intermittent fasting - change of heart

[Danielj1]

this approach can work really well with good short term results but medium term I now realise it is not for me.

I place a high priority on a decent resting metabolic rate and keeping a nice body temperature throughout the day and night.

The price I pay under the IF is the metabolic rate falls too much along with it a sense of body warmth - this is too high a price to pay.

Don’t let me put anyone else off trying, but a mainly fruit and veg smoothie as the fuel to start the day is simply proving too much of a consistent improvement to ignore.

happy for others to have different views etc

[Jaydee1507 Administrator]

It worked well for me for a while. Trouble is it messed up my thyroid function too much, GP reduced my dose by 15cgs Levo (not like I wasn't struggling hard before that) and now the event has been and gone and I did lose some weight for it, I've fallen flat on my face.

I'm still mid sorting out folate level and seeing a private doc for hopefully some T3 so going to wait and see how all that helps.

[Cwbsi]

"the metabolic rate falls too much" - how do you assess the metabolic rate? Just wondering.

[Hypopotamus]

I tried it too, but felt tired if I went too long without some food so went back to having breakfast. I also tried low carb but again found that I felt weak when trying to exercise. I have since eliminated all animal fats etc, keep my carbs lower than I used to but enough to 'keep me going' and feel fine.

[Noelnoel]

I’m interested in your comment as I recently re-started my morning fruit and veg smoothie. It’s been a shot the arm as far as my bowels are concerned. Magnesium also helps enormously in that department 

What improvements are you noticing?

 “a mainly fruit and veg smoothie as the fuel to start the day is simply proving too much of a consistent improvement to ignore”

[Danielj1]

incredible turn around in health - blood sugar stability, resting core temperature raised , weight loss - I could go on and on.

It really only seems to have a really decent impact if the juice includes all of bananas, blue berries, celery (2-3 sticks) and spinach

I have to be careful what I say not to be too excited as I fully understand from other chats on this board that spinach and celery do not have the wow factor health improvement wise for a number here

With that caveat in mind, celery definitely has the effect of speeding everything up - a bit like taking a stronger dose of Levo

I simply do not feel the cold like I used to

There is a lot of material written about celery which fully explains in my mind what I experience - but to repeat not for everyone sadly !

What do you put in your smoothie