Originally Posted by
Sandra3
A few months after I had my surgery in January 2016, a book written by Dr Fung, called "Obesity code"came out. His practice is in Toronto.
I did read it and at the time, since I felt the main target was diabetic patients, I didn't think much about it. Except...it will be interesting to follow that doctor...he looks smart..I like people who follow their intuition..
At the time (first year post op) my surgeon did recommend 3 meals 2 snacks, but said later, around 18 months out, I could go with only 3 meals if/when I wanted. Because sometimes I forgot to eat or didn't have time when I was back in Paris.
I did read the two other books Dr Fung did write after the Obesity code one.
The last one about longevity is very interesting too.
Personal note : my great aunt from Zurich (Switzerland) who battled cancer for more than 15 years from like 1980 to 1996, was fasting because her oncologist did tell her at the time she would live longer that way. Fasting and drinking juice made from organic veggies.
At first her cancer was supposed to kill her in two years (she had some type of bad blood cancer) and she managed to stay alive much much longer. Her doctor was so right!! And she was an amazing fighter!!!Many in the family said it was because she had good genes, today I think it was also may be the fasting...
Back to Dr Fung : to make it short, what did really interest me, was the link between eating low carb (or even better keto, low carb high fat) to avoid the insulin roller-coaster, but also avoiding snacks, eating in a short window, to have a longer "fast".
For example, no breakfast, lunch at noon, dinner at 6PM, then fasting from 7 PM until noon the next day. Basically any fast longer than 12 hours is "healing" the body. Longer fasts (42h) can help with weight loss for women especially. And if people fast mainly because lots were able to "cure diabetes" others just do it for weight loss, or to fight diseases, or aging.
He does not recommend fasting for kids, pregnant women or....people with reflux (no no Sandra!!...but 12 to 14h is usually ok)
His results on diabetes are amazing. Many of his patients are completely cured!! only with fasting and keto!
For me, "trained as a nutritionist", a few of the advice are against what I did learn at uni.
But Dr Fung did provide scientific evidence and amazing results. So it's worth trying.
And after all ....the influence of the politics and food industry did some major cases of bad advice on "the pyramid" and other obsolete concepts that are still used even if we know it doesn't work....
I wish I could do the 42h fasts....may be after I get my stomach surgery...in 2025....
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