I did my masters thesis on the relationship between fasting and aging.
I was browsing your interesting and useful (and generally, in my opinion, well balanced and informative) website on nutritional Q&A, but I was troubled by one item that you may have missed the target on:
In the Q&A item where the questioner asked about the possible benefits of fasting,
you said, basically, that there are no...
What do you think about Instant Breakfast? Will it help me lose weight?
What do you think about Instant Breakfast? Will it help my weight loss? PS I don't like breakfast.
No, just drinking Instant Breakfast will not assure you of losing weight. Your weight loss depends on a day's total calories in the food you eat and total calories you expend through physical activities. Think of your...
I started taking a nutritional drink mix called Balance 40-30-30.
I am a 34-year-old female who started taking a nutritional drink mix two weeks ago called Balance 40-30-30. A week later, I noticed that the tips of my fingers are wrinkling as if I had been in the water for a long time. It varies from finger to finger and hasn't gone away. I...
The brain burns ketones and prefers ketones over sugar. You can make glucose from fat. I hope this is useful.
I read some of your nutrition advice on fad diets. I would like to point out that it has been known for decades that the brain burns ketones (Nelson et al, JBC (140):p.361, 1941; Owen et al. J Clinical Invest.46:1589-95, 1967; Hawkins and Krebs (there's a famous name) Biochemistry J. 122:13-18, 1971. In fact,...
A friend gave us a diet from Sacred Heart Memorial Hospital for overweight heart patients to lose weight.
A friend gave my husband a copy of a diet from Sacred Heart Memorial Hospital (location??) that is supposedly used in their cardiac care unit for overweight heart patients to lose weight prior to having surgery. It's a 7-day fat-burning diet consisting of vegetable soup, fruit, vegetables, skimmed milk, lean beef or skinless chicken...
A physician assistant at a hospital is advocating a protein sparing modified fast diet.
There's a physician assistant at a hospital near me that is advocating a "protein sparing modified fast" type of diet that includes lots of lean meats and is not more than 800 calories/day. I have always read this to be a very unhealthy way to eat, but he insists it works and says he...
I got to your website from Prime Quest which is a diet using adaptogens.
I found your webpage useful, I got there from a website about Prime Quest, which is a diet using adaptogens. It seems expensive to me and I was wondering if you have read any information on it. There are so many claims as to increased energy and losing body fat only, yet it is...
I read a book called Fit for Life which contained some controversial ideas.
I recently read a book called Fit For Life (Diamond) which contained some controversial material and ideas. I have a couple of questions concerning some of Diamond's proposals.
Diamond says there are 3 natural cycles in the body. From 4 A.M. to noon the body is eliminating waste and one is not to eat...
My mother is 60 years old with heart blockage and on a quick weight loss diet. Is that diet safe?
My mother is 60 years old and is on a quick weight loss diet. She has a heart blockage and is being treated for it. Is that diet safe? She said it would be safe because it was written by a doctor.
Most quick weight loss diets allow all the lean meat, poultry, fish, eggs,...
I would like to find more about week long liquid or fruit diets.
On the Jewish day of atonement and my friends and I endured the annual 24 hours fast with ease. One of the topics of our conversation was fasting for health and cleansing purposes. I would like to find more information about week-long liquid diets and/or fruit diets that would be safe to practice while...