I love Intermittent fasting it controls my hunger, I sleep better, helps with digestion and bloating and a lot of energy through out the day.

I've been OMAD (One Meal A Day) for going on five years now. I control hunger with coffee. I have one caffeinated coffee in the morning and two or three decaffeinated coffees in addition to that over the course of the day. I sweeten the coffee with Stevia and use 35% cream (which contains very little sugar) and does not break a fast. I have a coffee warmer so the coffee can stay warm for hours. I take a sip when I notice hunger and that quells the temptation. For some people tea works just as well.

OH MY GOODNESS, DR. MIKE! YOU JUST ANSWERED THE LONG-AWAITED QUESTION I'VE BEEN HAVING FOR MONTHS ABOUT WHY RAW VEGANS/ HIGH FRUIT EATERS AGE SO QUICKLY! THE HIGH FRUCTOSE EXPLANATION MAKES SENSE!

I have a strong background in biology and biochemistry so I'm very appreciative of these detailed explanations of biomechanisms. I received my degrees a long time ago, and most of this stuff wasn't known then. So I'm really glad that you're providing this education. It's not readily available from other sources.

Saving this one to listen again…and again. Tons of valuable info. It did help to reduce the speed to 75%.

WOW lots of great info!! I have started intermittent fasting, and I think everyone who does needs to see this video. I will show my family too. Thanks so much Doc!! 🙏 ❤

I have never been so interested in biology and chemistry! Wish they taught us this in schools; we would fix our diet from an early age and be more interested in STEM! Kudos to you

Oh my goodness! That answered my questions. I’ve suffered with serious chronic inflammation for 10 years and now I understand why. I had no idea what my diet (considered healthy) was doing to me. It’s going to be hard. No one else I know personally is willing to give up the way we’ve been enjoying eating. We’re all addicted to tasty yet unhealthy bad food in my family and no one is willing to let it go but me. It’s an art form. But I will just lay low and do it without their knowledge. I’ll be the covert intermittent faster. Thanks for this life changing information.

I saved this and later took notes on all the foods you recommend such as the seeds, nuts and cacao nibs etc I’m buying the acai and lucuma powder. So much great information. I’m sure thousands of people will learn so much from this video. Could you share your smoothie recipes?

Thanks for the video. Nice to see a physician talking about this FINALLY. I have had this issue my entire life after having rice cereal and sugar added to my baby bottles filled with whole cow's milk for YEARS as an infant and toddler. My sweet mother was told by her pediatrician that the baby should be FAT. At 65 I now want to urge physicians to STOP saying HUNGER. I am never hungry. I DO have a nearly constant uncontrollable and insatiable COMPULSION TO EAT that is driven by this issue. It is exacerbated by the fact that here in the US ALL packaged foods have sugar added including all processed meat. Sugar comes in the form of dextrose, cane sugar, high fructose corn syrup, maltodextrin, poly dextrose and more. MOST foods that are labeled no sugar have these deadly ingredients. I no longer eat anything that has been processed in any way. Those foods are literally killing us. I can't tell you how many doctors ignored my chronic obesity even when asked about the source of my struggle. Most said calories in calories out. I refuse to go to AMA trained and licensed 'doctors' because they seem to know nothing and even when they do they don't tell you the real truth. This info has been known for decades!

Thank you so much for doing these videos! Literally a lifesaver. I know you spent a lot of time on this.

This is the best video from you so far for me yet. Excellent work.

This is a excellent presentation! Thank you so much. I will listen to it over and over until I absorb it all!❤

This is really good information for me! Thank you very much, Dr Hansen!

This is just gold! I know enough at this point from my own journey of health issues that caught up with me since my mid thirties! Thank you brother 🙂 gratitude and blessings your way!

Wow Dr. Hansen, you just keep upping your game! Thanks for the awesome video!!

Very educational!! Love it! Will have to watch this one two or three times to process all the information. 😍

Great information. Thank you for producing this video

Thank you Dr. Hansen for such a great video. It contains many information to eating the best foods and stay healthy 🙂

This is a really brilliant video. I'm a big fan from back in your COVID-19 early videos. Currently, am helping a few friends and a family member, post-Covid-19, with energy, and weight management and one with Fatty Liver Disease. Great analysis. I find myself nursing headaches when I try fasting regularly, so I'm now trying 3 days / week. And, added far longer walks around my urban area.

Lots of detailed information, Thank You, but for all us beginners, exited getting into I.F. please make (or recommend) a simple, basic video on the "Top Secrets" of what to eat and how to make the most of it when getting started with I.F. Thank you

Perfect description! Thanks for breaking it down in easy to understand scientific details this graduate student appreciates❤🍍🍠🥒🥦No processed foods for me. TY

Superb! Thanks very much for making that.

One of the Most Important Channels on the Internet. - Thanks Doc!

Love this intelligent commentary on intermittent fasting. Keep these videos coming!

A superb explanation of all the key facts for excellent health. Bravo, dottore!

What an awesome video! you did a great job with explanations. I shared it with my son as my daughter-in-law is killing herself on junk food and sugar even though he cooks healthy food every day for the family. I care for her and want her to be well. He will share it with her. Thank you so much!❤

Thanks doctor mike you are making the world a better place

Thank you for the detailed information .

Awesome!!! Thank you so much.

Great information 👍

WHOA ! WHOA ! Was that in English ? Talk about blowing us away....I never went to med school...I had to Google each term in this vid to understand...

This is by far the best explanation for dieting

Well put together data backed video. 👏 it does make it more interesting & engaging 👌🏽

Great video! Thank you 😊

Great. Thank you.

Since i do IF as well low carb(for hiw many months ,feels less hungry )but since i was trying to gain wt to put extra wt on some parts of my i need to take carbs but in moderation nd the allowable 40gms nd still in IF ,still fell less hungry a day .glad I'd learned this ❤

Just facts here. A lot of valuable information in a short concise video!!!

Excellent presentation, thank you so much ,God bless you.

You looking good Doc. You look more rested than pandemic time and more fit lean, nice video. Stay healthy and keep sharing such great info.

Thanks to God for the healthy information. 😊

Great information, thank you 👍😊💯

Top one! Great explainatory, fast, still detailed and broad in science!

very informative, well done!

Such great info! Thank you! Where can one find these “super smoothie” recipes?

I eat all of this stuff and still gain weight. My weight gain has been on HEALTHY food. I find mtlyself to be quite isolated in this as people always seem to think it's black and white - eat healthy, be slim and healthy. Eat bad- be fat and unhealthy. It's just not always the case. However. Intermittent fasting is the only thing that works for me. Just not eating all day, going crazy with feelings of hunger, and sticking it out until dinner. I also must have a snack before bed or I can't sleep. Counting calories doesn't work for me. I am spending so much time thinking about food that I just eat. I lose control. I have to Stat away from the kitchen and avoid eating completely during the day while I feed my kids lol

You sure talk fast so I'm going to have to listen to this video twice!

2:58 - Be careful with those sharpie markers on that nice wood table! Great video!

Excellent demonstrations and content

Thank you.

Waaay above my capacity to intake. But having become addicted to carbs and insulin “persistent” I fasted for a week and now am eating one meal a day. Testing ketones daily.

Thanks for the informative video. Watching it at 75% speed is probably good. You covered a lot in such detail; a summary would be in order. 1) More fiber (is fiber powder Ok?), less sugar, olive oil is good. Can you KZfaqrs out there please add to this summary of the video. 2) And I'm still confused about fructose, sucrose, and glucose. In practical diet choice terms, what foods are best for us in terms of sugar? 3) We want low fructose, right? 4) And about fiber, didn't you say the pineapple in the blender (smoothie) messed up its fiber benefits, but you drink smoothies?

Wow! This is such a great video! (Don't know how it relates to intermittent fasting as this is what my family member does each am, vs last sentence in the video says to do right before fasting a smoothie.. the "big picture" wasn't clear) Still following you after I found your channel during COVID

He is presenting a lot of great infor at a fast pace. Maybe too fast for non-medical or newer lay people with need of such advice, BUT I say stay the course and watch several times.

I’ve been doing IMF for years now and my problem now is I’m not hungry anymore. I get worried and honestly bored when I haven’t eaten and I’m not hungry. I have to workout really really hard to get that feeling of hunger in my stomach not in my head. Head hunger is different than stomach hunger.

Once I get into the swing of fasting, hunger fades away easily. The one hard to cope is my partner who would never stop telling me to eat and eat relentlessly.

Wow, very comprehensive analysis! (Just as explanatory as Dr Ekberg; on KZfaq). Could you please talk about Metformin, given to type 2 diabetics (to reduce blood sugar) and has been researched as an anti-aging medication in mice. Thanks Dr Hansen. Growing up in the processed food world of this day and age, I have to have an occasional pizza slice or hotdog but I must implement some of this since I am 60+ yr old and my body (and liver) is feeling it. Thankfully I am not a diabetic or obese and my parents lived till 90.

Phew, have merci Doctor, this is just much to fast for us to digest. You definitily proved that you are knowledgible, but I could not sit quite through it . All I wanted to know is how to prevent hunger, which I still do not know. Can you please give us the short version in a slower speed? Cheers,

PERFECT!

I like to break my fast with a smoothie. I looooooove your talks.

Thanks!

very good video information density is high like a whole book in 16min and the visual aids also good and helping to understand :) A+

I eat omad with legs of organic meat and some vegetables. No fruit, bread or sugar. Not Hungary at all. Ribeye taste so good!

Great video. Didnt catch the smoothie recipe thow...

Great! Everything I learnt from Dr. Lustig. Good to see the pictorial representation. Definitely will rewatch it again to register it well. We learn and then we pass on. But the truth about animal products is that it is bad because how it is grown today. I was told in India the cows that are fed grass gives yellow milk and is lighter in fat content than the one that is fed corn which gives white color milk. So even milk color changes when the feed changes. We use milk as medicine in many traditional alternative healing practices in India but in those places they feed cows medicinal herbal plants, pure grass, of course it will give nectar and the one outside will give junk. Because when we eat so much processed corn and soy and wheat, we become fat too. This is true because I know many people in India who do not drink enough milk end up becoming obese and diabetic eating too much wheat flour and white rice. They are very addictive and of course the former is already processed enough into flour. When I see people feed junk to cows, I feel so upset now. What people like to eat, they feed others out of ignorance thinking it is love. But if we feed our plants with chemicals then I am sure one day we will also start adding supplements to our smoothies one day. Not sure if that is already a practice anywhere. But we do not want nature to feed us anymore. We want processed food industry. We should all grow community gardens like Dr. Lustig says.

Made me do a lot of thinking about what I eat. Good video.

Such good clean descriptions of the most important processes... And in the end how the f you put blended smoothie as less processed food (the modern 10s of thousands RPMs destroying th fibers and the proteins that you just said Work by their Form)

Fabulous video . NO wasted blathering . Too many other presenters like the sound of their own voice . This presenter is all rapid fire information ........ All the time . A+ sir . Many thanks .

This was great! Lots of info but great nonetheless

Thanks Dr., how many hrs. of IF to reach autophagy

Something that no one ever mentions in regards to intermittent fasting is the problem that occurs when the brain is starved of fuel. I can see doing intermittent fasting if someone is retired, or on their days off from work, but if you're a student or have to be mentally sharp at work, I don't see how you can go without food for 16 or 18 hours. I'm a college student (a music performance major), and if I don't eat, my ability to understand, play and memorize music is notably impaired. I've tried it -- it's very noticeable. I imagine other students would have the same problems in other classes where a high level of mental aptitude is necessary. I can't be the only person that's mentally impaired if I don't eat for a long period of time. Anyone else have experience with this?

Great video. Would taking an anti-inflammatory over the counter like low dose aspirin help?

We LOVE you Dr. Mike!! ☺️🙏🏼

Doc, u roc! Thanks for teaching! :)

Wow!💥 Impressive amount of useful info!👌💗👍👍👍 Would you please share a few recipe’s of your Super smoothie! I would truly appreciate it!😉♥️👍👍👍

That did it, I tapped the bell icon to get all your posts. 🔔

Great level of detail. I'd love it if you would intersperse bits of science background that could help us understand some of the details more fully. What is exactly meant by a cis- bond versus a trans- bond, and how does high temperature convert one into the other? Why do they have different health effects?

In 10 words or less, what indeed is the secret to overcoming hunger from intermittent fasting? I watched the video, and my brain is on overload. Seriously, please, is it one secret? Or can someone provide a brief summary as to THE (implies singular, but I have a feeling we indeed need a summary as the secret is actually the secrets, plural) secret?

So when is the super smoothie recipe book coming out? I would purchase 😊

i brush my teeth when i feel hungry during fasting. of course the hunger doesn't go away but my mind tells me that i already brushed my teeth so I don't need to eat.

What do you think about an anti inflammatory tea of Green Tea, Turmeric, Thyme, Black Pepper and a little honey for taste.

I don't think I need to worry about fasting but it's useful but I just been keeping myself balance with my highs and lows that I have, and so far I been doing good with it.

If I were a doctor or nutritionist I might get something out of the video but I am neither of those. You also talk very fast in the video and I am always way behind you trying to understand what you said a few seconds before so I miss what you are sayin now. It is sort of like you are attempting to squeeze a semesters worth of information into 15 minutes with the result that after watching the video I know nothing more than I did before watching and I certainly don't know how to stop hunger when fasting. Back to my first sentence. Maybe you could do a companion video that just answers the question posed in the title without all the technical jargon and presented in a less frantic manner.

You mentioned that radical oxygen species can be produced by iron metabolism. I have hemochromatosis, so anything about iron and diet really catches my interest. Can you go into more detail on that?

1. No added sugar (also keep the natural sugars low) 2. Lots of fiber 3. Take Omega 3. 4. Eat whole foods and not processed ones. 5. Drink a super smoothie every day.

Can you suggest a super smoothie with ingredients which are easily available?

I've been trying to exclusively consume omega 3 to get my ratio down to one to one with omega 6. So I plan to begin consuming hemp seeds in salads for omega6 and perhaps from oysters I see at Aldi loaded with seed oils I would drain most of it and get the residual omega 6. Good or bad idea?

Glad you mention the bread! The outside main label says: 100% pure whole wheat. If you read the ingredients, it has Molasses that PAINTS the bread brown! Plus, you get added sugar! NO! Buy 12-15 grain bread and read the ingredients label. 😋🥰

Can you share your smoothie recipe, please? Thank you.

I liked this video. It gave me more information about healthy eating habits. Intermittent fasting is helping to lose body fat, but I think it will only work if the food that you eat in your eating window is healthy. I have been doing intermittent fasting since august this year and lost over 9 kg. But I admit, I still like to eat a slice or two of my self baked cake (use always 100 gr sugar instead of 200) and occasionally some processed food. But since I love baking my own bread, it is mainly whole weat bread. I don't even like white bread...

Thanks. Have received similar advice from dieticians for years - but none explained the reasons quite like this. It is really motivating to have this overview of the science behind the advice, and also really emphasises the great importance of sticking with the dietary change. Dr Mike, I am really greatful.

Amazing legit life saving information doctor Mike Hansen so very greatful to you. I usually don't suffer from constipation but few days ago I had the worst constipation of my entire life because of which I had to consult a doctor because my stool became rock hard and something had to be done rapidly to fix it but after doctor consultation my problem was over the mistake I made was I didn't drink enough water,didn't consume fibre and consumed refined maida made chicken rolls

Darling, please tell me if this inflammation can be mitigated with low dose naltrexone.

Thanks very much Dr Mike. I have a BMI of 20, my sugar is still high. I have a HGA1C if 6.2% putting me in the prediabetic range. Do you think if stress and lack of sleep can cause a high HgA1C? I am avoiding rice and breads now. Even milk has 12gm of sugar per cup? Is there any real Mike that doesn’t contain sugar?

Smoothie cheat sheet! 😊

Great video but there is a mistake around 15:34 where the graph shows a higher insulin spike with the Super Smoothie compared to bad sugars, which I think is the opposite of what you meant to display!

Most important thing, though in increasing appetite in my experience has been lack of sleep.

Watching while on my 29th fasting hour

Bottom line is if you get used to going for reasonable periods of time without food, your appetite decreases . I am nearly 70 and years ago they used to say that your stomach shrinks and you get used to doing without food. Evidence has shown that people who have the gastric sleeve operation say that it is the fact that they don't feel the urge for food is more important in their weight loss journey than the fact that they cannot eat very much. This is because of the effect of the operation on hunger hormones. Thanks for sharing. 🙂

I began the carnivore elimination diet (no plant foods) and had a profound drop in hunger and inflammation, began eating low-calorie (1 lb of meat perday, OMAD) nutrient-sufficient through supplements, and have lost 85lbs, now at my target weight range. So this is a high palmitic acid, zero fiber diet. However after testing various foods to add back I found that fructose causes me depression, potatoes cause me immediate hunger and simultaneous fullness, etc. And others report getting immediate hunger from different such as coconut, dairy, oats. So I think the i nlammatory signals are coming from our oral and intestinal microbiomes. Different people have different pro-inflammatory species and therefore get this hypothalmic inflammation from different foods. I do supplement inositol which I think is probably why fiber is beneficial.