Fast This Way: Burn Fat, Heal Inflammation, and Eat Like the High-Performing Human You Were Meant to Be (Bulletproof Book 6)
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Fast This Way: Burn Fat, Heal Inflammation, and Eat Like the High-Performing Human You Were Meant to Be (Bulletproof Book 6)
Each day of fasting, feel free to consume exogenous ketones or fat (e.g., coconut oil in tea or coffee) as you like, up to 4 tablespoons.
Break any fast with a light meal of raw vegetables, especially carrots, cabbage and lettuce, followed a few hours later with either some fresh mild fruit (apple, grape, pear, etc., but no dried fruits) OR a couple of lightly steamed vegetables, such as squash, tomato, string beans.
When we engage in bouts of fasting or very-low-carb diets, our leptin levels are reduced—but this has the benefit of increasing the amount of leptin receptors in the hypothalamus. Thus, by fasting, we can regain leptin sensitivity, and by incorporating periodic high-carb, low-fat “refeeds,” we can keep our metabolism revving like a sixties muscle c
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