Experiments With Intermittent Fasting

There’s a really good FREE Ebook out there on Intermittent Fasting. I highly recommend this book to anyone out there who’s curious about IF and would like to start on IF. This is something i came along quite a few months ago. It’s a free PDF download created by John Beradi, who in a nutshell offers research-based applied sports training, nutrition and supplementation articles, as well as advice, products, and consultation services. He is also the author of some popular nutritional books i’ve read such as “Precision Nutrition” and “The Grapplers Guide To Sport’s Nutrition”.

It’s an interesting read, but like many nutritional plans and strength and conditioning plans, it’s not for everyone. But please, take a looksie.

Contents (taken from their page):

1. Summary
   

   All About Intermittent Fasting, in Under 10 Minutes

   A quick, easily-digestible summary of everything I found in my six months of experiments with intermittent fasting.

2. Introduction
   

   Hi, My Name is John. And I Haven’t Eaten in 24 Hours.

   I recently did a 24-hour fast, but I wasn’t all that hungry. In fact, I felt fine. Here I discuss why I tried this strange experiment, how it led to 6 months of self-experimentation, and what a 24-hour fast can do for you. (You may be surprised.)

3. Chapter 1
   

   Science or Fiction? Exploring the Benefits of Intermittent Fasting

   The growing popularity of intermittent fasting lends it mythical status in certain quarters of the web. What is IF actually supposed to do, and does it live up to the hype?

4. Chapter 2
   

   Why Do Intermittent Fasting?

   I’ve been healthy and fit for nearly 20 years, mostly by exercising consistently and by “grazing” (eating every few hours). New goals and insatiable curiosity inspired me to try IF for 6 months. Here’s why.

5. Chapter 3
   

   Intermittent Fasting Review: Comparing the Popular IF Programs

   Intermittent fasting means a lot of different things to different people; here, I summarize the most popular IF styles and discuss the differences and similarities between them.

6. Chapter 4
   

   The Weekly Fast: My First Intermittent Fasting Experiment

   I started my intermittent fasting experiments with a simple intervention. Here’s my initial IF protocol and what happened after the first few weeks.

7. Chapter 5
   

   The Twice-Weekly Fast: When Things Go Horribly Wrong

   After my first experiment, I tried several different full-day fasting variations. Unfortunately, they didn’t go as planned. What I tried, and what went wrong.

8. Chapter 6
   

   The Daily Fast: Back on Track

   Next step: shorter, more frequent fasts. This brand of intermittent fasting is often considered more physique-friendly. Let’s see whether that’s true for me.

9. Chapter 7
   

   Wrap-up, Results, and Lessons On Self-Experimentation

   A summary of my results, with pictures. Plus, a discussion of why the sort of self-experimentation practiced in this book is both cool and important. And how you can do it too.

10. Appendix A
    

    How To Do Intermittent Fasting: Cheat Sheet with Our 3 Favorite Protocols

    Want to try intermittent fasting yourself? Here we summarize the three methods we like best and help you choose which is best for you.

11. Appendix B
    

    Intermittent Fasting Tips & Tricks

    Key concepts and strategies we cover in this book.

If you want to read up more on John Beradi he owns the websites JohnBeradi dot Com and PrecisionNutrition dot Com

Born in Australia, training in martial arts since the age of 9. My first trip to Thailand was back in 2007. Since then i have made numerous visits back to the "land of smiles" to feed my addiction of Muay Thai. During the month of November in 2010 i had to decide between working a 9 to 5 job back home for the rest of my life, or sell all my worldly possessions and move to Thailand to live and train for the next few years. Thankfully i chose the latter. I now spend my time training Muay Thai, meeting new and interesting circles of people, sipping coconuts under palm trees on the beach and measuring the cost of everything on how much Pad Thai i could buy with that money.

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