Harper Life in the Fasting Lane: How to Make Intermittent Fasting a Lifestyle--And Reap the Benefits of Weight Loss and Better Health

fantastic book to tell you about food related to weight loss If anyone wants to lose weight, this book is the guideline.

A book that explains the benefits, science and process of fasting in laymen's terms. It explains how fasting is beneficial for your body not only to lose weight but also to cure conditions such as type 2 diabetes, PCOS, fatty liver disease etc but also to prevent conditions and diseases such as Alzheimer's and Cancer. Eve, Megan and Dr. Fung have written a book that is easy too read and understand and helps you step by step to get into this way of life and thrive. I LOVE fasting! I've lost weight, I feel great and my relationship with food is so much healthier and doesn't rule my life any more. If you have already read Dr. Fung's "The Obesity Code", still get this book. Eve and Megan do a great job of bringing it back to real life situations that you can identify with. If you haven't read "The Obesity Code", buy both! This will change your life. I promise.

This book changed my life. While I had grown up with the belief that you can burn what you eat with exercise, the book clearly brings out the difference between food intake and exercise, and the hormonal processes involved when eat. The basics are simple - we are eating far more and far more frequently than what the human body is designed for. Hunger is just a signal to the brain, and does not mean we are starving. Proteins, Fats and Fibre are essential to give a sense of fullness, which a carb-only diet does not give. We have enough reserves in the body to last for a long time. It explains some very practical methods to introduce fasting into our daily life. Based on the book, I adopted a number of lifestyle changes. I stopped snacking, and learned to live with hunger much longer, made changes to my food composition, skipping lunch - all without any impact to my daily productivity at work. As a benefit, I am 6 kg lighter, and my latest medical reports indicated better cholesterol levels. The format is also innovative - with each chapter having 3 distinct sections - each with a different author bringing a unique perspective - a doctor, a researcher and a patient. Overall, the book brings clarity in a confusing space.

This book is very informative and explains Intermittent Fasting very well. As with other books by Dr. Fung, it very clearly explains the material so that the reader does not need to have a science background to understand the concepts. I have been practicing the 8 - 16 schedule of Intermittent Fasting for quite a while and feel that this schedule, along with good choices as to what I eat, has helped me maintain good blood sugar and insulin levels while never experiencing extreme hunger and while maintaining good energy levels. The concept works for me.

A good and interesting read.