Periodic Fasting: Awakening Rejunvenation From Within by Dr. Felice L. Gersh 

I did a 7 day water fast and I am doing a three day fast this week. I do believe that fasting is a special and ancient way to detox our bodies.

forget about buying boxes of prepared meals. Fast for 24hs once a week, follow a ketogenic diet based on whole foods (preferably animal based) and you are done. All the benefits can be attained that way.

The only weakness here is, there's apparent value in stimulating mTor and growing some muscles ... strength is important as you age, if you really care about health span.

I fasted once in college for three days, just fresh pressed juice and homemade veggie broth. My God I was starving and felt very slow in the body, but by day 3 my thinking was super sharp and coming in faster than I could speak, and my vision was super sharp and bright. It was like the world was moving in slow motion, I was noticing everything. Now I wish I would've done a fourth day! It was hard though. I've never fasted like that again. Maybe I'll try once more. The muscle mass thing is a little concerning.

You can hack the diet plan or just do the fasting, it costs nothing.

I'm not quite buying her argument about why Neanderthals disappeared (actually, they live on in Europeans and Asians by a small percentage). Yes, they had a large encephalization quotient, perhaps larger than modern humans, (though Dan Lieberman thinks, on average, not so). My sense of Neanderthals is they were smart and resourceful but perhaps less social (more reclusive). Collaboration and creativity is what has helped modern humans (Homo sapiens) be so successful as a species. And yes, I think it likely modern humans were more resilient to famine and able to travel larger distances without food (or water) intake. They were more mobile and adapted to lack of food. It is important to consider that Neanderthals walked the earth longer than modern humans have so far. Humans may become victims of their own success and become extinct very suddenly (due to overpopulation and degradation of the environment on a global scale).

It's the first time I'm hearing that Neanderthals were smarter on account of having bigger brains. They had larger proportions all over, didn't they? Are large animals smarter? Why is it that among birds the size of the brain is irrelevant?

Saw Dr Gersch in an interview on "The Skinny on Fat". Where can we purchase this "fast kit?" I have IBS that gets triggered when I go without food for longer than 4 hours. I have gone on fruit & veg diets while younger. But if other products, I would like a link to review them.

Only 2 comments, wow she sold me on long life. Is she too smart for most. I do not think so.

How nice to go back to my crappy Western diet. Nice hack.