29/4/2019

What is Intermittent Fasting

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Intermittent Fasting is the practice of not eating or taking in calories for extended amounts of time. It is supposed to have many benefits for you including weight loss, detoxification and lengthening of lifespan.
The time period varies and people have created various acronyms for them such as 16-8 and 5/2. Both are very common.
16-8 means 16 hours of not eating and all eating and calorie consumption is in an 8 hour window. So eat dinner by 8pm and then don’t eat anything till 12 noon the next day.
5/2 is where you eat normal for 5 days and then for 2 days of the week you eat only 500 calories in the whole day.
There also are more extreme types of fasting : 24 hrs, 36 hrs and even 7 days fasting.
Be mindful before starting fasting. If you have a disease like diabetes only do so under guidance of a doctor or a nutrition expert or both.

What is Intermittent Fasting

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21/4/2019

5 STEP Summary of The Book "The Obesity Code"

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It has been an insightful book and I have learnt many new thoughts regarding obesity in this book.

I am going to give my summary and also the author's summary.

First MY SUMMARY:

I have been surprised by how many people are either doing or want to do Intermittent Fasting. Seems like everyone is looking for the missing key to health. What I want to tell them is this : Healthy food comes above all else. Fasting is an "add-on". I am surprised by how many would like to find a solution that skips the key secret of healthy food.
The body's weight has a "set point" and if we want to lose weight we need to reset the set-point versus exercising for hours. Exercise helps but changing the set point is key
In the super-hero world of weight loss, exercise is like Robin; diet is like Batman. It doesn't matter what Robin does, until Batman shows up.
Eating high sugar, high carb foods make your body create more insulin. Insulin raises your body weight set point. Insulin also stores the extra glucose as fat in the body.
Fasting is a tradition on most cultures. Fasting helps you burn the fat in your body. It also helps you detoxify. Eating 4 meals a day was not normal until 1960's. Previously most of civilization only had 3 meals a day.

The author, Dr. Jason Fung's summary is as follows :

REDUCE CONSUMPTION OF ADDED SUGARS
REDUCE YOUR CONSUMPTION OF REFINED GRAINS
MODERATE YOUR PROTEIN CONSUMPTION
INCREASE YOUR CONSUMPTION OF NATURAL FATS
INCREASE YOUR CONSUMPTION OF PROTECTIVE FACTORS LIKE FIBER AND VINEGAR

It has been an interesting read. At times it has been tough. But overall a great book to read.

5 Step Summary Of The Obesity Code

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4/4/2019

Mom's Diabetes Medication Stops

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I am happy to say that we stopped all of Mom's diabetes medicines on March 27th. She has been diabetic for over 10 years and was taking: Insulin, Metformin, Volibo and Diamicron.

As our therapy kicked in her need for medications dropped so fast that everything had to be stopped as she was having to eat dates and sweets to prevent hypoglycemia.

I started all my diabetes reversal research to cure my mom and dad. They never used to believe me that reversal is possible. All their doctors had said "Never heard of it". But now they are witnessing diabetes reversal.

All we do is food. But in our special way. It has seen her going from:

1)Being on medications and still having high sugars
2) Going to no medication and very low sugars in 6 weeks.

HOW WE DID IT:
1. We cooked a very special diet which was 55% carbs, 20% fat, 25% protein
2. It was all vegan
3. We added in probiotics to restore her gut after years of taking medicines she was having stomach issues
4. All white rice and normal atta was replaced with brown rice and more complex flours like bajra and jowar.
5. All oil was cut out and instead we used nuts and seeds for fats
6. Eating at least 250 gm of raw salad a day and
7. 100 ml of vegetable juice a day
8. Cut out all sugars, even those added in food

She has a long way to go. I would like her to lose 30kg. Diabetes is often driven by obesity and our program tackles both obesity and diabetes.

As a son I cannot be happier than having done this.

All of this is not easy to do. That's why I have started Cure My Diabetes. So I can do all the work and deliver a food diet which helps reverse disease. Most people don't have time to do all this at home.
If you would like to learn more about our program call/whatsapp at 99 99 84 66 22

Mom's Diabetes Medication Stops

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