Re: Every Other Day Fast ..anyone heard of this? (EODF) & spinal cord i...

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Hi Jenn..I think you are probably quite right. I googled this and could

find rat studies regarding EODF and the spinal cord but no human studies

though I didn't spend gobs of time. Those studies were promising for sudden

spinal cord injuries but they were rats! I like this MD and hope

will stick with him for other avenues of help ... Hugs to you, Randee

In a message dated 10/4/2011 10:45:18 P.M. Central Daylight Time,

jlbobin@... writes:

You are right. Not eating regularly can cause metabolism to slow. Also,

especially not eating breakfast will put the body in starvation mode and

cause it to try to hold on to calories (thinking its not going to get

anymore soon), which in turn causes weight gain. It is best to eat the

bigger meals earlier in the day (breakfast and lunch) and have a small

dinner and nothing after 7ish (assuming one goes to bed around 9-10). The

body's metabolism slows in sleep (you're not burning calories), so if you

eat a big meal at dinner fewer of those calories will be burned. Whereas if

you eat the biggest meal of the day for lunch, then you're going to burn

those calories with the activity for the rest of the day. I agree with Dee

that a healthy meal replacement is a good option if she has a hard time

making healthy choices. Another good diet to follow is Volumetrics. You

have

to eat a minimum amount of calories each day and when my friend did it, she

had hard time meeting the minimum and would end up eating a few teaspoons

of peanut butter to meet them. It focuses on large quantities of foods that

have a high water content. so you can eat a TON of food. Definitely not

hungry on this diet. Check out that one. But I have a feeling, she needs to

come to terms with the idea that she can no longer eat what she wants and

not exercise and not gain weight.

Jenn

On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Dee Allaert <_deeinbc@..._

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> Randee -- I have never heard of this theory. From my understanding, not

> eating regularly can actually slow down your metabolism and play havoc

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> your blood sugar. Doing a similar " fast " with a healthy meal replacement

> drink would be a better option I would think (just in my opinion from my

> knowledge) (eg such as Ultra Meal by Metagenics, Nutrimeal by Usana, or a

> good quality whey protein/fruit smoothie). Has she tried a low glycemic

> diet? That seems to be what keeps me from putting on weight and can also

> calm down inflammation in general -- as soon as I veer from it I start

> putting on weight. Not sure how well this helps when meds are the

problem.

> If you're interested in more info on this one resource which I think is

> great is Dr Hyman's website. He's got a great book out called Ultra

> Metabolism, I highly recommend it.

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> My daughter went to a physiatrist hoping he would have some magic

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> regarding pain meds that would not increase her apetite..he didn't But

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> he did recommend among other things a one or two day partial fast..ie

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