Holiday Health (Damage Control)
With the holidays on us, maybe your intermittent fasting schedule isn’t as rigorous as it once was. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, because social connection is a very important…
Dealing with Pandemic Weight Gain
Many people have gained weight during the pandemic. The combination of cold weather, short days, isolation, restricted activity, boredom, stress and disruption of healthy habits makes a potent recipe for…
AC: The Power of Appetite Correction Now Available in Spanish
La corrección del apetito (CA) es un nuevo enfoque revolucionario en la pérdida de peso basado en diez años de experiencia del usuario con la innovadora guía del Dr. Bert sobre el ayuno intermitente diario, The Fast-5 Diet y The Fast-5 Lifestyle.
Betty G. Found Freedom From Dieting Through Intermittent Fasting
Betty discusses her struggles with body image from a young age, stress eating, and how she lost over 40 pounds through AC/Fast-5. Subscribe to Dr. Bert’s YouTube channel to be…
Watch How Kay Lost 40 lbs and Kept It Off for Over 2 Years
At over 60 years of age, Kay feels better, younger and more energetic than she did when she was 40. Subscribe to Dr. Bert’s YouTube channel to be notified when…
How to break an intermittent fasting weight loss plateau
This is the first part of a 3-part series on weight loss plateaus in the context of intermittent fasting and appetite correction. In the video, Dr. Bert and Dr. Judi…
Episode 5: Is Stress Sabotaging Your Weight Loss Efforts?
In this podcast, we discuss stress—the types, why it matters, how unhealthy stress might be sabotaging your weight loss efforts, and what you can do about it. We hope that…
Episode 4: Slow Down!
Today we’ll be discussing Brussels sprouts, (yeah, Brussels sprouts!) and ways that playing with your food can help you lose weight.
Episode 3: Will Intermittent Fasting Make Me Hungry?
In this episode, we talk about the difference between somatic hunger and limbic hunger, and what it feels like to reach appetite correction through Fast-5 and intermittent fasting. 02:30: Types…
The Appetite Correction Audiobook Has Arrived!
We heard you. Thanks for telling us you wanted an audiobook version of AC: The Power of Appetite Correction! For a long time, your request has been on our to-do…
Autophagy: What’s Eating You?
Autophagy (aw-TOFF-uh-jee) is one of the hoped-for outcomes of intermittent fasting. What is it? What gets it going? Does IF turn on autophagy in humans? What is Autophagy? The roots…
They’re Here! Scary Holiday Appetite Gremlins!
Happy Halloween! All sorts of goblins and gremlins come out tonight. Some will leave their costumes behind tomorrow, but appetite gremlins that arrive in the form of candy and other…
Salt, Sodium & Appetite
Some people have done a Fast-5 diet schedule of intermittent fasting (19 hours of fasting with a moveable 5-hour eating window) without seeing appetite correction (AC) or the weight loss…
Feeding Your Flora
In the normal human gut, a lot of bacteria live in the large intestine (called intestinal flora, microbiota or gut microbiome). There are so many bacteria living in your intestine…
Does Intermittent Fasting Work Without Calorie Counting?
When you ask if intermittent fasting (IF) works without calorie counting, it helps to specify what “works” means. If you want IF to reduce your body fat to 3 percent,…
Is there an app that can automatically count how many calories you’re eating without having to log the food?
(From my post on Quora.com) Yes. It’s a built-in part of the operating system, but many people don’t know they have it, and a lot of people have let malware…
Question & Action Guide to Troubleshooting AC/Fast-5
Q1: Did you read the AC book? Yes—Go on to Q2. No—Read the AC book. It is based on over 20 years of personal experience and thousands of years of…
Breaking the Plateau
When losing fat through an appetite correcting (AC) eating schedule like Fast-5 or other intermittent fasting schedule, it’s not unusual to encounter a time when, after weeks of steady progress,…
Not Hungry vs. Full: The Difference Can Cause Relentless Weight Gain
A French friend (merci, Annabelle!) pointed this out and I’m passing it on. In the USA, we typically ask the question of youngsters at meals, “Are you full?” and if…
Take these small steps and celebrate menopause
Menopause is one of the biggest two-sided stages of human physiology; some might argue whether the loss of fertility is a plus or minus, but few women miss having periods. Menopause…
Paula’s Story: One of the easiest things you’ve ever done
Paula’s AC power tool: Fast-5 Weight lost: 40 pounds Biggest non-scale victories: “Living an active life hiking and running 5K races with my family” “Hearing spontaneous compliments from my husband,…
Rebels Win the Fight Against Fat
Welcome! If you’re new to this site and aren’t familiar with Fast-5 or appetite correction (AC), welcome! There’s information here and there’s probably a wonderful surprise that you didn’t expect…
Appetite Correction, Fast-5: What’s the difference?
Recently, I was asked, “What’s the difference between Fast-5 and appetite correction (AC)?” The difference between Fast-5 and AC is the difference between a hammer and a house: the former…
Guest Post: Turns out these crazy docs were on to something!
Recently, a member of Dr. Bert’s AC/Fast-5 Diet Facebook group mentioned that supporting Dr. Bert’s work was a good gesture. That statement really struck me. It’s not only a good gesture,…
Calorie-Free, Unsweetened Drinks for Intermittent Fasting (No Artificial Sweeteners)
No matter which intermittent fasting schedule you’re using, it’s nice to have a variety in your choice of drinks. While the general rule for Appetite Correction (AC) schedules like Fast-5…
It’s (a) Beautiful Life
When we think of beauty in nature, there’s a lot to think about: coral reefs ablaze with vivid splashes of color spectacular canyons of layered time sunsets spanning the spectral…
Streamline Success
Welcome! 350+ people have joined Dr. Bert’s AC / Fast-5 Diet Group in the past month and we’re happy you’ve joined our community. To all of the AC/Fast-5 community members who…
Nicole talks about the weight of the weight
Big congratulations go out to Nicole for losing 200 pounds and the weight of the weight! Listen to her inspiring weight loss story and consider connecting with Nicole and the…
How to Choose the Best Intermittent Fasting Regimen
I recently received email from a reader asking this question: “Is 5 hours the best window for intermittent fasting?” It’s no surprise people are wondering about the best window length…
A Ten Year “Fad” — Results Typical
Reason for Optimism Beyond the clamor of wild claims, infotainment “miracles” and the booming $148 billion weight loss management market, a worldwide community of weight loss success stories has grown organically under…
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[INFOGRAPHIC] Hope for Sustained Weight Loss Without Hardship
Dr. Bert announces the release of the 2016 AC/Fast-5 survey results and offers hope for sustained weight loss without hardship. The announcement highlights ten years of user experience with Dr. Bert’s program…
The Biggest Losers’ Big Heartbreak
The New York Times recently published an article by Gina Kolata (@ginakolata) about a six-year follow-up study done to see how the participants in the 2009 (Season 8) Biggest Loser…
Willpower.i.am.not
Most people who are familiar with dieting are probably familiar with willpower, too—or the lack of it. Willpower seems to be the commodity that separates the thick from the thin.…
Angela’s Story: Scales Don’t Determine Your Success
Angela’s AC power tool: Fast-5 Weight lost: 130 poundsBiggest non-scale victories “I threw my scale away!” “My body is in better shape.” “My complexion has been amazing since I’ve been…
Nicole’s Story: Love yourself today
Nicole’s AC power tool: Fast-5 Weight lost: 200 pounds Non-scale victories “I can play with my kids!” “I can go to any store now and try on clothes!” “I love…
In Sickness and In Health—Preferably Health!
It’s wedding season. Wedding planners, florists, venue managers and registry-wielding department stores are rolling out all sorts of indulgences for the bride and groom. Which bit of wedding-day wealth will…
Sweet Synergy
Hanging out with Dr. Bert offers up the occasional perk, like listening behind the scenes when interesting people interview him. This time around, Jimmy Moore, creator and host of The…
Remember Your Resolution?
For 4000 years, the New Year has marked a time for reflection, resolution and, for the almost half who forego those resolutions within a month, a prelude to failure. Does…
Get Your Free Sample of AC: The Power of Appetite Correction
Dr. Bert has made a sample of his latest book, AC: The Power of Appetite Correction available for FREE immediate download. Thanks to Dr. Bert Herring’s pioneering guide to safe,…
Say, That’s NEAT!
If you work in an office building sitting in front of a monitor all day, it can be tough to get any activity. It may not seem important, because it…
Size Matters, but Perception Matters More
Human sensation, be it vision, hearing, or other sense, tends to be logarithmic. That means that when something like brightness or sound doubles in intensity, our perception is that the…
Intermittent Fasting and Fast-5 on the Diane Rehm Show
My thanks and appreciation go to Diane Rehm and her staff for hosting a discussion on intermittent fasting today on WAMU and NPR. The biggest hurdle for people adapting to…
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…