I lost 200 pounds intermittent fasting about 10 years ago. I posted my before and afters to facebook and got banned from diet groups for it. I posted those results on Reddit recently and almost got 5k upvotes. Times are changing and it's good to see.
You got banned because intermittent fasting is a threat to the healthcare and diet industry’s bottom line , it’s flexible you can eat and enjoy whatever you want during your feeding window and still lose weight , it’s sustainable unlike diets and above all it’s free so you being banned is one of the ways big pharma is going to do to silence you and you can believe they’re going to push all kinds of studies to demonize intermittent fasting they’re just looking out for their own bottom line . I’ve lost 77 pounds In 9 months doing it and I’ve had miraculous improvements in my health and I’ve seen many others doing it with equal and greater success but congrats on your progress keep up the good work .
@@heidiroy-boy well, a major percentage of the US is obese. With all the fast food and additives added to food, our eating habits are one of the worst in the world. If one grows up being fed this diet, it's very easy to get grossly overweight. We have to be more diligent about it than other countries that have more healthy, clean foods.
I wasn't looking forward to spending an hour with Thomas DeLauer. But here he's quite personable because he's not a policy wonk who's throwing out $10 college words that he pulled out of a Gray's Anatomy textbook. It's a testament to how awesome his channel is that I haven't cancelled my subscription. Thomas has changed my life. I've lost more than 100 lbs. last year. My BP was 128/83 at my last doctor's visit. And I'm no longer prediabetic, etc. Also, I love hearing his story about walking to his favorite doughnut shop. That's what I do once a month (a two-mile trek roundtrip).
@@juanitamarievalencia8007 check dr ken berry channel for great info about blood pressure, your measurments can really skewed by many different things so you possibly can not have high BP etc
Tom I’m 72 and had a weight issues my entire life. Your videos are freak’in amazing and I only wish I had discovered you much sooner. Loving the science and using so much I’ve learned. Doing intermittent fasting snd keto. Definitely helps brain function. Thank you so much. Still trying to get the right fasting window!
I just started doing it, fasting and low carb works. It even made my caffeine intake better. I now realize that caffeine within reason, was never my problem. Bad food and sugar was the problem.
Since I started IF like 13 years ago, I lose fat more easily since I have a small windows to eat my calories, and still enjoy the foods I love (Although one's still can gain fat if eating in a calorie surplus), never felt hunger again, never felt a decrease in focus and energy again, never constipated again, never had acne again, my blood marks are outstanding, I can work the whole day without focusing that I have to eat, especially for people who lose a lot of time eating several times per day, and there are way more benefits.
i've done it about 6-7 years, when i'm really hungry though, even if I fasted 2 hours, I (a female) have still put down 3000 calories. But over all it does help keep calories low
To say his channel and varying messages are confusing is an understatement. He pushed keto harder than anyone on the web. His switch to "metabolic flexibility" seemed a step toward maturity
I was born in '78. I was a personal trainer for years. I, like every other trainer, can only go off of what science is telling us at the time (along with our anecdotal experience such as how I ALWAYS recommended high quality eggs regardless of what docs said). It's hard but you gotta follow the latest and greatest and do the best you can for your clients/audience.
I've been doing IF for over four years. And tbh, I eat in the evening. I got family friends and whatnot and do much more in the evenings. So eating late works for me. I've had tremendous success. As much as I'd love to eat early, it's difficult for me. So I do evenings. However, I've been fasting less during the week. Throwing in a 22-24 couple times a week. Plus working out with resistance training and cardio 5 days a week
You definitely helped me step my game up with food choices. Its hard for me to go into a store and buy processed food now. I'm constantly planning my food and don't look at it as a delicious treat so much as I look at it as fuel now. I'm obsessed with ingredients and looking for sneaky tricks big food uses to disguise their chemicals.
Love doing diet experiments too. It was because of Tomas's challenges that I discovered I have a dairy & gluten allergy. No more knee pain. I'm grateful for the fasting advice. I was fasting today, but I have a cold, so I'm some soup now. I really love getting to know my body. It's fun. 4 yrs ago I was 240 and lost 50 lbs doing 3 different diets one after the other (a 5- 100 cal meals a day & low calorie high protein dinner (I started getting sick), the switch to keto, and then carnivore). Then I tried the std (gluten & dairy free) gained back some weight with the carbs back in. Tried being a vegetarian (lost weight and a lot of hair). Tried other things and got back up to 220 labs... this fall I went back to Keto-carnivor. I've just recently added in fat fasting. and I'm down to 182 lbs and feeling so good. I'm only 5'-3", so I still have a ways to go, but really enjoying the journey. Also, recently added in the gym. I was only walking & occasionally lifting weights before, but now it's more regular. It's really helped me boost my mood even happier and improving focus.
Fasting is the body‘s natural way of cleansing itself, nothing on the planet eats every day, and the top goal, which is a survival mechanism organically speaking we have been out of the cave for 25,000 years approximately maybe more, in the last 10,000 years we managed to put ourselves on schedules allow corporations to decide what we eat when we eat, and we do it all by the clock( time does not exist, clocks do). you look at the clock and automatically decide it’s time for breakfast, or lunch, or dinner! We don’t need to eat that much which in turn would save the soil, keep people healthier and would be beneficial economically as well, just saying
And it’s ridiculous that people would argue against this because there isn’t “enough” data when humans have been around for millions of years. We may have adapted to being able to consume things outside of meat but we can’t argue against our body’s natural diet.
Well said!! I’m 24 hours into a 48 hour water fast and I’m holding tight! My body just switched over to burning ketones! 💪🏻👍🤙🏻 Any tips to make it the next 24 hours? I’m surprisingly not that hungry either!
@@slowjamcdub Just take it easy, the fact that you’re fasting is already a benefit to you I would say don’t torture yourself drink a lot of water, and if you add just a pinch of sea salt to a gallon of water that would also be very beneficial for you and actually sort of balance is the water out I can’t exactly find the words to describe that but it does balance of water out and it is more effective for hydrating your body
I loved the casualness yet classic Thomas answers, so much learning here. I was folding laundry and next thing the whole pile is done but I can't turn this off until it was done. Well done gentlemen, fabulous questions chosen here!!
The lower carb I went the better I felt. I am 77 and have now been carnivore for a month. Super easy to be in ketosis. I am interested in autophagy and just came off of a super simple72 hour fast.
Ultimately being obsessive about keto to the point protein is neglected, is one of the most common mistakes many made. I now prioritise protein when I eat, and my diet is more about low carb than high fat above everything else. The nearest to my own personal stack and diet, which I have built up over the years from reviewing research papers and listening to experts, is Bryan Johnson’s “blueprint” protocol. Just a non vegan version.
Yep it's more about keeping insulin down so your body relies on fat burning instead of glucose. Getting nutrition by eating what God made and not what man made...
*just* started intermittent fasting, and something I notice is the motivation to prepare healthful meals (for when it’s time to eat) is through the roof. No more just grabbing whatever because I can’t be bothered to prep a solid meal.
I’m 24 hours into a 48 hour water fast and I’m holding tight! My body just switched over to burning ketones! 💪🏻👍🤙🏻 Any tips to make it the next 24 hours? I’m surprisingly not that hungry either!
i have experienced the difference between stop eating by 2:00 pm (6 hour eating window) vs being done by 6:30 pm. My fasting blood glucose the next day is always lower if my eating window is done by 2:00 pm or so. My fbg reading often is higher by 15-30 pts with the later stop time. body chemistry is fascinating 🙂
Thanks for all the info. I love hearing the changes and transition that you've been doing in your lifestyle. I was wondering if you could possibly go back to basics for someone who is where you were at 100 lb overweight, that struggling? I love all the new information, and how you're incorporating it now, but I feel like I'm losing my way and getting confused, and I just need to go back to basics of starting again, with your new information on someone that's really experiencing horrible insulin resistance, just a kind of find that way to press through?
Wanted to thank you for a great advice on how to break a fast. After listening to your video I was able to break my fast without horrible side effects that I had before: this time I did not experience a bad stomach ache, fatigue, stomach crams, pain in the upper part of my belly where I couldn't even shake off for a couple hours; and a feeling of a heavy, stuffed whale. Finally I got the answers on how to do it right. Thank you for all you do! Love your vids.
Do and practice whatever good for your own body. Everyone of us is unique and our body changes overtime. Take people opinions and advice as for knowledge and learning. Application is another story to look into who we are and the body type, lifestyle we have.
Hi Thomas your the Bomb . your science is unreal .You saved me from possible type 1 or 2 . I had a 12 hr fasting blood sugar of 115 last year i was 95. Thanks for all that priceless material .3 weeks later im 100 fasting now . Im shooting for 90 .I completly changed my drinks n foods my bible is my GI index and you as well .Meds no way .Keep up
Diet can't save you from type 1. It's an autoimmune process and if you have it, you will require insulin, period. Type 2 though can be controlled through diet and exercise.
I love your content, brother. I've seen your evolution in tone. You've incorporated a lot more nuance. You've become more measured. Great job evolving as a human.
You were my guide when I stared keto 4 years ago and I lost 40lbs which was major for me. I fell off but now I’m back!!! My goal this time around is to sustain my lifestyle change and I’m not sure how.
This thing about switching fasting times is not practical for a lot of people. If I don’t keep to a regime I’m likely to fail which, I imagine, is worse than not doing IM at all.
Wow! Switching back and forth transitioning quicker between all matter of full body routines to stress ourselves shock ourselves. Tops movie Thomas. From Craig. GBR.
When people first start I think many are unaware (new) and don’t realize the benefits. So stuff like this is good (it is not just a weight loss tool 😊).
You are amazing! Living proof of perfect and clean eating and exercising. It has helped me a lot, especially in the area of bone loss and changing my diet to eliminate gluten and other toxins. Thanks again and God bless you!
Best take away was your saying what you did when you were young and your body was waiting for this again. I lived on a fruit and veggie farm and was I was very thin and my body really waits for this kind of diet! Interesting!
I do IF most days but can 't sleep if hungry so my window is later. I am interested in your idea of using the early window instead, but need suggestions to not be too hungry to sleep 6 or 7 hours later.i
Thomas, I think people are thrilled to hear about your opinion on Athletic Greens 😁 The ad of this stuff is literally before any video on youtube right now.
Research shows that intermittent fasting is not identical to calorie restriction. In studies, when restricted calories are spread across the entire waking period, all benefits of calorie restriction disappear. It turns out that, in studies showing results, calorie restriction is really about intermittent fasting. So, even someone eating massive amounts of calories in a small window will still get the same benefits as someone eating fewer calories, as long as they are following the same pattern of intermittent fasting.
IMF has it drawbacks. Your body will get used to it. When you eat your body will start to store the calories because it knows that you're not going to eat for a while. Fasting is good but you have to change it sometimes so that your body does not adapt to your eating times.
Agree. Fast sometimes, and don’t fast sometimes. Eat different macros and micros so it’s not just fat adaption versus sugar adaption. Both. The only thing I don’t want to keep switching up is sleep (which tends to be the one area that ISnt constant 😢 at least right now).
I can skip breakfast but would get huge push back fasting dinner. Dinner is our most social meal and our best food. I'm going to start with 72+ hour fasts, which is what I did when I lost the most weight a few years ago.
that fasting comes natural when you have high PYY & GLP-1 when on low carb. in this cases it works very well. however, when PYY & GLP-1 is low, you cannot apply that fasting because the liver is chewing through all amino acids that it can get and make glucose out of it and cortisol is leaching out amino acids from your lean tissue. and you are "hangry" af. so fasting is not the healer of that problem. but when you fix this problem, then you can fast easy. but fixing that PYY/GLP-1 problem is extremely difficult. i ate almost only cabbage soup with added meat for a week and hunger went down a lot because of the high fiber. so PYY & GLP-1 went up for sure. but at day 7 after eating that again, somehow i felt something is missing. a kind of hunger. and i ate oat bran with protein powder that was satiating. i don't know why i was craving something with carbs. maybe the orange soda with artificial sweetener f....d me up. i know already that a coke zero can do that. i think that sweetener messed with the incretin hormones. i have to try natural lemon juice with a pinch of salt as a refreshment.
very nice interview, indeed. I totally agree about what you said regarding the epigenetics... very little understood so far, and I also believe that there are sensitive phases of imprinting, a first one in the womb, then at 2..3y, next between 12 and 18y maybe, perhaps around 35 to 40y, and finally between 55 and 65. I believe that there you can adjust the set points of the metabolism much much easier. What you said about the stressors... there is the distinction between eustress and distress, but i do not like those. For me it is more related to "training" and learning, you also emphasize that. From a systems theory perspective, doing always exactly the same thing destroys adaptability completely. The body downregulates potentially available pathways until they virtually disappear. at that point then absolutely everything can kill you. The metabolome is a vast crazily complex network, meaning: it stores information on its own. That immaterial network of relation can : learn. But we have to show it what it can learn. Meaning, for different bodies the same action always will be very different, dependent whether the metabolic network knows or it does not.
skipping dinner is harder for most because that's " family" time. Cooking and eating in the early evening is what families do. For the "normal" person it's not the best timing
You mentioned CGM . As an insulin dependent type II diabetic, I tried a CGM. (FreeStyle Libre2) When comparing the CGM numbers to finger sticks, which I use to determine my pre-meal insulin dosage (along with how glycemic the meal is), I found the deltas between the methods were all over the place. The deltas ranged from -21 to 87. As a result, I decided that the CGM was too inaccurate for me to use; i would run the risk of going hypoglycemic from using too much insulin far to often if I used the CGM numbers.
SO true! For me The CGM is great to see the effects that the foods eaten have on glucose (sharp spikes, trends, etc...) Definitely would NOT rely on CGM numbers to make a decision on insulin doses.
If you are type 2 why are you eating carbohydrate? If your not eating carbohydrates where are the sugars coming from that you need to use Insulin to counteract?
She is correct. I lowered my carbs and changed my eating window to earlier and rarely need insulin anymore. A type 2 diabetic should not need insulin at all if following a low carb and exercise lifestyle.
Using IF occasionally to ensure that you still get the max benefits without diminishing returns is kind of like its own form of insulin resistance. Or in this case: fasting resistance. Your body will adapt and develop a tolerance, or resistance to fasting just like with insulin or alcohol, so you would have to crank up the dose to get the same benefits due to the diminishing returns. At least, that's how I understand it when he's talking about using IF occasionally rather than constantly.
I have been doing IF every day for over a year. I do switch it up, sometimes doing shorter fasts for a few days and then cranking it back up and doing longer fasts. That’s how I’ve managed to do IF every day and not having to keep doing more and more extreme fasts.
@@strix_aliana What's your baseline fast? Is it 16:8 and you sometimes do a shorter one like 14:10 to change it up, or do you do a shorter one at the start as your baseline like 14:10?
Funny I had thought a few times your Face looked way too lean in some of your videos. You look good and full and super rosy healthy in this interview. Great video thanks buddy.
Remember he is a fitness model/guru. There are surely times when he is deep in the single digit body fat % and peaking for a photo shoot or a show and he's still making content. So his face will look super lean and gaunt.
@Thomas DeLauer Hi Thomas! Maybe you can find information about 'how to damage or repair L-cells' the amount of healthy L-cells will probably have a strong effect on how much CCK, GLP-1, PYY is being produced and maybe this is a strong differentiator of lean and diabese persons?
I disagree about keeping my body under stress and I think people like me who fast daily for 16-18 hours or do " time-restricted eating" actually helped me maintain the body weight and physical appearance I desire. It keeps me disciplined and on course. This has become my lifestyle as I approach 56 years old. Everything is not for everyone and different methods work for different people.
Thomas, are you a fan StrongMan competitions? Have you ever participated in anything like that? Do you train any of the guys? Help them with their training. Their diet? BTW, love who you are and what you do?
RE: Thrive Market ad- it appears the products you were pulling out of your box were all packaged/ processed /canned products. Do they sell whole/real foods?
"Eat with the sun" - *laghing in nordic. In the middle of summer the sun doesn't even set in the north, and in the middle of winter it doesn't even go up at all. :D
Oh wow so informative. Funny I was eating nuts when he talked about measuring nuts. I had already measured out an ounce ate it and grabbed some more with out measuring. I thought he had a camera on me! Exactly what I was doing as he said it. LOL
Doing intermittent fasting with keto to lose weight as fast as possible. I will do carb cycling keeping with a variable intermittent fasting once at my ideal weight to keep keto as a stressor.
I lost 70lbs weight doing IF and Keto, but lost a lot of hair. Turns out excess fatty acid consumption will accelerate hair loss. Thus, vitamins and minerals are needed from fruits and complex carbs.
I do 23/1 omad 7 days a week, have no cravings and have no calorie restriction. Its called carnivour. All health markers excellent, fittness incredible.
@@ncd7184 I eat after work and after workouts. Usually around 6:30 pm. This takes about 1 hour so on average daily fast is 23 hours but varies from say 19 - 27. With no insulin spikes being hungery is never an issue. As for calories I have never counted them. I weigh my meat, cheeze, fish, before eating and call large eggs 1 oz each. I eat 3 each meal (375 gm). What I eat probally contains 50% or more fat plus protien totaling about 450 grams. Sometimes I feel like a bit more or less, depending on excercise etc. If we listen to the body and are not influenced by sugar addiction, counting calories is not important. Any way if loseing or maintaining weight lose, it depends totally on, is the calorie sugar or fat? Both are prime energy sources but have very different metabolic effects.
@@murraypooley9199 I'm just trying to get an idea of approximately how much you are eating in that one meal. Some that I've seen doing OMAD are eating 2000 calories over 1-2 hours of eating. Are you by any chance doing strength workouts? Do you have energy when you work out in a fasted state?
@@ncd7184 I have never attempted to work our calories it is of no value because it is only relevant when considered in conjunction with the food from which the calories are derived. If my stats go up or down from where I want them I adjust my food intake to stay on track. However just for the excercise, I did a quick estimate by googleing the tippical componants of what I eat and came up with 2339. I am 68, work phisically mainly out door by choice usually 7 days week, much of it strenuous, and work out in the gym every 3rd evening and powerlift to failure. Tippically bench, squat and deadlift, 50 reps in 5 sets. Plus body weight excercise like 1 set of up to 175 squats or 1 set 300 sit ups. Some work on the rings, jump rope.
@@ncd7184 Much more energy in a fasted state. After a meal the energy leaves the limbs and concertrates on digestion. Does not a lion get lazy when fed?
It seems like what we are calling the “ketogenic diet” and intermittent fasting, is simply how humans usually lived (normal). Humans were not eating birthday cake flavored popcorn at 11pm, even a few generations ago. 14 hours overnight fasting was also the norm. In addition, everything has much higher carb content through hybridization. Health simply means getting back to fat adaption and avoiding the modern diet.
Acetic acid has a different physiological response to citric acid and the blood sugar lowering response of vinegar (acetic acid) is due to much more than just the amylase response in the mouth
The comment about the blue zone diet is always misinterpreted. People in the blue zone typically eat 15% less calories than people in other locations. For example if the average person in other locations eats 2000 calories a day for the entirety of their life a person in the blue zone eats 1700 calories a day for the entirety of their life. Calorie restriction studies are also misinterpreted. The majority of calorie restriction studies do no indicate that the benefit of calorie restriction are from constantly being in a deficit based on your constantly adapted metabolic rate. Like the blue zone diet the benefits from calorie restriction come from adapting the body to utilise less calories (slower metabolism). This is difficult for most people to try and sustain long term so no one promotes this idea.
How do we eat and fast if the sleep is broken? Broken sleep: as in falling asleep and waking up at different times and just not able to change anything.
I did a 3 day fast which affected my circadian rhythm. I got insomnia for 7 days. Also, I noticed that after breaking my fast my blood pressure went up. My blood pressure is normally 118/78. I'm taking medication to sleep. I agree that eating too late might affect your fat burning and your sleep.
That makes sense your blood pressure would go up if your stressing your body with a long fast. I never do more than a 19hour fast and not everyday. I stick to the 16/8 as my normal days when I want to be more social.
@Jayla 1970 Well. I did 3 day fast because I wanted to reset my digestive system. I don't have a gallbladder and I deal with gut issues. I also do 16/8 most days and once a week I do 24 hours fast. The 3 day fast was my first time going that long. I didn't mention this, but I'm going through menopause as well. This video made me think about the hours we eat and the time we start our fast. I think that it's possible that eating when is dark confuses our brain and think that it's still day. Don't you agree? What time do you normally eat your last meal?
Why keto is successful, Keto will prevent you from eating wheat products which is one of the highest calorie carb food (Gram per Gram), wheat is part of everything, bread, cake and pastry, breaded fried food so limiting wheat you save alot of calories. also limiting fruits like banana and mango would further lower your calorie intake, rice and potato also high in calorie limiting rice and potato will limit your calorie intake, also some processed carb are usually pared or cooked with fats like cooking oil and butter and full fat milk or cream which is super high in calories.
Is it just me... I eat the same amount now that I fast, I just do it in a window of time. I still find I need the same amount of calories to feel satisfied.
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So great to chat with you my friend! You always bring the science. Thank you again! 💪🏼
Excellent interview!!! Your asked all the questions I would have. So much information that makes keto & I.F. make more sense!
Amazing episode! Max you are a great podcast host. I just subscribed to you 😊
I lost 200 pounds intermittent fasting about 10 years ago. I posted my before and afters to facebook and got banned from diet groups for it. I posted those results on Reddit recently and almost got 5k upvotes. Times are changing and it's good to see.
I lost weight doing it too! I need to get back on track. I'm back on my smoothies too 🙏🏼
Way to go Kyle 👍
You got banned because intermittent fasting is a threat to the healthcare and diet industry’s bottom line , it’s flexible you can eat and enjoy whatever you want during your feeding window and still lose weight , it’s sustainable unlike diets and above all it’s free so you being banned is one of the ways big pharma is going to do to silence you and you can believe they’re going to push all kinds of studies to demonize intermittent fasting they’re just looking out for their own bottom line .
I’ve lost 77 pounds In 9 months doing it and I’ve had miraculous improvements in my health and I’ve seen many others doing it with equal and greater success but congrats on your progress keep up the good work .
OMG !! Ur amazing..but how does anyone gain 200 lbs ?
@@heidiroy-boy well, a major percentage of the US is obese. With all the fast food and additives added to food, our eating habits are one of the worst in the world. If one grows up being fed this diet, it's very easy to get grossly overweight. We have to be more diligent about it than other countries that have more healthy, clean foods.
I wasn't looking forward to spending an hour with Thomas DeLauer. But here he's quite personable because he's not a policy wonk who's throwing out $10 college words that he pulled out of a Gray's Anatomy textbook. It's a testament to how awesome his channel is that I haven't cancelled my subscription. Thomas has changed my life. I've lost more than 100 lbs. last year. My BP was 128/83 at my last doctor's visit. And I'm no longer prediabetic, etc. Also, I love hearing his story about walking to his favorite doughnut shop. That's what I do once a month (a two-mile trek roundtrip).
"2 mile trek" 😅
That’s awesome! How did you lower your blood pressure?
@@juanitamarievalencia8007 losing 100 lbs will lower one's blood pressure.
@@juanitamarievalencia8007 check dr ken berry channel for great info about blood pressure, your measurments can really skewed by many different things so you possibly can not have high BP etc
Tom I’m 72 and had a weight issues my entire life. Your videos are freak’in amazing and I only wish I had discovered you much sooner. Loving the science and using so much I’ve learned. Doing intermittent fasting snd keto. Definitely helps brain function. Thank you so much. Still trying to get the right fasting window!
I just started doing it, fasting and low carb works. It even made my caffeine intake better. I now realize that caffeine within reason, was never my problem. Bad food and sugar was the problem.
Since I started IF like 13 years ago, I lose fat more easily since I have a small windows to eat my calories, and still enjoy the foods I love (Although one's still can gain fat if eating in a calorie surplus), never felt hunger again, never felt a decrease in focus and energy again, never constipated again, never had acne again, my blood marks are outstanding, I can work the whole day without focusing that I have to eat, especially for people who lose a lot of time eating several times per day, and there are way more benefits.
I second this and I'm about 6-7 years in and I've reaped the same benefits.
@@FLS713HTX I’m about 6 years in too. IF works for me, totally agree,
i've done it about 6-7 years, when i'm really hungry though, even if I fasted 2 hours, I (a female) have still put down 3000 calories. But over all it does help keep calories low
To say his channel and varying messages are confusing is an understatement. He pushed keto harder than anyone on the web. His switch to "metabolic flexibility" seemed a step toward maturity
I was born in '78. I was a personal trainer for years. I, like every other trainer, can only go off of what science is telling us at the time (along with our anecdotal experience such as how I ALWAYS recommended high quality eggs regardless of what docs said). It's hard but you gotta follow the latest and greatest and do the best you can for your clients/audience.
I've been doing IF for over four years. And tbh, I eat in the evening. I got family friends and whatnot and do much more in the evenings. So eating late works for me. I've had tremendous success. As much as I'd love to eat early, it's difficult for me. So I do evenings. However, I've been fasting less during the week. Throwing in a 22-24 couple times a week. Plus working out with resistance training and cardio 5 days a week
I’ve noticed that dairy and meat do not affect my sleep even if I eat them an hour before bed. Carbs will cause me to be wired, on the other hand.
You definitely helped me step my game up with food choices. Its hard for me to go into a store and buy processed food now. I'm constantly planning my food and don't look at it as a delicious treat so much as I look at it as fuel now. I'm obsessed with ingredients and looking for sneaky tricks big food uses to disguise their chemicals.
Right, but I never ate processed food anyway and why not make it good. I love cooking and my food beats processed food any time.
Love doing diet experiments too. It was because of Tomas's challenges that I discovered I have a dairy & gluten allergy. No more knee pain. I'm grateful for the fasting advice. I was fasting today, but I have a cold, so I'm some soup now. I really love getting to know my body. It's fun.
4 yrs ago I was 240 and lost 50 lbs doing 3 different diets one after the other (a 5- 100 cal meals a day & low calorie high protein dinner (I started getting sick), the switch to keto, and then carnivore). Then I tried the std (gluten & dairy free) gained back some weight with the carbs back in. Tried being a vegetarian (lost weight and a lot of hair). Tried other things and got back up to 220 labs... this fall I went back to Keto-carnivor. I've just recently added in fat fasting. and I'm down to 182 lbs and feeling so good. I'm only 5'-3", so I still have a ways to go, but really enjoying the journey.
Also, recently added in the gym. I was only walking & occasionally lifting weights before, but now it's more regular. It's really helped me boost my mood even happier and improving focus.
You might not be gluten intolerant i thought but I had low vitamin d. I upped my vitamin d and all my gluten symptoms went away
Fasting is the body‘s natural way of cleansing itself, nothing on the planet eats every day, and the top goal, which is a survival mechanism organically speaking we have been out of the cave for 25,000 years approximately maybe more, in the last 10,000 years we managed to put ourselves on schedules allow corporations to decide what we eat when we eat, and we do it all by the clock( time does not exist, clocks do). you look at the clock and automatically decide it’s time for breakfast, or lunch, or dinner! We don’t need to eat that much which in turn would save the soil, keep people healthier and would be beneficial economically as well, just saying
Yeah I heard my 32x great grandfather was working for Raytheon and my 101x great grandmother worked for the roman branch of Facebook
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And it’s ridiculous that people would argue against this because there isn’t “enough” data when humans have been around for millions of years. We may have adapted to being able to consume things outside of meat but we can’t argue against our body’s natural diet.
Well said!! I’m 24 hours into a 48 hour water fast and I’m holding tight! My body just switched over to burning ketones! 💪🏻👍🤙🏻 Any tips to make it the next 24 hours? I’m surprisingly not that hungry either!
@@slowjamcdub Just take it easy, the fact that you’re fasting is already a benefit to you I would say don’t torture yourself drink a lot of water, and if you add just a pinch of sea salt to a gallon of water that would also be very beneficial for you and actually sort of balance is the water out I can’t exactly find the words to describe that but it does balance of water out and it is more effective for hydrating your body
I cut all types of sugar, lower my carbs to 150 grams a day and skipped breakfast for 2 months and lost 20 pounds
I loved the casualness yet classic Thomas answers, so much learning here. I was folding laundry and next thing the whole pile is done but I can't turn this off until it was done. Well done gentlemen, fabulous questions chosen here!!
The lower carb I went the better I felt. I am 77 and have now been carnivore for a month. Super easy to be in ketosis. I am interested in autophagy and just came off of a super simple72 hour fast.
Ultimately being obsessive about keto to the point protein is neglected, is one of the most common mistakes many made. I now prioritise protein when I eat, and my diet is more about low carb than high fat above everything else. The nearest to my own personal stack and diet, which I have built up over the years from reviewing research papers and listening to experts, is Bryan Johnson’s “blueprint” protocol. Just a non vegan version.
Yep it's more about keeping insulin down so your body relies on fat burning instead of glucose. Getting nutrition by eating what God made and not what man made...
How could you ignore protein if you were following a proper keto diet?
@A Todaso my first thought too.
Maybe not neglect, but not eating enough protein is realy the common mistake.
*just* started intermittent fasting, and something I notice is the motivation to prepare healthful meals (for when it’s time to eat) is through the roof.
No more just grabbing whatever because I can’t be bothered to prep a solid meal.
I’m 24 hours into a 48 hour water fast and I’m holding tight! My body just switched over to burning ketones! 💪🏻👍🤙🏻 Any tips to make it the next 24 hours? I’m surprisingly not that hungry either!
Try a tiny grain of pink Hymalan salt dissolve on your tongue will give you electrolytes to prevent headaches & dizziness.
i have experienced the difference between stop eating by 2:00 pm (6 hour eating window) vs being done by 6:30 pm. My fasting blood glucose the next day is always lower if my eating window is done by 2:00 pm or so. My fbg reading often is higher by 15-30 pts with the later stop time. body chemistry is fascinating 🙂
Everybody is different.
Thanks for all the info. I love hearing the changes and transition that you've been doing in your lifestyle. I was wondering if you could possibly go back to basics for someone who is where you were at 100 lb overweight, that struggling? I love all the new information, and how you're incorporating it now, but I feel like I'm losing my way and getting confused, and I just need to go back to basics of starting again, with your new information on someone that's really experiencing horrible insulin resistance, just a kind of find that way to press through?
Wanted to thank you for a great advice on how to break a fast. After listening to your video I was able to break my fast without horrible side effects that I had before: this time I did not experience a bad stomach ache, fatigue, stomach crams, pain in the upper part of my belly where I couldn't even shake off for a couple hours; and a feeling of a heavy, stuffed whale. Finally I got the answers on how to do it right. Thank you for all you do! Love your vids.
Do and practice whatever good for your own body. Everyone of us is unique and our body changes overtime. Take people opinions and advice as for knowledge and learning. Application is another story to look into who we are and the body type, lifestyle we have.
Thomas, I would love to hear if you were going into your weight loss journey today, how would you do it? Would you still do predominantly keto?
Thomas I love these videos you should do your own podcast or just make more content like this love all you knowledge man
Hi Thomas your the Bomb . your science is unreal .You saved me from possible type 1 or 2 . I had a 12 hr fasting blood sugar of 115 last year i was 95. Thanks for all that priceless material .3 weeks later im 100 fasting now . Im shooting for 90 .I completly changed my drinks n foods my bible is my GI index and you as well .Meds no way .Keep up
Diet can't save you from type 1. It's an autoimmune process and if you have it, you will require insulin, period. Type 2 though can be controlled through diet and exercise.
I love your content, brother. I've seen your evolution in tone. You've incorporated a lot more nuance. You've become more measured. Great job evolving as a human.
I started 18/6 and lost 40lbs in 4 months. I'm 5'11 156lbs. I've been maintaining that for 5 months. I consume more calories than I did before IF.
Wow!! I did 20:4 for 3 months and gained weight and felt terrible… but I’m a 53y/o female…
@@ellinidatriandafilo5710 What impact does age/sex have?
You were my guide when I stared keto 4 years ago and I lost 40lbs which was major for me. I fell off but now I’m back!!! My goal this time around is to sustain my lifestyle change and I’m not sure how.
You guys are both awesome, thank you for this.
I like listening to you long form much better! So much more informative and relatable for me
Agree, in the shorter videos he speaks so fast.Nice to hear him at a normal speaking pace.
Thomas Big D laurr coming through with Great content as usual 👍🏻
This thing about switching fasting times is not practical for a lot of people. If I don’t keep to a regime I’m likely to fail which, I imagine, is worse than not doing IM at all.
Thomas’s channel is by far the best fitness channel, at least for me .
This was such a good video. I really enjoyed it. Thank you 🌹
As always, you’re amazing! Thank you!
Starts at 1:50 to avoid the sales pitch..
A great sincere discussion! Thank you both 🙏❤️
Wow! Switching back and forth transitioning quicker between all matter of full body routines to stress ourselves shock ourselves.
Tops movie Thomas.
From Craig. GBR.
Top notch broadcast! Thank you, gentlemen! Appreciate reminders regarding fat and how we must be cognizant because the calories add up so quickly. ❤
When people first start I think many are unaware (new) and don’t realize the benefits. So stuff like this is good (it is not just a weight loss tool 😊).
You are amazing! Living proof of perfect and clean eating and exercising. It has helped me a lot, especially in the area of bone loss and changing my diet to eliminate gluten and other toxins. Thanks again and God bless you!
IF does wonders I must say 💪💪💪💪
I love these constant thumbnail changes on your videos!
Best take away was your saying what you did when you were young and your body was waiting for this again.
I lived on a fruit and veggie farm and was I was very thin and my body really waits for this kind of diet! Interesting!
You’re the best, thank you
I love how you explain everything, what do you think about ketochow?
I do IF most days but can 't sleep if hungry so my window is later. I am interested in your idea of using the early window instead, but need suggestions to not be too hungry to sleep 6 or 7 hours later.i
Thomas, I think people are thrilled to hear about your opinion on Athletic Greens 😁 The ad of this stuff is literally before any video on youtube right now.
MCT oil (even small amounts, like 1 teaspoon) can give loose bowels or abdominal cramping to some.
This was great! Thank you!
Research shows that intermittent fasting is not identical to calorie restriction. In studies, when restricted calories are spread across the entire waking period, all benefits of calorie restriction disappear. It turns out that, in studies showing results, calorie restriction is really about intermittent fasting. So, even someone eating massive amounts of calories in a small window will still get the same benefits as someone eating fewer calories, as long as they are following the same pattern of intermittent fasting.
No. I reviewed the study to which you refer and you have misinterpreted major points.
Thanks for the great info at 25 min mark re: glycogen and keto balancing.
Yeah!! Your knowledge and person does really good on Podcasts, great job guys!
IMF has it drawbacks. Your body will get used to it. When you eat your body will start to store the calories because it knows that you're not going to eat for a while. Fasting is good but you have to change it sometimes so that your body does not adapt to your eating times.
Sounds like what he said. It's good to switch things up indeed.
Agree. Fast sometimes, and don’t fast sometimes.
Eat different macros and micros so it’s not just fat adaption versus sugar adaption. Both.
The only thing I don’t want to keep switching up is sleep (which tends to be the one area that ISnt constant 😢 at least right now).
If you are storing calories aka gaining weight then you are eating too many calories for your new body weight.
Your body will always store fat but if you're in a deficit more will be used than can be stored. What you're suggesting simply is not possible.
Does anyone know if the fasting bundle is Keto friendly? Thanks!
I can skip breakfast but would get huge push back fasting dinner. Dinner is our most social meal and our best food. I'm going to start with 72+ hour fasts, which is what I did when I lost the most weight a few years ago.
👍🤩💝I absolutely loved listening. Thank you for sharing the info and helping so many of us. 🙏💝
that fasting comes natural when you have high PYY & GLP-1 when on low carb.
in this cases it works very well.
however, when PYY & GLP-1 is low, you cannot apply that fasting because the liver is chewing through all amino acids that it can get and make glucose out of it and cortisol is leaching out amino acids from your lean tissue. and you are "hangry" af.
so fasting is not the healer of that problem. but when you fix this problem, then you can fast easy.
but fixing that PYY/GLP-1 problem is extremely difficult.
i ate almost only cabbage soup with added meat for a week and hunger went down a lot because of the high fiber. so PYY & GLP-1 went up for sure.
but at day 7 after eating that again, somehow i felt something is missing. a kind of hunger. and i ate oat bran with protein powder that was satiating. i don't know why i was craving something with carbs.
maybe the orange soda with artificial sweetener f....d me up. i know already that a coke zero can do that.
i think that sweetener messed with the incretin hormones.
i have to try natural lemon juice with a pinch of salt as a refreshment.
very nice interview, indeed. I totally agree about what you said regarding the epigenetics... very little understood so far, and I also believe that there are sensitive phases of imprinting, a first one in the womb, then at 2..3y, next between 12 and 18y maybe, perhaps around 35 to 40y, and finally between 55 and 65. I believe that there you can adjust the set points of the metabolism much much easier.
What you said about the stressors... there is the distinction between eustress and distress, but i do not like those. For me it is more related to "training" and learning, you also emphasize that. From a systems theory perspective, doing always exactly the same thing destroys adaptability completely. The body downregulates potentially available pathways until they virtually disappear. at that point then absolutely everything can kill you. The metabolome is a vast crazily complex network, meaning: it stores information on its own. That immaterial network of relation can : learn. But we have to show it what it can learn. Meaning, for different bodies the same action always will be very different, dependent whether the metabolic network knows or it does not.
skipping dinner is harder for most because that's " family" time. Cooking and eating in the early evening is what families do. For the "normal" person it's not the best timing
And staying fat is not good for your family either
Do you drink lemon with your water while fasting?
You mentioned CGM . As an insulin dependent type II diabetic, I tried a CGM. (FreeStyle Libre2) When comparing the CGM numbers to finger sticks, which I use to determine my pre-meal insulin dosage (along with how glycemic the meal is), I found the deltas between the methods were all over the place. The deltas ranged from -21 to 87. As a result, I decided that the CGM was too inaccurate for me to use; i would run the risk of going hypoglycemic from using too much insulin far to often if I used the CGM numbers.
SO true! For me The CGM is great to see the effects that the foods eaten have on glucose (sharp spikes, trends, etc...) Definitely would NOT rely on CGM numbers to make a decision on insulin doses.
Dexcom is much more accurate..
If you are type 2 why are you eating carbohydrate?
If your not eating carbohydrates where are the sugars coming from that you need to use Insulin to counteract?
@@annakissed3226 Apparently you have not watched many of Thomas's videos
She is correct. I lowered my carbs and changed my eating window to earlier and rarely need insulin anymore. A type 2 diabetic should not need insulin at all if following a low carb and exercise lifestyle.
Using IF occasionally to ensure that you still get the max benefits without diminishing returns is kind of like its own form of insulin resistance. Or in this case: fasting resistance.
Your body will adapt and develop a tolerance, or resistance to fasting just like with insulin or alcohol, so you would have to crank up the dose to get the same benefits due to the diminishing returns.
At least, that's how I understand it when he's talking about using IF occasionally rather than constantly.
I have been doing IF every day for over a year. I do switch it up, sometimes doing shorter fasts for a few days and then cranking it back up and doing longer fasts. That’s how I’ve managed to do IF every day and not having to keep doing more and more extreme fasts.
@@strix_aliana
What's your baseline fast? Is it 16:8 and you sometimes do a shorter one like 14:10 to change it up, or do you do a shorter one at the start as your baseline like 14:10?
Great podcast!!! 👍 Thanks for sharing with us.
Funny I had thought a few times your Face looked way too lean in some of your videos. You look good and full and super rosy healthy in this interview. Great video thanks buddy.
Remember he is a fitness model/guru. There are surely times when he is deep in the single digit body fat % and peaking for a photo shoot or a show and he's still making content. So his face will look super lean and gaunt.
"I do ruck my kids" 🤣
Thomas is a super dad!
Thomas ur a legend
@Thomas DeLauer
Hi Thomas!
Maybe you can find information about 'how to damage or repair L-cells'
the amount of healthy L-cells will probably have a strong effect on how much CCK, GLP-1, PYY is being produced and maybe this is a strong differentiator of lean and diabese persons?
I disagree about keeping my body under stress and I think people like me who fast daily for 16-18 hours or do " time-restricted eating" actually helped me maintain the body weight and physical appearance I desire. It keeps me disciplined and on course. This has become my lifestyle as I approach 56 years old. Everything is not for everyone and different methods work for different people.
Thomas, are you a fan StrongMan competitions? Have you ever participated in anything like that? Do you train any of the guys? Help them with their training. Their diet?
BTW, love who you are and what you do?
When you are rucking most of the weight should be on your hips. Learned this from going to Sf selection.
RE: Thrive Market ad- it appears the products you were pulling out of your box were all packaged/ processed /canned products. Do they sell whole/real foods?
"Eat with the sun" - *laghing in nordic. In the middle of summer the sun doesn't even set in the north, and in the middle of winter it doesn't even go up at all. :D
Your brilliant Mr Delauer
Walking meta analysis! Well said Max!
Oh wow so informative. Funny I was eating nuts when he talked about measuring nuts. I had already measured out an ounce ate it and grabbed some more with out measuring. I thought he had a camera on me! Exactly what I was doing as he said it. LOL
Hey I started keto n fast 4 weeks ago .. n I'm 20-22 hour fasting n I'm thin
Doing intermittent fasting with keto to lose weight as fast as possible. I will do carb cycling keeping with a variable intermittent fasting once at my ideal weight to keep keto as a stressor.
I lost 70lbs weight doing IF and Keto, but lost a lot of hair. Turns out excess fatty acid consumption will accelerate hair loss. Thus, vitamins and minerals are needed from fruits and complex carbs.
why did you pick audio technica over Sony MD 5706 for studio monitors
I do 23/1 omad 7 days a week, have no cravings and have no calorie restriction. Its called carnivour. All health markers excellent, fittness incredible.
When do you eat your meal? And how many calories?
@@ncd7184 I eat after work and after workouts. Usually around 6:30 pm. This takes about 1 hour so on average daily fast is 23 hours but varies from say 19 - 27. With no insulin spikes being hungery is never an issue. As for calories I have never counted them. I weigh my meat, cheeze, fish, before eating and call large eggs 1 oz each. I eat 3 each meal (375 gm). What I eat probally contains 50% or more fat plus protien totaling about 450 grams. Sometimes I feel like a bit more or less, depending on excercise etc. If we listen to the body and are not influenced by sugar addiction, counting calories is not important. Any way if loseing or maintaining weight lose, it depends totally on, is the calorie sugar or fat? Both are prime energy sources but have very different metabolic effects.
@@murraypooley9199 I'm just trying to get an idea of approximately how much you are eating in that one meal. Some that I've seen doing OMAD are eating 2000 calories over 1-2 hours of eating. Are you by any chance doing strength workouts? Do you have energy when you work out in a fasted state?
@@ncd7184 I have never attempted to work our calories it is of no value because it is only relevant when considered in conjunction with the food from which the calories are derived. If my stats go up or down from where I want them I adjust my food intake to stay on track. However just for the excercise, I did a quick estimate by googleing the tippical componants of what I eat and came up with 2339. I am 68, work phisically mainly out door by choice usually 7 days week, much of it strenuous, and work out in the gym every 3rd evening and powerlift to failure. Tippically bench, squat and deadlift, 50 reps in 5 sets. Plus body weight excercise like 1 set of up to 175 squats or 1 set 300 sit ups. Some work on the rings, jump rope.
@@ncd7184 Much more energy in a fasted state. After a meal the energy leaves the limbs and concertrates on digestion. Does not a lion get lazy when fed?
It seems like what we are calling the “ketogenic diet” and intermittent fasting, is simply how humans usually lived (normal). Humans were not eating birthday cake flavored popcorn at 11pm, even a few generations ago. 14 hours overnight fasting was also the norm. In addition, everything has much higher carb content through hybridization. Health simply means getting back to fat adaption and avoiding the modern diet.
A year and a half of intermittent fasting and I've fixed my afib and have a better body than my previous 20 years at the gym.
Acetic acid has a different physiological response to citric acid and the blood sugar lowering response of vinegar (acetic acid) is due to much more than just the amylase response in the mouth
Love it ....thanks u guy's
The comment about the blue zone diet is always misinterpreted. People in the blue zone typically eat 15% less calories than people in other locations. For example if the average person in other locations eats 2000 calories a day for the entirety of their life a person in the blue zone eats 1700 calories a day for the entirety of their life.
Calorie restriction studies are also misinterpreted. The majority of calorie restriction studies do no indicate that the benefit of calorie restriction are from constantly being in a deficit based on your constantly adapted metabolic rate. Like the blue zone diet the benefits from calorie restriction come from adapting the body to utilise less calories (slower metabolism). This is difficult for most people to try and sustain long term so no one promotes this idea.
Um loma linda?
How do we eat and fast if the sleep is broken? Broken sleep: as in falling asleep and waking up at different times and just not able to change anything.
Nice sub count at the moment by the way haha 3,33mil
I love how you describe your relationship with your wife. Seems like such a good healthy relationship :)
Great stuff
I have a lot of doubts in the beginning but after watching this video know what to do
I purchased your program about 5.5 years ago. Have you made all the current changes and how can I get a updated version?
Eating is so much fun
Eating is both pleasurable and a perturbance to the digestive system.
Excellent video,
fantastic podcast thank you
I do carnivore lifestyle with omad
I did a 3 day fast which affected my circadian rhythm. I got insomnia for 7 days. Also, I noticed that after breaking my fast my blood pressure went up.
My blood pressure is normally 118/78.
I'm taking medication to sleep.
I agree that eating too late might affect your fat burning and your sleep.
That makes sense your blood pressure would go up if your stressing your body with a long fast. I never do more than a 19hour fast and not everyday. I stick to the 16/8 as my normal days when I want to be more social.
@Jayla 1970 Well. I did 3 day fast because I wanted to reset my digestive system. I don't have a gallbladder and I deal with gut issues.
I also do 16/8 most days and once a week I do 24 hours fast. The 3 day fast was my first time going that long. I didn't mention this, but I'm going through menopause as well.
This video made me think about the hours we eat and the time we start our fast. I think that it's possible that eating when is dark confuses our brain and think that it's still day.
Don't you agree? What time do you normally eat your last meal?
@@Jayla-dj2gj I normally eat at 12 and my last meal is around 6.
Some people get heartburn when fasting. I would imagine lemon or ACV would actually increase the issue. How to fix it?
Day 4 of asking Thomas for an updated video on dry-fasting this Ramadan
Probably because it's dangerous and he doesn't want to get sued if something goes wrong.
@@michaelcurren1821 It is anything but dangerous when done in 12-16 hour intervals. Besides, he's already made videos on it before
@@silsila5040so then what do you want?
@@vSwampFox pre- and post-fast meal and supplement recommendations backed with newer research
Why keto is successful, Keto will prevent you from eating wheat products which is one of the highest calorie carb food (Gram per Gram), wheat is part of everything, bread, cake and pastry, breaded fried food so limiting wheat you save alot of calories. also limiting fruits like banana and mango would further lower your calorie intake, rice and potato also high in calorie limiting rice and potato will limit your calorie intake, also some processed carb are usually pared or cooked with fats like cooking oil and butter and full fat milk or cream which is super high in calories.
When I look at a study, I want to know who funded it…
Is it just me... I eat the same amount now that I fast, I just do it in a window of time. I still find I need the same amount of calories to feel satisfied.