Paging Dr. Weil
Dr. Weil, on your site’s weekly bulletin, you have a headline of “How To Gain Bad Belly Fat,” and report that “a new study suggests that skipping meals can add…
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Dr. Bert
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Review of Fasting Now Available
The excellent review of fasting written by Valter Longo and Mark Mattson and published in February 2014 has passed its first birthday a while back, so it’s now available to the public…
Keep Moving at Work
Articles dating back to the 90s disclose some of the difference between those who gain weight after overeating versus those who don’t. One of the big differences is how much…
My new book “AC” is available on Amazon!
Ten years ago, I wrote The Fast-5 Diet and the Fast-5 Lifestyle, the first book to encourage a daily cycle of intermittent fasting (also known as time-restricted eating or time-restricted feeding) for…
Thrifty Genes and Fat Loss
A recent article in Diabetes demonstrates that humans taking on similar amounts of calorie restriction wind up with different amounts of fat loss. I’m sure it’s no surprise to most…
The Cost of Not Eating Too Much
In a study by Yanovski et al of holiday weight gain, the typical American gained about 1.3 pounds (0.6 kg) per year, about half of it during the holiday season. The subjects…
Phil’s Fast-5 Before-and-After
I was always overweight, but by the turn of the 21st century I had ballooned up to well over 400 pounds (my scale was a 300 pounder and after a…
Jordan’s Fast-5 Before-and-After
I originally started Fast 5 back in 2009-10 and I was mainly doing it because I was extremely unhappy with the way I looked and felt and really wanted to…
Linda’s Fast-5 Before-and-After
I contacted you, [Dr. Herring], one year ago and asked if Fast-5 was suitable for folks who needed to lose A LOT of weight. You replied that the maximum weight…
Adapting “Cold Turkey”: Getting Through a Crunch Day
Many people start Fast-5 in a “cold turkey” approach, meaning that they pick a window and just start. Day 1 of this approach usually goes very smoothly. Day 2 is…