by Dr Elizabeth Thompson | Apr 23, 2024 | Blog Post, General
Taking Care of Cholesterol Through Fasting Yesterday was fine at work, but the evening was harder, and I did need an oatcake to sustain me through the night. Today I am looking at a press release for a study investigating the use of the Fasting Mimicking Diet for Type...
by Dr Elizabeth Thompson | Apr 23, 2024 | Blog Post, General
Fasting in the Menopause I’m coming into the third of the monthly five day fasts with the prolonged fasting mimicking diet designed by Professor Valter Longo and distributed by L Nutra. As well as letting you know how I am getting on this time around, I thought...
by Dr Elizabeth Thompson | Mar 29, 2024 | Blog Post, General
My Secret to Better Digestion – Fennel My update from day 5 of the Prolon 5 day fasting mimicking diet. For each of the five days I have received a box from ProLon® with everything I can eat that day and, from Day 2 onwards, a bottle of glycerol which helps...
by Dr Elizabeth Thompson | Mar 28, 2024 | Blog Post, General
Using Fasting as Preventative Medicine Day Four So, I have to say that day four has been a bit of a breeze which I seem to remember this from last time. My body feels like it has kicked into ketogenesis much earlier and things have been very even with no great surges...
by Dr Elizabeth Thompson | Mar 27, 2024 | Blog Post, General
The Spiritual Dimension of Fasting Day 3 has passed quietly but confession number 2 – last night my body felt strained, so I had an oatcake and I slept reasonably but woke around 5.30. My HRV showed sympathetic drive and historically I have struggled to go long...