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I agree with you, but I struggle with my weight myself. I don't think "personal results" should be used to adjudicate an argument.

A really good heuristic to determine what is and is not true about health is to ask: "What were the conditions during which our finely tuned biological mechanisms adapted? Whatever those conditions were, our bodies attuned themselves to those conditions, so reproducing those conditions maximizes the match with how our bodies are tuned." It might be that there is a magic new thing better for us in some way than our historic environment, but if you don't know what to believe, bet against such ideas.

Based on that, fasting cant be bad.

Based on the fact that surviving relgions all have fasting as part of them, again, probably the non-fasters died off.

Jac 2y ago

I think the idea that outlying poorly understood factors should characterize the machine the human body is, and justify certain personal results is in the large majority of cases justification to continue behaviors that perpetuate the condition. I have a rubric that will with no doubt help you mitigate the struggle with your weight if you wish, offered for no personal gain whatsoever. I have no problem with people who have an alternate living style, but I think it should be acknowledged as a choice, not a biological destiny. It is truly amazing how little energy it takes to maintain the sedentary human form, and how many foods translate to blood glucose directly. Let’s just admit that eating is amazing! At any given time I am 20 to 40 pounds over my optimal weight due to choices I make and enjoy thoroughly. I have no guilt about these choices, and can change my selection at any time.

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