About this episode
If you are in the habit of fasting until noon or are having a 16-8 eating pattern, that puts you at risk.. This show is about second guessing fasting—something I’ve been talking about extensively for the last few years on this podcast, sharing the revised strategy I have been following: putting fasting aside in favor of striving for maximum nutrient density in my diet and maximum cellular energy status at all times with my new mantra for the future, for longevity, and for peak performance: perform, recover, perform, and recover. Because I want all of my stress capacity and energy going into athletic performance, my fitness regimen, and recovery as best as I possibly can, that means going for nutrition rather than tapping into the many strategies and techniques that can be categorized as restrictive dieting (keto, low-fat, carnivore, vegan, etc). Yes, fasting has been touted for many amazing health benefits and the body works most efficiently in a fasted state, but in this show, I explain why I decided to rethink fasting and revise my approach to my daily diet, and the results I have experienced from this change. TIMESTAMPS: The body works most effectively in a fasted state, however if you’re are restricting calories, you’re restricting macronutrients to the extent that it overwhelms your stress capacity. [00:46] When you develop leaking gut syndrome from eating processed foods, it is causing inflammatory conditions in the body. [05:22] The unfettered access of indulgent foods is difficult to navigate through and be resilient against. [07:30] If you start cutting back your total caloric intake, you are at risk of turning down important metabolic dials, reproduction, repair, growth and locomotion. [08:29] The most important start to improving your diet is cutting back on the refined industrial seed oils, refined grains, refined sugars and foods that are packaged. [14:25] Before you consider fasting strategy in the name of losing excess body fat, optimize your protein intake. [18:33] The government recommending a certain RDA, it is for survival, not optimization. You need a gram per pound protein every day on average to thrive. [20:19] During sleep both anabolic and catabolic processes are operating concurrently. [25:26] What are the incidental benefits of this focus on protein? [28:06] One rationale for fasting is gaining a sense of control and discipline but fasting is a stressful practice. [31:22] We want to make sure that we don’t overload the stress side of the equation in modern life. [36:00] It is important to have some calories before going out for peak performance work. [43:59] It is quite possible that our ancestors were not fasting as has been imagined. 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