Dr. Jason Fung: The Obesity Epidemic – Root Causes

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Dr. Jason Fung: The Obesity Epidemic – Root Causes

I grew up in Toronto, Canada in the early 1970s. My younger self would have been utterly shocked that today, obesity has become a rising, unstoppable global phenomenon. At that time, there were serious Malthusian fears that the world’s population would soon eclipse the world’s food production and we would face mass starvation. The major environmental concern was global cooling due to the reflection of sunlight off dust particles in the air triggering the dawn of a new Ice Age. I wonder if Time Magazine thought one of the 51 things we should do is to become a penguin…

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I got Keto Flu. Spoiler: It Sucks.

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I got Keto Flu. Spoiler: It Sucks.

Tired. Headaches. Insomnia. Waking up in the middle of the night with muscle cramps. Brain fog. Irregular heartbeat. In general, feeling pretty sh*tty.

These are all symptoms I was experiencing for a few weeks, not knowing they were all linked. I thought I was in some sort of funk, I was maybe exercising too much - pushing myself beyond my limits and my body was revolting.

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Video: Dr. Jason Fung's Books: Where to Start?

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If you've just learned about author Dr. Jason Fung, and you're trying to figure out which of his books to read first, I'm gonna give you my suggestion. First of all, the best books that I know of from Dr. Jason Fung are three. We have The Diabetes Code, The Complete Guide to Fasting, and The Obesity Code. Which should you read first? Well, if you are dealing with diabetes, I think it may make sense to start with that book so you can get right to the meat of things and read other books later.

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Fruit + LCHF = ?!?!?!

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Fruit is nature’s dessert and is naturally sweet due to the sugar. According to the Diet Doctors:

On a keto diet (<20 carb grams per day) you can have a few berries every so often and it won't likely take you out of ketosis. You might even be able to eat a few cherries or a small plum. Be careful, however, and when in doubt measure your ketones to assess how fruit impacts you.

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New Dad, New Diet

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Now, I've looked at a lot of diets over my entire life as an overweight person and none of them really spoke to me. And so I tried a bunch of different things over the years and had some limited success, but the Keto Diet kind of makes sense to me because you're training your body to burn fat for energy… and I have plenty of fat.

I have two kids, a five year old and a newborn. But my five year old is my stepdaughter. Although I've known her since she was pretty little, I didn't do the whole diapers, midnight feedings, and dad thing, so this is all new to me.

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Dr. Jason Fung shows Fasting Finally Breaking Through

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Dr. Jason Fung shows Fasting Finally Breaking Through

At Life In The Fasting Lane, we are becoming fully immersed in the world of fasting but it wasn't too long ago that we thought it sounded crazy. Fasting sounded like a fad that sounded dangerous and haphazard. Once we started fasting and discovered the health benefits so rapidly we were shocked. In the article, best-selling Author, Dr. Jason Fung, shows how fasting is finally breaking through into the mainstream consciousness.

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