The top 5 tips to make fasting easier

February 7 2016 by in About membership, Dr. Jason Fung, Intermittent fasting

5 tips to make fasting easier – Dr. Jason Fung

Is it hard to fast, for example to lose weight and reverse diabetes? In theory it is very easy – just don’t eat – but in reality there can be difficulties involved.

In this newest part of the fasting course Dr. Jason Fung shares his top five tips to make fasting easier, including #4: Don’t tell anybody.

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steven cruz
June 29 2018
Thank you for that book the obesity code I lost 74 pounds. Thank you again.
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Albert Khan
September 2 2018
Dr Fung, congrats and thanks. Your elucidation of type 2 diabetes is a good example of how clear you make things. Cheers.
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Soraya Myers
November 28 2018
I'm just starting, on my first week and I would love some recipes of what to eat on non fast days. I'm doing the 42 hour fast. Thanks

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Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
November 29 2018

I'm just starting, on my first week and I would love some recipes of what to eat on non fast days. I'm doing the 42 hour fast. Thanks

On non fasting days, you can incorporate any keto/low carb recipe you choose.

Here is a link to our keto recipes.
https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/keto/recipes
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Valerie
January 4
Would love to start fasting for health.can u drink bp coffee while fasting and not mess up the ketosis process? Ty, for your help. I so much enjoy Dr. Fung, such an excellent Dr.I had the sleeve surgery to no avail.I believe Dr. Fung's approach to obesity is awesome.I am still sick after all of that surgery. It has been 4yrs.after the surgery.I will have success with Dr.Fung's approach to combat obesity.
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Carol
January 4
Good luck Valerie. You are in the right place. Just read everything you can on here from Dr Fung. You can do whatever you like if it works for you at your particular place in time. If I were you, I would get some MCT oil, some cream and some butter to stick in your coffee(cause it’s delicious) and do some fat fasts as Dr Fung outline in a recent interview on Mercola.com.
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Rebekka
January 16
I wanted to do keto along with 5:2 fasting (no food at all on fasting days) but on my fasting day at hour 27 my blood sugar went under 40! I wasn't hungry but I felt very bad and I ate 300g chocolate because I felt SO under sugared. What did I do wrong? I didn't take salt, can this be the cause? Or should I get fat-adapted BEFORE starting this longer fasts. I do omad for 2 month now

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Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
January 16
Rebekka, #1, if you are on any medication you MUST work with your doctor to adjust medication dosage as necessary.

#2, Yes, getting fat adapted may help with the longer fasts. Not everyone responds well to fasting. If you are not on medication and this happens again, you may wish to stick with shorter fasting periods.

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Una
February 13
Sounds a bit drastic and extreme. Perhaps go gradually to avoid 300g of chocolate. Hope you find a happy medium as it's not a competition.
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David
July 16
#3 Rebekka, remember that you are an addict. You will crave sugar even when you aren’t hungry. To get in and stay in ketosis you have to keep carbs under 50g/day and protein between 40 and 100g/day. At these levels, the feelings of carb withdrawal are intense. You just need to push through it.

#4 cutting out carbs and restricting protein in your diet will have an immediate affect on blood sugar levels. They will drop at first, but part of getting “ fat adapted” is your body learning to produce ketone bodies and regulate blood sugar without eating insulinogenic food.
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Jennifer McKeon
July 24
I started keto with IF on july 8,2019 I am down 13 pounds however I am not losing now. I fast from 7pm to 11am the next day and break my fast with a low carb protein shake made with unsweetened almond milk. I drink over 120oz of H2O daily what am I doing wrong? I am still in ketosis have been since my third day doing the plan.

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Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
July 25

I started keto with IF on july 8,2019 I am down 13 pounds however I am not losing now. I fast from 7pm to 11am the next day and break my fast with a low carb protein shake made with unsweetened almond milk. I drink over 120oz of H2O daily what am I doing wrong? I am still in ketosis have been since my third day doing the plan.

I would recommend avoiding the protein shakes. Most have artificial sweeteners. These meals also end up being higher protien and lower fat which is opposite of what you want. You can read more weight loss tips here - https://www.dietdoctor.com/how-to-lose-weight

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