Question about intermittent fasting

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(Ryan) #1

Hello guys, i am sort of new to keto diet ( started 2 weeks ago, trying to keep about 20-30g carbs per day)
I lost already 4.5kg since i started 94kg-89.5kg.
i am 1.92cm tall.
I really want to start intermittentfasting, because i usually don’t eat until 12pm anyways so i think of just starting this fasting method…
I have 2 questions:

  1. should i started now the fasting or is it too early to start?
  2. The fasting principal is to eat in a short period of time all the calories you need a day… and i know that the body can’t digest more than 25 grams of protein in one meal because more than that becomes to fat , and i need to consume every day about 140 grams or protein so do i need to consume 7 meals in this short period of time in the fasting or can i consume more than 25 grams of protein per meal ( e.g. 60 grams )? but without it become to fat?

Thank you for your answers :slight_smile:

(Bunny) #2

The bigger question is what can your body tolerate?

If your feeling physical symptoms from not eating food within a certain period of time then that is your limit?

Once you figure out what your limit is; then you can start reducing how many times a day you can eat without feeling too hungry or ill?

I personally only eat once a day and fast extensively EF at times (without feeling ill in the slightest) but that’s what my body is adapted and accustomed too over a period of time and may not be a good nose-dive for another person to attempt without knowing what their individual limitations might be fasting intermittently IF or extensively EF? I also use a glucose meter to see if my blood sugars are getting too low and if I am not feeling so well along with blood pressure and heart rate (always document it so you can look at it later for a comparative analysis)!

Dr. Berg shows how this done here.

(Frank) #3

Is there science on this statement? I’ve been mostly omad for the past 10 months and I regularly eat my total protein 100+g in one sitting and have maintained close to my goal weight for about 6 months now.

(Brian) #5

Yeah, I’d like to see some science on that one, too. 25g of protein ain’t much, especially if you only eat one meal a day. Even two meals a day, that would be too little for most of us here.

(Allie) #6

If you’re not hungry don’t eat then you’re fasting.

(Ryan) #7

100+ grams or protein?
Isn’t any of that become to fat?
Why does peoples recommend not to eat more than 25 grams of protein per meal claiming that more than that becomes to fat ?

Thank you for your answer

(Brian) #8

Who is making that recommendation?

(Ryan) #9

Like every website that master with training and after training meals

Always claiming to eat not more than 25 grams of protein after a workout because more than that converted to fat and that is why they produce the protein shakes to 25 grams of protein per serving

(Justin Jordan) #10

It used to be common bodybuilding lore. It’s not true. Ignore it.

(Ryan) #12

But i guess they say it for a reason, do you know maybe the science behind this theory ?.

(Allie) #13

I just ate three roasted lamb hearts after my gym session and am not at all concerned. You can’t just blindly accept whatever you hear, well you can I guess… if you want to keep yourself from growing and making progress in your life. Do not blindly follow anyone, try for yourself and see - you’ll either find out they were right and that you have to change things back, or you’ll see they were wrong and suddenly start making the best progress of your life.

(Carl Keller) #14

Either you meant 1.92m tall or you are the shortest person in human history. :smiley:

I try to stay around 75 grams of protein per day and it’s usually in one sitting and the weight loss continues.

And ditto what @atomicspacebunny says about fasting. Shoot for OMAD before you try to fast longer.

Because they heard it from someone else.

(Ryan) #15

He does not really explain the science behind what happend in the body after eating more than 25 grams of protein, he just says its bullshit and say that the only different between consuming 25 grams or protein per meal to 60 grams of protein per meal is that the digestion is slower and longer.
I think that most people that say that its recommended not to eat more than 25 grams per meal is because more than that, the body won’t digest and just waste energy for nothing.

(Robert C) #16

The 25 gram thing is directly from the protein powder industry. They want to sell powder to people that want a huge amount grams of protein a day (to get “big”). Well, tell them they can’t get more than 25 in a meal and they’ll want the supplements - breakfast - shake - lunch - shake - snack - shake - dinner - shake.

Think about it - all of the OMAD people would be in real trouble. No matter how much protein they have in their single meal - they can only absorb 25 grams? They would waste away.

(Running from stupidity) #17

Not that I’ve ever seen, no.

(Frank) #18

I kinda knew that. :wink:

#19

For the love of God, there is more validity in believing the Earth is flat then there is with regards to that 25 g statement. I’ve been keto for decades and intermittent fasting for about 5 years… I eat once to twice A-day of at least a 100 g of protein per meal.

Protein absorption:

  • study conducted by scientists the National Human Nutrition Research Center (France) had 16 young women eat 79% of the day’s protein (about 54 grams) in one meal or four meals over the course of 14 days.

Researchers found no difference between the groups in terms of protein metabolism.

Furthermore, if we look at the amount of protein in the high-protein meals relative to the average body weight of the participants, it comes out to about 1.17 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight.

Apply that to a man weighing 80 kilograms (176 pounds), and you get about 94 grams of protein in each meal.