Fast This Way: Burn Fat, Heal Inflammation, and Eat Like the High-Performing Human You Were Meant to Be (Bulletproof Book 6)
THE SUPPLEMENT CHECKLIST ACTIVATED CHARCOAL This is the number one supplement I suggest taking during a fast, yet most people overlook it. It
Dave Asprey • Fast This Way: Burn Fat, Heal Inflammation, and Eat Like the High-Performing Human You Were Meant to Be (Bulletproof Book 6)
You take your nice warm shower, and at the end, direct cold water at your forehead and chest, where your cold receptors are. Yes, it will suck—for exactly three days. After that, the sudden cold will drive the level of cardiolipin in your mitochondrial membrane up, enabling your body to generate heat more quickly. It will also burn more calories
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The reason I recommend raw honey is that it raises the level of glycogen in the liver. Liver glycogen preferentially feeds the brain. And as much as your muscles regenerate and recuperate during a good night’s sleep, it’s your brain that benefits the most from that period of rest.
Dave Asprey • Fast This Way: Burn Fat, Heal Inflammation, and Eat Like the High-Performing Human You Were Meant to Be (Bulletproof Book 6)
With every craving, think about whether you’re getting a good ROI. If you’re not, give it up for half a day, and see what happens.
Dave Asprey • Fast This Way: Burn Fat, Heal Inflammation, and Eat Like the High-Performing Human You Were Meant to Be (Bulletproof Book 6)
Another form of breath work that can accompany a spiritual fast is holotropic breathing, a body control technique for attaining elevated consciousness that was developed by the Czech psychiatrist Stanislav Grof as a way to mimic the effects of LSD without taking drugs.
Dave Asprey • Fast This Way: Burn Fat, Heal Inflammation, and Eat Like the High-Performing Human You Were Meant to Be (Bulletproof Book 6)
in the same way that we allow our muscles to recover after a hard workout.
Dave Asprey • Fast This Way: Burn Fat, Heal Inflammation, and Eat Like the High-Performing Human You Were Meant to Be (Bulletproof Book 6)
A growing number of studies indicate that triggering autophagy also helps slow the aging process, reduce inflammation, and enhance your body’s performance overall.
Dave Asprey • Fast This Way: Burn Fat, Heal Inflammation, and Eat Like the High-Performing Human You Were Meant to Be (Bulletproof Book 6)
One method is to put cold Bulletproof Coffee into your exercise water bottle but make it with very little if any butter. The MCT oil in Bulletproof Coffee raises ketones because it converts directly into the ketone known as beta hydroxybutyrate, or BHB, and it does so even in the presence of carbohydrates.
Dave Asprey • Fast This Way: Burn Fat, Heal Inflammation, and Eat Like the High-Performing Human You Were Meant to Be (Bulletproof Book 6)
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.)