#11 - AMA #2: the Nothingburger — results from Peter’s week-long fast between two weeks of nutritional ketosis — and answering questions on all things fasting
from The Peter Attia Drive
by Peter Attia, MD
Published: Thu Aug 23 2018
Show Notes
Consider this episode a cross between an ask me anything (AMA) and a show-and-tell. Peter discusses his fasting experiment in great detail and answers questions from listeners and readers.
We discuss:
- Why Peter did a one-week fast and the rationale for front- and back-ending it with a week-long ketogenic diet [6:30];
- What Peter’s typical diet, exercise, sleep, stress management, and supplementation looks like [];
- What labs (e.g., glucose, ketones, lipids, inflammation and oxidation markers, thyroid- and sex hormones) Peter checked for the experiment [];
- Peter’s results after a week on a ketogenic diet [];
- Peter’s results after a week on a water-only fast [];
- Peter’s results after a week on a ketogenic diet following a week of fasting [];
- Peter’s “Top 6” surprises from the fasting experiment [];
- Different fasting-mimicking diet (FMD) protocols [];
- What is the optimal protocol, frequency, and duration for fasting? [];
- How to break a fast without GI distress? [];
- “Am I breaking the fast if…?” [];and
- More.
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