Eat Stop Eat
by Brad Pilon · first published 2007
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…always trump what you eat. Consuming more calories than your body needs will always lead to weight gain, even if they're "clean" calories that come from lean meats and veggies. I'd encourage you to read Eat Stop Eat: http://www.eatstopeat.com/ (warning, the site looks spammy, but you won't be dissatisfied w/the book) It's a great read on intermittent fasting that presents a lot of research that debunks metabolism…
on “Study: Diet soda doesn't help you lose weight” ↗…fat and increased muscle mass with really no negative side effects. The key is to lift weights to prevent muscle loss and to eat reasonably balanced diets (and enough calories) on non fasting-days. “Eat Stop Eat” has a good overview of the science behind it all (I have no association with the author)
on “Drugs that kill off old cells may limit a body’s aging” ↗Many people have found success using similar methods popularized by Martin Berkhan’s Leangains or Brad Pilon’s Eat Stop Eat. So anecdotally, efficacy isn't just limited to Rats (although I don't know the state of controlled studies in humans). It’s interesting watching these intermittent fasting styles grow from niche body…
on “A 12-Hour Window for a Healthy Weight” ↗…friend's older sister being on some kind of snack diet that was supposed to keep metabolism high by never going more than an hour or so without food when not sleeping. I seem to remember Brad Pilon in "Eat Stop Eat" briefly mentioning the origin of the myth that your metabolism tanks rapidly if you skip a meal, but I could be wrong. I do intermittent fasting myself, and it drives me a little crazy when my wife…
on “Complete and Voluntary Starvation of 50 days” ↗I don't doubt it's a great book, but the first sentence defies your claim that metabolism is a red herring unless you're saying this guy is selling red herrings: >Clinical Research Proves that Eat Stop Eat will Help You Lose Weight Fast, Get Rid of Ugly Body Fat and Increase Growth Hormone in as Little as 24 Hours - all while Improving Your Metabolism and Even Building Lean Muscle
on “Study: Diet soda doesn't help you lose weight” ↗…as anecdotal feelings of mild euphoria (edit: or subjectively elevated mood following/compared to a reduced baseline mood induced by initial hunger) given as evidence of health benefits. I have read Eat Stop Eat, and do a 24-hour water/coffee/tea fast once a week. I had my annual medical exam recently, and I mentioned to the nutritionist that I fast once a week. Her response wasn't positive or negative, just…
on “How the Terrible, Insufferable Six-Day Water Fast Made Me a New Man” ↗…something that's been forgotten in many countries ... This requires either a Biblical citation (substitute your religious text of choice) or (preferably) citations from peer-reviewed journals. I've read Eat Stop Eat and do a 24-hour water/coffee/tea fast once a week, but I don't buy these sorts of justifications that appear rooted in a misunderstanding of Darwinian evolution. * "Non-survival of the least fit" is…
on “How the Terrible, Insufferable Six-Day Water Fast Made Me a New Man” ↗