Well done it's encouraging news for anyone wanting to try that regime. The exercise sounds the biggest hurdle.
Fasting has been shown to help improve some conditions. There is a diet which you can use intermittently by a Dr Valter Longo that's supposed to give your body the impression it's fasting all the time. A journalist in The Times, Jenni Russell swears by it for her long term condition which I think is Crohn's Disease.
I had surgery and am still undetectable but have taken up some of your suggestions as part of a healthier lifestyle to hopefully boost my immune system, and prevent being run down which is just a personal idea. Although, except for alcohol, I've always had a fairly good diet.
My fast is from 7pm to 8.30am except when I have one of the 2 drinking nights a week.
Thanks for the information and good luck.
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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/can-fasting-save-your-life-cdshkhmkg7h
'..... Longo believes that he has come up with an answer to these problems. He has devised a way of giving people all the benefits of fasting, with its regenerative, anti-ageing and anti-disease effects, without the intense physical stress. After decades of biochemical research, and eight years of experiments on humans, he has developed a five-day fast-mimicking diet (FMD).
The FMD is a five-day programme of bars, shakes and soups, all made from real food. Its published results show that it lowers the levels of the protein IGF-1 in the blood, which is a major biomarker for cancer and ageing. It lowers blood sugar, which reduces the risk of diabetes, and it lowers blood inflammation levels. Longo describes it as “truly rejuvenating”. Trials conducted over a year show that regular use of the FMD – perhaps twice a year for healthy people, once a month for the seriously sick or the obese – has a dramatic effect on health. Testers find it palatable and possible. He was expecting a dropout rate of 50 per cent; only 5 per cent didn’t complete it......'
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'I think of my own doctors, who smile patiently at me when I say that in my case fasting’s been an apparent cure, and who explain that they can’t recommend it to anyone until they see clinical proof. I think of all the months and years I’ve wasted on the tedium of being ill, and of the millions of people who could be similarly liberated to have more joyful, longer lives if Longo is right. I think of the billions that governments will save if people can choose to fast instead of relying on hazardous, expensive drugs. And I hope that the health and medical establishments will take their fingers out of their ears and give this radical prophet the hearing and the resources he’s asking for.
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She also went to:
Jenni Russell was a guest of the Buchinger Wilhelmi clinic and took part in the 14-night Classic Light programme, which includes fasting provisions, a holistic programme and medical consultations (from £2,237).