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Intermittent Fasting/Clean Fasting Debate

System
System Posts: 1,919 MFP Staff
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  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
    jjpptt2 wrote: »
    What is clean fasting? That's not a phrase I've heard before...

    Basically you just drink water, black coffee unsweetened tea. Anything with flavor spikes your insulin levels. Some stuff is in the gray area. Like lemon in water. As in it's completely dependent on the person. When your insulin levels are spiked your body, it stops your body from healing. It takes about 3 weeks for your body to adjust and start healing itself. This is just a super short summary though lol.

    Gotcha, thanks. I've read about the hormone aspects of IF, but never heard it labeled as clean fasting.
  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
    kimny72 wrote: »
    jjpptt2 wrote: »
    Can I take a step back and ask a question regarding the "nonsense"?

    What exactly is nonsensical?
    1. Is it the idea that hormone levels cycle throughout the day?
    2. Is it that insulin levels are naturally lower in the morning?
    3. Is it that certain foods/substances can trigger insulin spikes?
    4. Is it that these hormone cycles have an impact on weight management?
    5. Is it all of it?
    6. Is it something else?

    I can only answer for me, and nothing on your list applies. What is nonsensical to me is the idea that your body needs a break from digesting, that avoiding insulin spikes is necessary to lose fat, and that insulin spikes hinder healing and IF for three weeks will give your body enough time to heal. From something.

    Hormone cycles are a thing, and certainly affect appetite, energy, and mood - all of which affect adherence, and therefore weight loss/gain, inside the framework of CICO.

    Did someone say avoiding insulin spikes were necessary to lose fat? I thought OP said that IF done without clean fasting was the same as any other diet (which I took to mean CICO).

    I didn't follow the healing commentary... not sure what that was about, so I'm not going down that road.
  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    jjpptt2 wrote: »
    Can I take a step back and ask a question regarding the "nonsense"?

    What exactly is nonsensical?
    1. Is it the idea that hormone levels cycle throughout the day?
    2. Is it that insulin levels are naturally lower in the morning?
    3. Is it that certain foods/substances can trigger insulin spikes?
    4. Is it that these hormone cycles have an impact on weight management?
    5. Is it all of it?
    6. Is it something else?

    As it pertains to this thread (to stay on topic), I think what's specifically being called into question is the "clean fasting" nonsense:

    1) That IF is only effective if you "clean fast".
    2) That anything with flavor spikes insulin.
    3) That your body cannot heal in the presence of insulin.
    4) That it takes 3 weeks for your body to "adjust and start healing itself".

    And subsequently:
    5) That the body needs a "rest" from feeding.


    I haven't seen any of your points addressed or argued either way.

    Who claimed #1? See my previous comment...