The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting

I have read countless books on diet over the last year and this is the first one that finds the correct balance between scientific jargon and real life information. It is actually an enjoyable read and applies to all diets.

Having read Keto Clarity and then The Obesity Code I wanted to find out more details about fasting. This is a well written, easy read, which has given me an even better insight into what I've now adopted as my way of life. It explains everything in simple terms and is a great guide for anyone interested in fasting whether a beginner or not. It reassured me that what I am doing is not 'madness' as some people think. It gives good evidence based arguments and is well laid out and easy to understand. I like the recipes at the end as well. I have been following Dr Fung, Jimmy Moore and other similar health advocates for a while now and all I can say is their books are life changing. I have been trying to get to the bottom of fatigue and other issues for over 30 years. I also know I was on the way to type 2 diabetes and other issues. It has been like the quest for the holy grail trying to find answers and I have tried everything over the years! I can now say with confidence that I have found the solution in ketogenic eating and fasting is the last part of the puzzle. It was the missing piece. I feel younger, healthier and have much more energy. I feel how I've wanted to feel since I was a teenager. IBS and other digestive issues have gone, I cancelled an operation to get my gallbladder out and I have lost lots of weight. Fasting has helped my energy levels increase, my blood sugars stabilise and my weight come down even more. Thank you Dr Jason Fung and Jimmy Moore for being part of the solution. In years to come, when I am a healthy octogenarian, I will probably owe that health and diabetes free wellness to you!!

I have to say, fasting has changed my life.I started fasting, I guess to lose a little weight, not that I needed to much, but had in my head that I wanted to see if I could get to the same weight I was when I was 18. I’m 6’2 and was 11st 10lb 25 years ago, 2 stone lighter.Now, let’s forget the weight for now, let me tell you some unexpected benefits after doing 24hr fasts, then a few 72hr fasts:Blood pressure went from 125/85 (fairly normal) to 110/70 (considered excellent at my age).Weight within 2 months went from 13st11 to 12st5.But the most unexpected result, I’ve been a terrible sleeper since my kids were born, 15 years ago - fasting has dramatically improved my deep sleep (shown on my watch) and length of sleep...at night when I’m fasting, I just can’t wate to get into bed, asleep within minutes and I sleep through the night...I can’t tell you how amazing this is for me. I’m guessing it’s aomething to do with sugars that made me sleep so lightly before fasting.Next target is a 7 day fast once a month, it’s so much easier than you can imagine until you try it, for me it’s day 2 that’s always the hardest.Now, regards the book, it’s a great guide for people wanting to learn a little more about the benefits and to be reassured about the safety of fasting. The reason I only gave 4* not 5* is because it’s a little repetitive in parts, it could have been half the length, but I guess you need to pad these things out to make it look like you’re getting something for your money.

Written with real credibility. The recommendations & conclusions in the book are all baked up by scientific research, which they specifically cite at the end of each chapter.They reality that "move more , eat less" dieting doesn't work was a real eye opener.I have started fasting . It's easy free , and it works.

Well what can I say?! I am used to doing protein shakes so the idea of fasting didn’t worry me too much as I know many countries like us in the UK have reached the epidemic of eating for the sake of it! I have been type 1 diabetic on insulin since 15 months old and am now 45 with an HbA1c of 6 every time so I have very good control. Bearing in mind when I was a child there were no blood tests or labels on food re nutrition etc so I and my parents had to learn to deal with it or I would quite simply die, especially in my sleep as that was the most dangerous time for going into a hypo.Anyway, I decided to give this a go this week after reading it all in just 2 days as it’s an easy read. It was recommended by a colleague and he said to be careful re my type 1 diabetes as this was more aimed at type 2. My reason for doing it is because it makes so much sense and I wanted to lose weight. We certainly don’t ever leave ourselves to get properly hungry. In the 1970’s when I was born, then got measles and the docs think it killed my pancreas hence the type 1 diabetes from a baby, I remained as skinny as a pole until my 30’s. probably due to just having 3 meals a day and no snacks in between, which was the norm in those days. .Anyway, I had to have my insulin changed when I was in my late 20’s as they no longer made porcine insulin so I went onto Glargine/Lantus as my 24 hour background and Novarapid for my food insulin. Since then I’ve gained loads of weight as both insulin’s are known to be weight gaining so I needed to stop eating at the rate I was used to. So I did a 36 hour fast at the beginning of this week, which was absolutely fine as I didn’t get hungry. I then ate on Tuesday purely as we had friends over for a meal. I have then started fasting on liquid only since Wednesday morning and I’m writing this now on Friday evening. I will break my fast at lunch time tomorrow (Saturday) at 14:00hrs after we’ve been swimming as we want to get a Subway! That will be a 77 hour fast! Not bad going for my first week! Haven’t weighed myself yet as I’ll do that tomorrow but my stomach has noticeably reduced and lots of people at work have noticed. I am due to go on holiday for 2 weeks now but I don’t tend to gain weight then as I eat very healthily and do lots of exercise. Whilst exercise isn’t mandatory, it’s something I have been doing for years and enjoy! I do HIIT training in hard core mode for 45 minutes, 5 days a week with a group at work. It’s certainly not for everyone so that’s a choice thing. Besides any exercise only accounts for 20% of weight loss so the main culprit is food! Exercise is just helpful when losing weight to bring your body back to a better state re skin and muscle etc if it’s done at the same time.Anyway, so far this book has been spot on! Everything it says has been accurate for me so I challenge anyone to give it a go and feel tonnes better! I certainly have to be very careful re my type 1 diabetes but I have managed my own medication and life myself for years now and do a great job. Apart from going for the annual blood test, I don’t see any nurse or specialist as they say they don’t have any information to add to my years of dealing with it and as I am so healthy with it, I just need to keep doing what I do! So I reduced my Lantus down from 16 units to 8 units and have taken practically no Novarapid during the fasting period. Only 2-3 units when I’ve gone a little high (11) and I’ve stayed pretty stable at 6 throughout. As I am due to start eating again tomorrow I will put my background Lantus back up to 16 again to cater for the increase in food and continue as normal with my Novarapid whilst on holiday. Once I’m back from my holiday I will then do some more lengthy fasts to lose that final weight I’ve been trying to get rid of for 6 years with no chance no matter how much exercise I did or what diet I tried! This works, quite simply plus on eating days I can enjoy the tastes and flavours of whatever I like and still not want loads as I know I just don’t need the volume! I went from 12 stone to 16 stone 9 lbs when I got pregnant with my son and that was 6 years ago. I’d managed to get down to 14 stone 5 lbs now but with fasting I can see it will come off really easily. Once I’m back to 12 stone I will then use intermittent fasting as a maintenance fast.So go on, try it! It works for sure. If I can do it with type 1 diabetes then believe me, you can too.

However someone has stolen my little book!!!

Lots of useful info on water fasting

O livro aborda de forma didática como o jejum sempre fez parte da humanidade e suas vantagens evolutivas. Cita diversos artigos científicos para embasar suas opiniões e fornece vários protocolos a serem seguidos.

This book is easy to read and written in a way to keep your interest. A lot of great information and helped me a lot!Highly recommend!

This book is a high-quality, soft-cover, glossy-paper book with supreme clear-letters and detailed photographs and drawings.The content seems quite good, though I haven't started to fully read it, yet.

Very useful & practical book..highly recommend for anyone looking to get healthier and lose weight. Very doable..fasting made simple and easy.

Explains very clearly about health, food and body. Makes sense. Easy to follow.I like that you can take it as far as you like. My husband is more extreme he will and can fast longer. I not, I just want to improve my health, lower my sugar intake and give my body recovery time from sugar I do eat on a daily basis.You’ll find something that fits you in here.