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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheSecretCarbAddict" data-source="post: 2699536" data-attributes="member: 587131"><p>[USER=580271]@erikame[/USER], your post reminded me that not all fasts are equal. I was listening to a podcast with Ben Bikman, and he distinguished between calorific fast and nutritional fast, basicly saying that to treat conditions like Insulin Resistance (IR) it is more important to follow nutritional instead of calorific fast which can make things easier for most. What's the difference between the two? Calorific fast is your water fast where you don't consume any calories. In nutritional fasting, you are allowed to consume limited calories but of the right type - so for Insulin Resistance it should be OK to consume some fat - bone broth, or cream in your coffee as impact on blood glucose / insulin is negligible. Another nugget of wisdom I found in Dr Fung's The Complete Guide to Fasting was that it is easier to get into fasting if you have first adapted keto style diet as it means that your body is already adapted to using fat for energy (something a fast forces) and it is less of a shock to the system.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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