Excellent video! I am 54 and engage in IF. I watch what I eat ,run 3 miles daily 5x week and feel phenomenal. I find it amusing sometimes when people complain about not losing weight on IF and not understanding that you must be in a deficit. I also believe in doing what is sustainable I personally will not do 20/4 because long throat will be a problem and I will fail. I have a strong FH of diabetes.Hypertension and all the unwanted health issues so I need to stay on top! I am setting my notifications so I can follow this! Be well!
Knowledge is power. I feel empowered after watching this video. The whole explanation about good starch vs bad starch is my favourite part. Thanks Doc.
I like how concise this is. I remember the horror I felt when a “preacher” blatantly told his congregation that it’s okay for pregnant women to fast without telling them to first seek advice from a medical practitioner. Sometimes clergymen forget that the influence they have from the pulpit comes with a lot of responsibility. Let good sense prevail please.
Thanks Aproko Doctor. You have broken it down so much that even the layman understands every enlightening a new insightful words you have said. You are a sum total of a well being teacher, coach and leader.
Hello doc. I want to speak on pcos I was diagnosed with pcos and since I started updating my meals everyday I found out that many women are depressed because of this . I feel the urge to speak on a platform that many women will see it and be encouraged
Very educative & Thank you Doc. First time I'm seeing doc looking gentle on health talk. Somehow sha, I miss Emeka & Nkachi and your funny presenting pattern of health talk 😭
I've been on 20:4 intermittent fasting for almost a year now. I started with 16:8 which was a little bit tough when I started. Now, I only eat once a day and I drink a lot of water. My weight moved from 85kg to 60kg the last time I checked. I feel stronger, healthier and I would recommend to anyone who is planning to start. I don't eat processed foods anymore. I stay away from sugar and I eat a lot of eggs.
Very educative. I don't even fast. It's not for me. " No two metabolisms are the same" and i strongly agree. Some of us lose weight faster than we gain it. I'm trying to put on weight in fact, so I don't consider fasting an option at all.
Me I’m trying to even gain small weight and balance my weight to 50kg . So intermittent fasting is not for me . Infact I need intermittent eating but I mostly don’t even have strength and motivation to eat😂. I try to eat what my body needs and do small small stretching exercises . Make I no lose the small weight wey I don gain .
I recently came across your channel and it’s been amazing watching your videos. As someone who is into the business of selling supplements and also following other doctors/nutritionists from the western world, it’s so refreshing to see our own, doing the same thing even better. Well done. Intermittent fasting has become a lifestyle for me and it has improved my health immensely. I wish some of our people can adopt this lifestyle hence there are so many people suffering from chronic illnesses nowadays
Thank you for clarifying, Doc. It's essential to know our calorie levels and how much of a calorie deficit we have. In my case, you're right about starting it slowly and then building up to 20:4 and above. It really does get easier and is so rewarding.
Thanks, Doc for this enlightening video. Can you talk about gaining weight naturally? I once went to the hospital and the nurse said my weight isn't that of an adult. Kindly enlighten me, thanks.
Hi @situ oreoluwa I may not be able to explain how to naturally gain weight but there's something called Body Mass Index(BMI). It has a formula which I can't remember now but the formula uses one's height and weight to determine if one is under weight, over weight or has a normal weight. I am thinking that was what the nurse might mean. You may want to read up on Google though. #Cheers
Thank you Doc i do intermittent fasting alot i usually break with green drinks and thy really helped me to balance my hormones. I was able to conceive despite my irregular cycles for years
It’s easier to pile up on calories from juice . Before you finish peeling or eating an orange compared to a freshly squeezed orange (even if it’s not store bought or processed) the time is different hence can easily consume more calorie and more sugar. You also miss out on the fibre from eating the whole orange (which keeps us full for longer), hence you find yourself possibly eating less of the calorie compared to regularly juicing or drinking it rather than eating.
Wow nice and very informative content, please i normally get tired and headaches after a short time, mostly when i starve for a short period, any insights on what i should and shouldn't do ? Thank you
Please talk about "Rhinitis" Doc. People really need to be enlightened about it. It's a health condition that a lot of people mistake for other things and even go as far as shaming those who suffer from it out of ignorance. Kindly talk about it Sir🙏 It's a plea.
Especially "allergic rhinitis"🙏 please also talk about how one can manage it as a long-term condition. Please Doc, a lot of people don't even know it's what they are suffering from and they even try to treat it.
Thank you very much. It is very educating. But I would love it if you can do a detailed video on the timing. I want to do it but I am having issues understanding the timing, 16 hours, 8hours etc. It is a bit confusing
An example: If you have your last meal of the day at 8pm and eat your first meal of the next day at 12 noon, you have fasted for 16hrs. It also means your eating period was 8 hrs. You get?
@@abunwunemaureen251 Most people eat twice a day. Even three times a day is possible. With 16/8, you have from 12 noon till 8pm in the evening to eat so you can definitely eat twice or thrice within that period. Just try and eat healthy (fruits, whole foods, more protein and less carbohydrates).
Been on this journey since 2022 and lost 21kg+. Continued fasting during pregnancy (my body was already used to it). Postpartum and breastfeeding now and I'm back on the journey doing 15-16 hours daily. In a few months, I'll be back to 20 hours of fasting. Food is just fuel for the body. My body fat gives me energy. When I fast, I use my body fat for energy, hence the weight loss. I believe every young adult should jump on this before our metabolism starts getting tired and we're no longer able to manage our insulin levels naturally
Intermittent fasting really helped me, I had HBA1C of 46 for more than one year and 6 months, and tried everything, to stop eating carbs and so many things, it went down to 43 and came back up to 46. I started intermittent fasting with a 16 -8 gap at first in January, by the 16th of March my HBA1C level went down to normal i.e. 39. it really worked for me and I was intentional with it, it wasn't easy at first but I got used to it, eating fewer carbs balancing my meals with lots of veggies and protein, and drinking lots of water. now I do 12 - 12 but not religiously. but my diet is still important and balanced...no processed food or sugar. I need to maintain that.
I’m planning to start intermittent fasting on Monday. So this video is very useful. Please, can you make more videos on how to successfully achieve and maintain weight loss?
Please talk about eating according to your blood type. I started eating according to my blood type and its kind of working for me. I stay away from chicken, corn, tomato, and others. Am B+
Very good video. At least my name wasn’t called for a bad thing this time. I’d really want you to make a sequel to this video where you’d give examples of Nigerian foods that are “healthy”. Diet plans online are just replete with the white man’s food plans. We basically have rice in Nigeria. So tell us Wetin we suppose chop abeg.
I have always loosed weight with intermittent fasting but sadly I gain it all back after a while and I love to exercise but I have an Allergy called runners itch anytime I exercise. It really bothers me , now I want to begin another weight loss journey with exercise but it's impossible because of my allergy. Doctor can you talk about runners itch and how to get rid of it so people like me can exercise comfortably
