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Raw Paleo Diet Forums => Off Topic => Topic started by: TylerDurden on December 19, 2011, 12:18:59 am
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I have been spacing my meals farther apart to encourage a better digestion cycle. Would you happen to know (or venture to guess) how short a fasting phase can be and still be considered IF?
For example, IIRC, you fast for 20 hours and eat within a 4 hour window. So, is 12/12 a beneficial form of IF? How about 18/6? (I'm following Byron RIchards's Mastering Leptin regimen now, and I'm considering cutting down to 2 meals because my system is responding so favorably to well-spaced meals, but I'm still swayed by the idea that I should never skip breakfast in the morning.)
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It partly depends on your metabolism. Some, like you, can't face going without breakfast, for example.That said, IF, according to definition, does not really exist until you eat only 1 large meal every 24 hours, all eaten within a 4-hour period. Some claim that alternate-day fasting is better, though this is disputed, that involves eating 1 large meal, eaten within 4 hours each 2nd day, eating nothing inbetween.
The key behind IF seems to be to spend as few hours digesting food. The idea is that constant digestion diverts energy-resources that could otherwise be used for healing/rebuilding, plus constant digestion slowly wears down the digestive system over time(which is partly why old peoples' digestive systems are usually so wrecked).
When I first started, even though I always hated having breakfast, I would usually feel an irrestible urge to have a little fruit between 11am and 2pm. I would then have 1 large raw meat meal in the evenings. Eventually, my blood-sugar-related issues resolved themselves and I was able to eat the fruit in the evenings along with all the raw meat, all within a 4 hour period. Though I always ate the fruit at least 30 minutes before the raw meat eating.
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The key behind IF seems to be to spend as few hours digesting food. The idea is that constant digestion diverts energy-resources that could otherwise be used for healing/rebuilding, plus constant digestion slowly wears down the digestive system over time(which is partly why old peoples' digestive systems are usually so wrecked).
The snippet that I took from your response is where I want to head, TD. I think I'm starting in a good place (eating well-spaced meals with a 12-hour night-fast). Perhaps once I've mastered this for a good, long while without any mental rebellion, I'll take another step towards resting my digestion more. Thanks for your response.