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Why fasting bolsters brain power: Mark Mattson at TEDxJohnsHopkinsUniversity

This video goes into some of the mechanisms by which fasting is good for your brain.

From the video description: Mark Mattson is the current Chief of the Laboratory of Neurosciences at the National Institute on Aging. He is also a professor of Neuroscience at The Johns Hopkins University. Mattson is one of the foremost researchers in the area of cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

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Reversing Type 2 Diabetes

Great video by Jason Fung talking about the methods that actually work for reversing type 2 diabetes – such as fasting, keto diets and bariatric surgeries.

I realize some people don't believe type 2 diabetes is reversible, but quite frankly that is just silly as it is not that uncommon on people who have massive weight loss.

Personally, I wasn't diabetic, but had massive insulin resistance and weighted 156 kg. After a lot of exercise (about 3 hours per day in some cases) and greatly improving my diet I lost about 30 kg in 6 months and the change in my insulin resistance was huge.

I really wish I knew about fasting back then. I lost 7.5 kg in less than two months with it so far, without much of a effort and actually exercising less.

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How Fasting Helped Stretch Marks & Loose Skin

Interesting video on how to avoid/remove loose skin from big weight loss or gain. This is relevant in this blog both because it talks about fasting, and also because if you need to lose weight fasting is probably a very good idea.

Some of the suggested items that help:

  • Vitamin C
  • Berries
  • Garlic
  • Green tea
  • Ginger
  • Curcumin
  • Fasting in general – because of autophagy

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Dr. Jason Fung – ‘Therapeutic Fasting – Solving the Two-Compartment Problem’

Pretty good video about fasting. For the skeptics, the bit at 21:20 address the old myth about fasting taking you into starvation mode, and a little later about muscle loss.

I also have to say I really like the simple refrigerator/freezer metaphor he uses to explain how the carb/fat usage and storage works.