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EnterTheTekken posted...

I've also done IF and it really is wonderful, but you can't keep doing it week to week. IF is a stressor, and if you continue to stress yourself, you will adapt and begin to lose the benefits of fasting. I only fasted 3 days a week the first month, and toned down to 1-2 days.

Agree on using bone broth, or very small lean protein like a whitefish, shrimp, or chicken/turkey breast to break your fast. Then an hour later, eat your regular meal. That gives your digestion time to warm up and you don't get the shits when you eat something that has carbs/fat or both.

I recommend Thomas DeLauer on Youtube. A lot of really good info and citations so it's not bro-sourced from one guy's opinion. He also links every study he cites in the description if you want to follow up.

Havent heard too much of the people using IF a few days of the week. I came into this just liking the idea of the scheduling, not really the "science" of the fasting or whatever that really has minimal overall effect. So hopefully i should be good.

Feel like the more i look into stuff, the more in the rabbit hole i go and the more rules i have to follow which i was really trying to avoid lol. And i mean watching his videos too.