Fast This Way: Burn Fat, Heal Inflammation, and Eat Like the High-Performing Human You Were Meant to Be (Bulletproof Book 6)
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Fast This Way: Burn Fat, Heal Inflammation, and Eat Like the High-Performing Human You Were Meant to Be (Bulletproof Book 6)
The main adaptogenic herbs are ashwagandha, rhodiola, holy basil, ginseng, and the mushrooms cordyceps, reishi, and lion’s mane. Ashwagandha and rhodiola are classic stress-modulating adaptogens. Holy basil and ginseng are also anti-inflammatory, as are adaptogenic cordyceps. Reishi is particularly relaxing; lion’s mane aids nerve regeneration.
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Without a doubt, everyone should supplement with magnesium. Take at least 800 mg per day, and up to 2 grams if it doesn’t cause disaster pants. (Magnesium has a laxative effect.)
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STRESSORS You also might want to increase the stress on your body during your fast. Sounds weird, I know—I was just telling you how to decrease stress with adaptogens. That is adrenal stress. Oxidative stress is another type of stress that comes from your metabolism. You can do some very good things to your biology if you mildly stress your cells
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ADAPTOGENS AND MUSHROOMS These can help you power through stress responses. Adaptogens are powerful herbs that originated in China and Russia. They were originally used by the military because of their ability to help manage the body’s stress response. They make it easy for you to turn on your stress response and then easy for you to turn it off
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There are also animal-based systemic proteolytic enzymes. For me, these are the gold standard, because they are broader spectrum than the plant-based ones. There
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THE SUPPLEMENT CHECKLIST ACTIVATED CHARCOAL This is the number one supplement I suggest taking during a fast, yet most people overlook it. It
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Daily dose: 1 to 2 120,000 SU serrapeptase capsules and/or 1 to 2 2000 FU nattokinase capsules; 1 to 2 proteolytic enzyme capsules such as Wobenzym or BiOptimizers Masszymes.
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part of the general process of flushing out cellular junk. The two most popular forms of these enzymes are serrapeptase and nattokinase. Serrapeptase is made by silkworms, which use the enzyme to dissolve their cocoons after metamorphosis (that’s how we discovered it!). Thankfully, now it’s made by fermentation. Nattokinase is derived from
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Daily dose: 1 to 10 1,000 mg capsules, away from medications, fewer if you get constipated. Any time of day or night.