The IF Challenge is coming….
March 7, 2008 · 10 Comments
Just wanted to let everyone know that I will be doing an “IF Challenge” for people wanting to lose weight, get healthier and gain muscle. Sorry, don’t have a fancy car to give away as a prize or anything….but hopefully this can motivate some people who may have not been doing IF seriously or at all to get some results. Your prize will be the glory and fame of going on the front page of the blog! (when Oprah calls you….you... (read full article)
Why you don’t shake Kombucha and other IF rules
March 7, 2008 · 10 Comments
photo by phae Well my quick experiment with a 3 day fast is officially over and sometimes I just think my life is a TV sitcom that just hasn’t been picked up yet. I learned some important things about myself and other lessons to use from this point on. Fasting feels like it does speed up healing - Of course this is all just speculation as I would have to go back in time, clone myself and put us each on different protocols to see which had... (read full article)
Longer Fasting for Cleansing and Healing
March 5, 2008 · 18 Comments
photo by svanes Ok, was going to wait a while to get into this but seems it is fitting into my own personal schedule as I am looking to do a 3 day fast. But let’s just quickly overview the longer fasting benefits. Health in my mind is simple and based on a cellular level. (A post soon will go over this in more detail) So a healing process would be anything we can do to help cleanse cells, clear away waste from metabolic processes, detox those... (read full article)
Dr Eades and Tim Ferris on IF
March 3, 2008 · 8 Comments
Came across these articles on IF with Dr Eades (Protein Power author, can also see his blog link in the blogroll to the right) over on Tim Ferris’ blog (The 4 hour workweek author). It’s definitely worth reading. Part I and II can be seen at: Part I Part II Moral of the story? Longer fasting too often can lower metabolism, IFOC (IF on Crap) is not going to do you any good, quality of foods come first, eating 1 meal a day is not a good... (read full article)
Why I do IF, and everyone should too!
March 3, 2008 · 34 Comments
photo by photokayaker First of all, intermittent fasting is a lifestyle choice. It’s not a fad diet (well at least not yet), and it’s nothing that was just invented by me or anyone in the last….ohhhh….thousand years? Fasting has been a natural way to heal since back to the 10,000 BC dates. Animals fast when they are sick, babies fast when they are sick….the body just doesn’t want food when it knows it has other... (read full article)
