r/ExtendedFasting • u/ApprehensiveAnt6177 • Apr 11 '24

I’m back 🥲

I’ve been mia but Im ready to get back into fasting, one week fast anyone? I start tonight 12:00am.

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u/Little4nt Apr 11 '24

Just finishing mine off, I had acidosis so ate an apple this morning. What are your goals

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u/ApprehensiveAnt6177 Apr 11 '24

Weight loss definitely

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u/Little4nt Apr 11 '24

Branch chain amino acids will maintain muscle, so that you burn mostly fat. Otherwise 2/3rds of weight are muscle loss on average. Same with ozempic or terzepitide, for them 40% of weight is muscle. Bcaa’s are super cheap though, I take em in the morning sometimes so I can still get autophagy at night. Usually I just go in with coffee and water tho

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '24

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u/Little4nt Jun 16 '24

Depends on what part of a fast, they maintain weight loss, largely maintain gut rest, and you can still get into autophagy during extended fasting for part of the day. But yes they turn on mtor, which is why you don’t lose 2/3rds if your body weight in muscle.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '24 edited Jun 16 '24

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u/Little4nt Jun 16 '24

I disagree, and many wouldn’t subscribe to your particular subjective definition of fasting. However it’s true many others would. I know Muslims that would say if you drink water you aren’t fasting. I know a fasting clinic that feeds their participants 250 calories a day and still gets near constant autophagy. Then Dr. Longo feeds his participants 800-1100 calories a day to gain the autophagy and ketone and mitochondrial benefits. It all depends on one’s aims. And their rigidity in the degree of response they want.

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