Podcast: More on Fasting 

I was a diabetic for over 21 years and rid myself of all symptoms with a raw whole food plant-based diet.

I have recently started fasting and already am whole plant food and went from 142 to 126.5, I am 5’5” and now look like a young girl, I m 65!

Although I have an innate skepticism surrounding most professional 'nutritionists', Dr. Greger is a notable exception. That is due in large measure to his reliance on science-based evidence.

Every morning, I am always looking forward to a video from you, Dr. Greger!

Yeah, I started doing calorie restriction or fasting in early 2020, because my doctor told me that I was prediabetic. I lost 92 pounds in 18 months. I lowered my blood sugar and got out of the prediabetic zone! I also ended up feeling really good about myself. I thought that I would be fat all my life and I was happy to achieve a healthy weight according to BMI. I think that if more doctors or health care professionals told people about calorie restriction and what their healthy BMI weight is then a lot of people would be more focused on maintaining a healthy weight, diet, nutrition and exercise.

Thank you, Dr. Greger! 🌷 Would you please go into more detail about which length of fast seems to be most beneficial?

I want to try the intermittent fasting where you eat breakfast but not dinner. I feel like l could lose weight that way. When I did it accidentally because I was too busy, I felt pretty good too! And also using plant based eating.

Good stuff "Put it to the test"....love it

I did not know you had a podcast, too! 🤗

thank for doing this.

I think it's interesting if the low occurrence of cancers in middle east could be connected to their regular fasting (ramadan). I've heard studies were also made back in ussr on christian orthodox fasting and its relation to cancer but haven't found any. Lots of the interesting science they made might have been lost or could be sitting somewhere in archives. It's particularly interesting because people in middle east are not thinnert than elsewhere so if fasting itself could provide health benefits regardless of weight loss.

I started eating minimal fat of any kind including olive oil n such instead olives avocado n such tons off chicken areas Beans lentils wich means in excess off complexs carbs n resistant starch over 150 grams in a meal my glucose is 120 or lower amazing

thank you for the info

I suffered with regular (twice weekly) migraines for 10 years. Switched to organic plant based oil free after 5 years of suffering and it didn’t stop them or decrease them. Last year I also started intermittent fasting, and they were reduced to once per month immediately. After about 3 months I added a probiotic and fermented foods daily, and now they’re happening even less. Looking back they began around the time I was suffering with tonsillitis, and I was given antibiotics over a period of about a year. I think they damaged my gut and the fasting plus the addition of good bacteria from probiotics and fermented foods has helped my gut to heal. I should add that over the years I did several extended fasts of 2-3 days, and they did nothing for the migraines.

Dr. Greger, I cannot locate the video page to view the studies and notes. I went to the landing pad and I couldn't locate. I have a Mac.

I can see how if you are not used to fasting you might get a headache, but if you build up your tollerance to fasting over time, I don't think this is an issue for most people and headaches will likely improve as your body gets used to not needing a glucose fix every few hours and atophogy clears out a good amount of zombie cells over time.

Any latest study/result of benefits of taking acai berry tablet? 2020-2022. Thank you.

I’ve heard from other nutritionists and doctors who say some studies suggest fasting is detrimental for recovery, muscle retention, and maintaining higher metabolism in athletes and other physically active people. I think we need a lot more data on it

If you’re already on a plant based vegan diet, can fasting help you? How to fast safely and deal with acidosis and uric acid?

i can personally attest that water fasting for a week will reboot ones diet desires. after fasting, it is important to start eating vegan and one will have less craving for meat.

When will your new book be available?

I'd like to know to what charities do you give the proceedings from your books. Is it third party charities or charities founded by you related to health treatments? I wish it was the latter and that these charities would be health resorts, with fasting treatments and plant-based education such as True North Health Centre. Places such as this should be multiplied and treatments made free for those who can't afford the fees. As is it is, these life -saving treatments are only a dream to the majority of people and I consider them an elite's priviledge. I have been wanting to be treated at True North for a long time but my financial situation does not permit me to. I bought all your books and their books but what's the use? I don't have the will power to do it on my own and would need professional help. Just as a drug addict or an alcoholic needs rehabilitation treatment and cannot be expected to overcome their addiction by themselves, so does a food-addicted person.

Ramadan Mubarak

This guy is wrong, you need to lower insulin not fat

Why do respected doctors and other proponents of fasting say fat does not cause an insulin spike?

David Sinclair says that he takes metformin for longevity. What do you think about taking metformin or berberine for longevity?

Slow my metabolism down with fasting besides when asleep, not!

what is the best food for astronauts In zero gravity on the space station?

How does he survive donating all his proceeds to charity?

I tried fasting and lost a ton of weight only to get it all back after I started eating because I felt extremely tired all the time.

What is a plant-based way to safely break a long fast? (i.e., sans animal broths!)

hanza fast *90 dayz* @ a time, CANCA FREE

Dr. Shawn Baker ‘rips’ this guy all the time. It’s hilarious. Why would people listen to a malnourished, bloated guy for diet advice? I don’t understand. Animal-based. All day.

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it is uncomfortable that many are espousing the carnivore or vegan diet as an elixir . perhaps it is a benefit for some. l am certain balance is key for majority. our closest relatives monkeys, apes, eat vegetation as main diet. we are omnivores eating vegetables, fruit, legumes, nuts, some meats and getting the benefits for our bodies and microbiome who feed on the fibers from veg and fruit. indeed countries with the longest longevity eat loads of veg, fruit, legumes. opinions?

Wow!!!! Who is Dr. Greger??? This Dr. saying that high fat diets cause insulin resistance and type-2 diabetes is crazy. This man has a weird cadence in his speaking, but that's nothing compared to his bizarre explanations. I just heard him for the second time, and think he's a nut vegetarian posing as a nutritionist... Even most of us novice nutritionists understand that the biggest cause of diabetes is undoubtedly a lifestyle of frequent feeding and a diet rich in high-carbs & sugars and that fat has no insulin effects... And, we know that the practice of intermittent fasting paired with a low carb/high fat(saturated and omega 3) diet reverses metabolic syndrome and diabetes. This so-called Dr. is out of step with good Dr.s like Jamnadas, Fung, Lustig, Ekberg, Berg, and Gundry. Don't listen to him!

i dont get these doctors who push the rdi's but then speak positively of fasting and dont make the connection and realize the contradiction, end of the day.. you cant do both, so somebody's wrong.. keep hiding and causing depressive confusion tho riiiiight