancy way of saying that your body isn’t processing any food. The post–absorptive state lasts until 8 to 12 hours after your last meal, which is when you enter the fasted state. It is much easier for your body to burn fat in the fasted state because your insulin levels are low.
When you’re in the fasted state your body can burn fat that has been otherwise inaccessible during the fed state.
Because we don’t enter the fasted state until 12 hours after our last meal, it’s rare that our bodies are in this fat burning state. This is one of the reasons why many people who start intermittent fasting will lose fat without changing what they eat, the amounts they eat, or how often they exercise.
Fasting puts your body in a fat burning state that you rarely achieve during a normal eating schedule.
The Benefits of Intermittent Fasting
Fat loss is great, but it isn’t the only benefit of fasting.
Intermittent fasting makes your day simple.
I’m big on simplicity, and reducing stress. Intermittent fasting provides additional simplicity to my life that I really enjoy. When I wake up, I don’t worry about breakfast. I just grab a glass of water then usually a dark black cup of joe and start my day.
I enjoy eating and I love cooking which has been difficult because i have two kids that arn’t on an intermittent fasting schedual but thats beside the point , so eating three meals a day was never a hassle for me. However, intermittent fasting allows me to eat one or in my case two less meals, which also means planning one less meal, cooking one less meal, and stressing about one less meal. It makes life a bit simpler and who doesn’t like that.
2. Intermittent fasting helps you live longer.
Scientists have long known that restricting calories is a way of lengthening life. From a logical standpoint, this makes sense. When you’re starving, your body finds ways to extend your life.
There’s just one problem: nobody wants to starve themselves in the name of living longer.
I don’t know about you, but I’m interested in enjoying a long life. Starving myself doesn’t sound that appetizing.
The good news is that intermittent fasting activates many of the same mechanisms for extending life as calorie restriction. In other words, you get the benefits of a longer life without the hassle of starving.
Way back in 1945 it was discovered that intermittent fasting extended life in mice. (Here’s the study.) More recently, this study found that alternate day intermittent fasting led to longer lifespans.
3. Intermittent fasting may reduce the risk of cancer.
This one is up for debate because there hasn’t been a lot of research and experimentation done on the relationship between cancer and fasting. Early reports, however, look positive.
This study of 10 cancer patients suggests that the side effects of chemotherapy may be diminished by fasting before treatment. This finding is also supported by another study which used alternate day fasting with cancer patients and concluded that fasting before chemotherapy would result in better cure rates and fewer deaths.
Finally, this comprehensive analysis of many studies on fasting and disease has concluded that fasting appears to not only reduce the risk of cancer, but also cardiovascular disease.
4. Intermittent fasting is much easier than dieting.
The reason most diets fail isn’t because we switch to the wrong foods, it’s because we don’t actually follow the diet over a long piriod of time. It’s not a nutrition problem, it’s a behavior change problem.
This is where intermittent fasting shines because it’s remarkably easy to implement once you get over the idea that you need to eat all the time. For example, this study found that intermittent fasting was an effective strategy for weight loss in obese adults and concluded that “subjects quickly adapt” to an intermittent fasting routine.
Dr. Michael Eades, who has tried intermittent fasting himself, on the difference between trying a diet and trying intermittent fasting.
“Diets are easy in the contemplation, difficult in the execution. Intermittent fasting is just the opposite — it’s difficult in the contemplation but easy in the execution.
Most of us have contemplated going on a diet. When we find a diet that appeals to us, it seems as if it will be a breeze to do. But when we get into the nitty gritty of it, it becomes tough. For example, I stay on a low–carb diet almost all the time. But if I think about going on a low–fat diet, it looks easy. I think about bagels, whole wheat bread and jelly, mashed potatoes, corn, bananas by the dozen, etc. — all of which sound appealing. But were I to embark on such a low–fat diet I would soon tire of it and wish I could have meat and eggs. So a diet is easy in contemplation, but not so easy in the long–term execution.
Intermittent fasting is hard in the contemplation, of that there is no doubt. “You go without food for 24 hours?” people would ask, incredulously when we explained what we were doing. “I could never do that.” But once started, it’s a snap. No worries about what and where to eat for one or two out of the three meals per day. It’s a great liberation. Your food expenditures plummet. And you’re not particularly hungry. … Although it’s tough to overcome the idea of going without food, once you begin the regimen, nothing could be easier.”
— Dr. Michael Eades
In my opinion, the ease of intermittent fasting is the best reason to give it a try. It provides a wide spectrum of health benefits without requiring a massive lifestyle change.
Examples of Different Intermittent Fasting Schedules
If you’re considering giving fasting a shot, there are a few different options for working it into your lifestyle.as described in the video above.
Daily Intermittent Fasting
For the most part, I follow the Leangains model of intermittent fasting, which practises a 16–hour fast followed by an 8–hour eating period. This model of daily intermittent fasting was popularized by Martin Berkhan of Leangains.com, which is where the name originated.
It doesn’t matter when you start your 8–hour eating period. You can start at 9am and stop at 5pm. Or you start at 3pm and stop at 11pm. Do whatever works for you. Eating around 1pm and 8pm works well because those times allow you to eat lunch and dinner with friends and family. I prefer to eat alone so time frames dont apply to me.
Because daily intermittent fasting is done every day it becomes very easy to get into the habit of eating on this schedule. Right now, you’re probably eating around the same time every day without thinking about it. Well, with daily intermittent fasting it’s the same thing, you just learn to not eat at certain times, which is incredibly easy.
One potential disadvantage of this schedule is that because you typically cut one or two meals out of your day, it becomes more difficult to get the same amount of calorie intake during the week. Put simply, it’s tough to teach yourself to eat bigger meals on a consistent basis. The result is that many people who try this style of intermittent fasting end up losing weight. That can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on what you are trying to accomplish.
I practice intermittent fasting consistently . My times are not always consistant. For exsample the other day i fasted 20 hours as for my regular schedual is 16 or 17. You dont start seeing the massive results until hour 16 and more so every hour there after exponentially getting better until hour 26 your body starts burning muscle glycogen and if youre fasting for looks its not something you look for. I work on building healthy habits that guide my behavior 90% of the time, so that I can do whatever I want during the other 10%. If I go out with some freinds and they all want to grab a bite to eat and we get there and its a gourmet cheeseburger joint and its 11pm, guess what? I don’t care that it’s outside my feeding period, its a cheeseburger.I’m eating it. As long as i maintain my schedual, fasting is so efficient in burning fat it wont matter.
Weekly Intermittent Fasting
One of the best ways to get started with intermittent fasting is to do it once per week or once per month. I jumped right into 5 days a week with weekends off. The occasional fast has been shown to lead to many of the benefits of fasting we’ve already discussed, so even if you don’t use it to cut down on calories consistently there are still many other health benefits of fasting.
The graphic below shows one example of how a weekly intermittent fast might play out.
In this example, lunch on Monday is your last meal of the day. You then fast until lunch on Tuesday. This schedule has the advantage of allowing you to eat everyday of the week while still reaping the benefits of fasting for 24 hours. It’s also less likely that you’ll lose weight because you are only cutting out two meals per week. So, if you’re looking to bulk up or keep weight on, then this is a great option.
I’ve done 24–hour fasts in the past and there are a wide range of variations and options for making it work into your life. For example, the day after a big holiday feast is often a great time to throw in a 24–hour fast. I did a 24 fast on black friday. Shopping in that environment was much more approachable while benefiting from the mental clarity you get from fasting.
Perhaps the biggest benefit of doing a 24–hour fast is getting over the mental barrier of fasting and realizing your hunger pains are not hunger at all but your body lacking minerals such as potassium or sodium. If you’ve never fasted before, successfully completing your first one helps you realize that you won’t die if you don’t eat for a day.
Alternate Day Intermittent Fasting
Alternate day intermittent fasting incorporates longer fasting periods on alternating days throughout the week.
For example, in the graphic below you would eat dinner on Monday night and then not eat again until Tuesday evening. On Wednesday, however, you would eat all day and then start the 24–hour fasting cycle again after dinner on Wednesday evening. This allows you to get long fast periods on a consistent basis while also eating at least one meal every day of the week.
This style of intermittent fasting seems to be used often in research studies, but from what I have seen it isn’t very popular in the real world. I’ve never tried alternate day fasting myself and I don’t plan to do so.
The benefit of alternate day intermittent fasting is that it gives you longer time in the fasted state than the Leangains style of fasting. Hypothetically, this would increase the benefits of fasting.
In practice, however, I would be concerned with eating enough. For some, teaching yourself to consistently eat more is one of the harder parts of intermittent fasting. You might be able to feast for a meal, but learning to do so every day of the week takes a little bit of planning, a lot of cooking, and consistent eating. The end result is that most people who try intermittent fasting end up losing some weight because the size of their meals remains similar even though a few meals are being cut out each week. I dont have this problem i break my fast with a tblspn of mct oil which has 15g of saturated fat plus big honkin salads such as the one below.
This is loaded with almonds, avacado, eggs, walnuts, cucumber,dried cranberries, sunflower seeds, bacon,sea salt,6 whole cloves of roasted garlic
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If you’re looking to lose weight, it isn’t a problem not eating enough calories. And even if you’re happy with your weight, this won’t prove to be too much of an issue if you follow the daily fasting or weekly fasting schedules. However, if you’re fasting for 24 hours per day on multiple days per week, then it’s going to be very difficult to eat enough of your feast days to make up for that.
As a result, I think it’s a better idea to try daily intermittent fasting or a single 24–hour fast once per week or once per month.
Frequently Asked Questions, Concerns, and Complaints
I’m a woman. Should I do anything differently?
I haven’t worked with women on implementing an intermittent fasting schedule and i am a male, so I can’t speak from experience on this one.
That said, I have heard that women may find a wider window of eating to be more favorable when doing daily intermittent fasting. While men will typically fast for 16 hours and then eat for 8 hours, women may find better results by eating for 10 hours and fasting for 14 hours. The best advice I can give anyone, not just women, is to experiment and see what works best for you. Your body will give you signals. Follow what your body responds favorably to.
Also, if you’re a female, there is an all‐female page on Facebook that discusses intermittent fasting. I’m sure you could find a ton of great answers and support there.
I could never skip breakfast. How do you do it?
I don’t. Breakfast foods are my favorite, so I just eat them at 2pm each day. And a lot more of them.
Also, if you eat a big dinner the night before, I think you’ll be surprised by how much energy you have in the morning. Most of the worries or concerns that people have about intermittent fasting are due to the fact that they have had it pounded into them by companies that dont care about your health and just want to make money, that they need to eat breakfast or they need to eat every three hours and so on. The science doesn’t support it and neither do my personal experiences.
I thought you were supposed to eat every 3 hours?
You may have heard people say that you should have six meals per day or two big meals and snack all day or eat every 3 hours or something like that.
Here’s why this was a popular idea for a brief period of time:
Your body burns calories when it’s processing food. So the thought behind the more meals strategy was that if you ate more frequently, you would also burn more calories throughout the day. Thus, eating more meals should help you lose weight.
Here’s the problem:
The amount of calories you burn is proportional to the size of the meal your body is processing. So, digesting six smaller meals that add up to 2000 calories burns the same amount of energy as processing two large meals of 1000 calories each.
It doesn’t matter if you get your calories in 10 meals or in 1 meal, you’ll end up in the same place.
This is crazy If I didn’t eat for 24 hours, I’d die.
Honestly, I think the mental barrier is the biggest thing that prevents people from fasting because it’s really not that hard to do in practice.
Here are a few reasons why intermittent fasting isn’t as difficult or “nuts” as you think it is.
First, fasting has been practiced by various religious groups for centuries. Medical practitioners have also noted the health benefits of fasting for thousands of years. In other words, fasting isn’t some new fad or crazy marketing ploy. It’s been around for a long time and it actually works.
Second, fasting seems foreign to many of us simply because nobody talks about it that much. The reason for this is that nobody stands to make much money by telling you to not eat their products, not take their supplements, or not buy their goods. In other words, fasting isn’t a very marketable topic and so you’re not exposed to advertising and marketing on it very often. The result is that it seems somewhat extreme or strange, even though its really not.
Third, you’ve probably already fasted many times, even though you don’t know it. Have you ever slept in late on the weekends and then had a late brunch? Some people do this every weekend. In situations like these, we often eat dinner the night before and then don’t eat until 11am or noon or even later. There’s your 16–hour fast and you didn’t even think about it.
Finally, I would suggest doing one 24–hour fast even if you don’t plan on doing intermittent fasting frequently. It’s good to teach yourself that you’ll survive just fine without food for a day. Funny side note, im a huge fan of naked and affraid and other survival shows and that was the catalyst to spark my interest in fasting. It was a mentle test that i now put myself through regularly. Plus, as I’ve outlined with multiple research studies throughout this article, there are a lot of health benefits of fasting.
What are some good resources on intermittent fasting?
You can learn a lot about intermittent fasting by reading articles like this one and the resources below,I follow Thomas delaure on youtube. but the best way to learn about what actually works for you is to experiment. That said, I’d recommend the following resources.
Martin Berkhan’s site on the Leangains version of intermittent fasting is great. You can find it here. If you’re looking for a few articles to start with, I’d recommend this one, this one, and this one.
Andy Morgan has also created an excellent site that covers the Leangains model of intermittent fasting, which you can find here. I particularly like his method of counting macros instead of counting calories, which you can read about here. (That said, I don’t count calories. I just eat.sometimes too much.)
There is a very active forum on Reddit where people post their own progress with the Leangains style of intermittent fasting. You can check that out here.
If you are interested in a hassle free program without having to weed through hundreds of videos explaining different diets or workout plans i recommend LeanFastRFL
I don’t know about you but i have no interest in waisting my time. Thats why a program like this is so usefull. I have tried so many things from workouts like p90 and ty bo and while these are great workouts, they require a ton of effort and commitment and to be honest are not built for biginners.
So in all Fasting is simple. Do nothing. Just dont eat. Push back that breakfast till 2pm or whatever hour of the day it is convenient for you to eat a nice meal and replenish those protiens. intermittent fasting is also known for increasing the human growth hormone by up to 2000% after around 20 hours of fasting for men and 1300% in women. This means massive muscle gains and rapid weight loss along with many other benefits. Improved circulation, anti inflammatory effects, healthy skin, boost in energy, not to mention you look and feel better while saving time and money not having to eat 3 to 6 meals a day. Refer to this video from six pack abs
https://youtu.be/mX6kxJqW4GI
Fasting effect on HGH
All it takes is to begin.
Even if you dont purchase this program Leanfast RFL 2.0
I highly suggest reserching more on intermittent fasting . If you think you are ready to leap into bettering yourself or you’re tired of making excuses take the first step and try it. If 16 hours is too hard at first just try eating 2 hours after you normally would. Or one hour and slowly work into eating your first meal around lunch. Whatever you choose id love to hear feedback and hear of your struggles or your successes and look forward to being part of the solution. Good luck and watch out for more posts in my effort for the betterment of our mind body and soul.
Just some of the benefits of fasting. Fasting also regulates certain hormones that promote cell regeneration.
Good morning.
A lot of the time that hungry feeling we get isnt our body needing food. Actually its your body telling you that you are lacking certain minerals , often those minerals are potassium and sodium. Apple cider vinager is loaded with potassium but you dont want to over do it. Two table spoons in an 8ounce glass is plenty. And maybe sprinkle the salt a little. Makes for a healthy mineral enriched, thirst and hunger quencher first thing in the morning. its zero calories so it wont break your fast.
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