Multiple Sclerosis and the benefits of Intermittent Fasting
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Published 2021-08-06
16/8 involves limiting my consumption of food and drink to a set window of eight hours per day and not eating food for the remaining 16 hours.
It seems to be providing great results with minimal effort on my part. My body is also getting used to not eating so I feel I can go with longer periods of time not eating - so far longest has been up to 20 hours.
What are the benefits?
It can help to boost brain function
enhance longevity
improve blood sugar control
help reduce imflammation in the body
Try balancing each meal that you have with a variety of healthy whole fruits such as
Fruits, Apples, babanas, berries, oranges, peaches pears.
Veg, broccoli, cucumber, tomatoes etc
Whole grains, rice, barley, buckwheat
Healthy fats, olive oil, avacados and coconut oil
Sources of protein, fish, legumes, nuts, seeds etc
Please check out Dr. Sten Ekberg on YouTube to get lots more invaluable information
All Comments (10)
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I have been doing the 16/8 intermittent fasting for almost 2 weeks now and the benefits so far have been positive for me. It has been show to have positive effects on diseases like MS so I wanted to share my experience with you so far.
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I'm going to look this up, this is something I can benefit from
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My wife has MS, 30 years now and it's getting pretty serious. We started skipping breakfast a year ago, and gradually introduced a one day per week 24 hour fast. We found we can handle the 24 hour fast pretty well, as long as we keep busy or take our mind off eating - especially around lunch time. So we are now on one meal a day for monday to friday, and hope to keep this up long term. As you said Laura, this has to be a long term commitment. I noticed previously that Helen has more energy on fasting days and that her fatigue and brain fog were always worse immediately after meals. So we will be watching with interest how you go :)
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Hi Laura! Thanks for sharing your experiences with intermittent fasting. I think fasting is really just “timed eating” and not depriving oneself of essential nutrients. The body has its own circadian rhythm that’s why it’s important to “time” when to feed it and when to let it digests food. Here are some of my personal experiences and tips about intermittent fasting. - morning: I drink probiotics with empty stomach. I take probiotics so “good bacteria” can colonize my gut. It is said that 70 percent of immune system is found there. Also, good bacteria is said to help digest food. I often drink probiotics with warm ginger tea or just plain water. - After 30 mins. I eat fruits with digestive enzymes like papaya, avocado and kiwi. Then have 1/2 cup brown rice with lots of fish!! (Mackerel and Milk fish). I think it’s better to eat protein in the morning so the body can digests it easily (because we often do activities during the day). - Then...drink vitamins (b complex *better if the folate is in methyfolate form as well as b12 in methylcobalamin, vit d3 , calcium and magnesium etc) - go out and have fun!! (Do something that makes you feel happy and try not think about anything else) Deep belly breathing is a good tandem for fasting. It activates the vagus nerve and helps you to relax AND helps to strengthen the diaphragm muscle which in turn helps with stomach’s peristalsis. - around afternoon, when I’m craving for sweets. I make cocoa, oats with mixed nuts porridge. It’s really good! *1 tb unsweetened cocoa, ground flax seeds, ground sunflower seeds, pulsed pumpkin seeds and oats. - then before 4:00 pm (my final meal) I try to eat at-least 2 cups of mixed vegetables with brown rice or fish. I’ve also been to taking s- acetyl glutathione with superoxide dimutase at night. It takes discipline but it’s not too hard. Other than that, I hope all our efforts can somehow make our bodies happy. * take these with a grain of salt as I am not an expert but I try to research in websites like ncbi to get some infos. Do not be afraid to consult your doctor or dietician and feel free to make adjustments based on your body’s needs.
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I've been doing my own research on IF, and I'm really convinced of the possible benefits. But I had a go, and after one week I was terribly constipated. Constipation is a big issue for me (I already drink lots of water and eat lots of fibres, and take additional fibres and probiotics, to keep everything going). If you have any tips for me...
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Hi, I have ms too. Are you in Toronto?
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How are you doing?
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I found your video because I'm trying to experiment with fasting.... I'm finding it pretty difficult but I'm trying to tell myself that hunger is good... I don't believe myself when i say that though 😆
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Intermittent fasting has one serious disadvantage: constipation! Long term IF, constipation will creep up on you and ruin your health. With IF you need to take good probiotics, prEbiotics, fibre... and on IF you retain less water (sorry to say, thats most of the weight you lost in the first weeks) so you need omega 3, GLA (like borage oil)... and drink a lot of water. IF is great for health, but it really bothers me all these experts don't mention what you have to watch out for.
