{"id":4302,"date":"2018-12-21T15:24:30","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T07:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nutritional-humility.me\/oxystaging\/\/?p=4302"},"modified":"2022-12-29T12:08:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T04:08:35","slug":"2018-anniversary-food-for-thoughts-cyclical-keto-if-1-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nutritional-humility.me\/oxystaging\/2018-anniversary-food-for-thoughts-cyclical-keto-if-1-4\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Annual Food For Thoughts: Cyclical Keto+IF (1\/4)"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><em>This feature writing is entirely off my own personal viewpoint, perspective and thought(s) and may, subject to varying context(s) - introduce its own terminology(s) and\/or themes readers may not readily be familiar with. Hence timely readership is well appreciated.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>This is an archived post which may or may not have undergone further editing for readership accessibility.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>To help with consistency I'll structure this feature writeup as similarly to<a href=\"https:\/\/nutritional-humility.me\/oxystaging\/\/2017-food-for-thoughts-keto-anniversary-ckd-part-1-3\/\">\u00a0p<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritional-humility.me\/oxystaging\/\/2017-food-for-thoughts-keto-anniversary-ckd-part-1-3\/\">revious<\/a> as the following sections:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PART 1\n<ul>\n<li>Summary<\/li>\n<li>My Setup thus far.<\/li>\n<li>Problems?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>PART 2\n<ul>\n<li>Notable highlights &amp; experiences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>PART 3\n<ul>\n<li>The Carbohydrate Refeeds\n<ul>\n<li>\"You don't need refeed!\"<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Training\n<ul>\n<li>About me \/ my average stats<\/li>\n<li>Training Samples \/ how hard do I train?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Supplementation - Training<\/li>\n<li>Supplementation - during IF days<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>PART 4\n<ul>\n<li>Costings &amp; Meals Prepping - is Keto\/LCHF more resourcefully affordable?<\/li>\n<li>Sample Plans\n<ul>\n<li>Longevity Analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>My (broader thoughts) on Intermittent Fasting.<\/li>\n<li>End<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h6><em>DISCLAIMER<br \/>\nYou are reading someone else\u2019s in-depth account\/s of nutritional &amp; life intervention\/s spanning across ONE YEAR. Covering everything from nutrition, psychology, supplementation and fitness training. All intertwined into both socio-economical and self-scientific (explorative) perspective. This is NOT a light reading. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bored.com\/\">Don\u2019t like it? Then go somewhere else.<\/a> Pedestrian Normalcy welcomes you back with open arms.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/n7xlfw.dm.files.1drv.com\/y4mTj-3z-EPP5Usg5RTdrhQ1IFvekF4zljI_18lDzWoZTIWQds0YTxUv4g-t15_FED58y-_A0_aNvuDi-VtFr4vmowrSwYoYT4xLuoUDjVHz4AO4RMm68s3tL0JP_zdxtIBLh-GTZVu2SYM_8HZ3YfU34CAqH-Lu98StCsbqAAws9YNlg6ZwUxI-1n1ULrNOWQltJ3O9l9s1T7QXPRkZHzuxA?width=2275&amp;height=1280&amp;cropmode=none\" width=\"2275\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>A summary.<\/h1>\n<p>A humbling and resilient episode. Which in my opinion still remains unchanged - as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nutritional-humility.me\/oxystaging\/\/intermittent-fasting-my-14-days-experiment\/\">instinctual necessity.\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>I'd willingly conclude no other nutritional intervention, other than the Cyclical Ketogenic +IF, are as daringly\u00a0<strong>honest<\/strong> at truly questioning your\u00a0capacity for living life to the fullest.<\/p>\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"6on74-0-0\">It is what <\/span><span class=\"qualifier\"><span data-offset-key=\"6on74-1-0\">I consider<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"6on74-2-0\"> a \"complete exhaustion\". Teaching the mind and body at surviving against many diverse contexts of \"stress\". From one psychological \/ physiological sensing of scarcities <\/span><span data-offset-key=\"6on74-2-1\">(metabolic \"damage\" as readaptations \/ stress)<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"6on74-2-2\">. <\/span><span class=\"veryhardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"6on74-3-0\">All the way to determining readiness at surviving fitness <\/span><span data-offset-key=\"6on74-3-1\">(resistance training)<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"6on74-3-2\">, and nutrient partitioning<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"6on74-4-0\">. All within episodic caloric <\/span><span class=\"complexword\"><span data-offset-key=\"6on74-5-0\">abundance<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"6on74-6-0\"> vs scarcities (<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"6on74-6-1\">severe deficits vs. surplus \/ refeeds<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"6on74-6-2\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"f2b30-0-0\">Every struggles faced this year have been far more <\/span><\/span><span class=\"adverb\"><span data-offset-key=\"f2b30-1-0\">genuinely<\/span><\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"f2b30-2-0\"> challenging, than anything I've <\/span><\/span><span class=\"complexword\"><span data-offset-key=\"f2b30-3-0\">witnessed<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"f2b30-4-0\">. Including\u00a0 that of all my <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritional-humility.me\/oxystaging\/\/2017-food-for-thoughts-keto-anniversary-ckd-part-1-3\/\"><span data-offset-key=\"f2b30-5-0\">former years of CKD alone in 2017<\/span><\/a><span data-offset-key=\"f2b30-6-0\">and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritional-humility.me\/oxystaging\/\/food-for-thoughts-keto-anniversary-part_8\/\"><span data-offset-key=\"f2b30-7-0\">2016<\/span><\/a><span data-offset-key=\"f2b30-8-0\">. In spite of all these - I am glad to have survived much of 2018 without the need for excessive support of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritional-humility.me\/oxystaging\/\/my-early-experiences-with-no-tropics\/\"><span data-offset-key=\"f2b30-9-0\">No-tropics<\/span><\/a><span data-offset-key=\"f2b30-10-0\">. <\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"f2b30-11-0\">My anxieties and depressive outlooks inspite of daily frequency have convinced me not to rely on them<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"f2b30-12-0\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What about HC+IF days\/weeks?<\/h2>\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"6d2ms-0-0\">I no doubt would <\/span><span class=\"adverb\"><span data-offset-key=\"6d2ms-1-0\">plainly<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"6d2ms-2-0\"> admit - <\/span><span data-offset-key=\"6d2ms-2-1\">that <strong>HC+IF<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"6d2ms-2-2\">(that is \"normal\" low fat, high carb) days are helpful to maintain lean muscle mass. I <\/span><span class=\"complexword\"><span data-offset-key=\"6d2ms-3-0\">however<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"6d2ms-4-0\"> remain skeptical at times in questioning my own digestive &amp; metabolic readiness. Questioning my own <strong>readiness<\/strong> at <\/span><span data-offset-key=\"6d2ms-4-1\">nutritional partitioning<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"6d2ms-4-2\">\u00a0copious amount of food<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"6d2ms-6-0\">. <\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"6d2ms-7-0\">Without risks of that pending \/\u00a0\"looming\" <\/span><span data-offset-key=\"6d2ms-7-1\">hunger<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"6d2ms-7-2\">\u00a0pangs and anxieties\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritional-humility.me\/oxystaging\/\/intermittent-fasting-my-14-days-experiment\/\"><span data-offset-key=\"6d2ms-8-0\">I often noted\/discussed earlier<\/span><\/a><span data-offset-key=\"6d2ms-9-0\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Another concern is the blind pursuit for \"accessory\" foods. White bread alone, and\/or \"refined\" low fat products - <strong>neither is never satiating<\/strong>. <strong>Period.<\/strong>\u00a0You'd need syrups,sauces, condiments, and other\u00a0<strong>trivial accessory-foods\u00a0<\/strong>to make it all worth while.<\/p>\n<p>Is such an HC+IF eating window a blessing? Indeed. But this hedonic\u00a0impulses at acquiring more such \"accessories\" as \"flavour\" - is abusive to one's existing financial means.<\/p>\n<h2>Carbohydrates nonetheless are still necessary.<\/h2>\n<p>In spite of all my praise of Cyclical Keto+IF,\u00a0 I may appear as though I glamourise <em>masochistic<\/em> starvation. I still however asserts that <a href=\"https:\/\/nutritional-humility.me\/oxystaging\/\">within my book<\/a> - <strong>never to promote such a case for any indefenite lengths of time.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"20icg-0-0\">It is neither wise nor productive, <\/span><span class=\"qualifier\"><span data-offset-key=\"20icg-1-0\">in my opinion<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"20icg-2-0\"> from all that I've explored <\/span><span data-offset-key=\"20icg-2-0\">to stay in a prolonged starvation. <\/span><span data-offset-key=\"e9p6r-0-0\">The word \"<\/span><strong>Intermittent<\/strong><span data-offset-key=\"e9p6r-0-2\">\" in front of <strong>Fasting<\/strong> here, is <\/span><span class=\"adverb\"><span data-offset-key=\"e9p6r-1-0\">excruciatingly<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"e9p6r-2-0\"> important. It reminds us all not to <\/span><span class=\"adverb\"><span data-offset-key=\"e9p6r-3-0\">deeply<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"e9p6r-4-0\"> entrench ourselves in linear stoicism. Whether keto or out of keto, within fasting or feasting. <\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"e9p6r-5-0\">I have embraced all realms <\/span><\/span><span class=\"adverb\"><span data-offset-key=\"e9p6r-6-0\">unbiasedly<\/span><\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"e9p6r-7-0\">, each in their own microcosmic experience\/s to the fullest<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"e9p6r-8-0\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>More on this on <em>Part 3.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cbp2lw.sn.files.1drv.com\/y4mLu2Qm6suwWvBagClpzy9hJoIN6XyGc5pJiuNQJjEn9nFLYB1huLEZc13e693YvKXlXi_1pUJvTPAfgxYn7UXSsLNkTcPrafQfSpW83fb6MGVQ3Vd_yBH0ARyxWdwXKTZDF3YsMzlzcH83r7qHSxcAJApvREbs2KrLho4laZEVAfsM6oBJ1UldWjnLJw0MMxtX22uM8uZAko4Cw6xS4kfPA?width=1280&amp;height=720&amp;cropmode=none\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">sample 20 hour evidence.<\/p><\/div>\n<h1>My Setup Thus Far<\/h1>\n<p>My most often used setup (higher protein, but still LC\/KETO) + intermittent fasting setup more or less remains unchanged from <a href=\"https:\/\/nutritional-humility.me\/oxystaging\/\/what-i-actually-eat-cyclical-intermittent-fasting\/\">my previous write up<\/a>.\u00a0Fasting begins from 12:30AM onwards. At times when I am still hungry - by 1 AM before sleep.<\/p>\n<p>Mondays through Fridays remain as my 18+ hour fasting days, less than six or (even five) hours of eating window. On Wednesday (my resting day) - I fast willingly up to no more than\u00a0<strong>twenty (20) hours.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7q4l4\" data-offset-key=\"3mv9a-0-0\">\n<p class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"3mv9a-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"3mv9a-0-0\">Once again of course, warm liquids only intake during all fasts. <\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"3mv9a-1-0\">Not even <\/span><span data-offset-key=\"3mv9a-1-1\"><strong>Creatine<\/strong> with coffees.\u00a0<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"3mv9a-1-2\">As <\/span><\/span><span class=\"qualifier\"><span data-offset-key=\"3mv9a-2-0\">I believe<\/span><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glucogenic_amino_acid\"><span data-offset-key=\"3mv9a-4-0\">arginine, methionine and glycine are all gluconeogenic<\/span><\/a><span data-offset-key=\"3mv9a-5-0\">. Simple black coffees, always - remained as staple. <\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"3mv9a-6-0\">Alongside with few occasions\u00a0 - warmed apple cider vinegar + water, and (sometimes) quarter squeeze of lemon<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"3mv9a-7-0\">. <\/span><strong><span class=\"veryhardreadability\">Pinches of baking soda, himalayan salt\u00a0 and\/or cream of tartar in both coffees and warmed ACV drinks helped maintain the needed mineral intakes<\/span><\/strong><span data-offset-key=\"3mv9a-9-0\">. Especially throughout these 19 hours+ fasting windows.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7q4l4\" data-offset-key=\"5o9ga-0-0\">\n<p class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"5o9ga-0-0\"><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"5o9ga-0-0\">On training days - my \"breakfast\" <\/span><\/span><span class=\"adverb\"><span data-offset-key=\"5o9ga-1-0\">technically<\/span><\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"5o9ga-2-0\"> begins as soon as I sip my preworkout solution consisting of a preworkout formula (branded)<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"5o9ga-3-0\">. Or my default 10g worth of BCAAs with creatine. <\/span><span class=\"qualifier\"><span data-offset-key=\"5o9ga-4-0\">In my opinion<\/span><\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"5o9ga-5-0\"> it remains debatable whether the small caloric footprint from this <\/span><\/span><span class=\"adverb\"><span data-offset-key=\"5o9ga-6-0\">temporarily<\/span><\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"5o9ga-7-0\"> \"fed\" state is enough to pose concern<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"5o9ga-8-0\">. Considering <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritional-humility.me\/oxystaging\/\/what-i-actually-eat-cyclical-intermittent-fasting\/\"><span data-offset-key=\"5o9ga-9-0\">the sheer volume of training<\/span><\/a><span data-offset-key=\"5o9ga-10-0\">\u00a0that likely exerts far more both glucose &amp; fatty acids oxidations anyway.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"7792q-0-0\">On a non fasting day (Wednesday) - breaking the fast <\/span><span class=\"adverb\"><span data-offset-key=\"7792q-1-0\">simply<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"7792q-2-0\"> involves a whey protein shake at around 8PM or as late as <strong>8:45PM. Followed by first solid meal of the day at 9:40PM<\/strong><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"7792q-2-1\"><strong>.<\/strong> Many would ask <\/span><span data-offset-key=\"7792q-2-2\">why <\/span><span data-offset-key=\"7792q-2-3\">for the whey protein. <\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"7792q-3-0\">Speaking only from my experience - I am convinced that higher protein intake help <\/span><span data-offset-key=\"7792q-3-1\">offsetting lean muscle mass losses<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"7792q-4-0\">.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"adverb\"><span data-offset-key=\"7792q-5-0\">Deliberately<\/span><\/span><span class=\"veryhardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"7792q-6-0\">\u00a0delaying such intakes <\/span><\/span><span class=\"qualifier\"><span data-offset-key=\"7792q-7-0\">in my opinion<\/span><\/span><span class=\"veryhardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"7792q-8-0\"> makes reaching daily calorie intakes very difficult<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"7792q-9-0\">. If not at times impossible.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cbp3lw.sn.files.1drv.com\/y4mDCAGc3ePp6fDA9CO6cdXSrOz90V1eg1hhJjV354PYKnCH7aFUrkCp0guXRDW1LxrsG8eVpfe2mh0v139A24o8HfF_NZ8jtsLSsoP76b2IpgSzhEKnbZIBracYpGTFYg5UD2NLS9RmjGgpqIpZ3ZlkAhjNBa7uNRBHI2vOjDZAEnHbZNlEUwlgs2bM_g5MsjhT5i7dQ4I2gmXSuOLEhrC8w?width=1280&amp;height=720&amp;cropmode=none\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top: HC+IF highest intake Low: LC+IF lowest intake<\/p><\/div>\n<h1>Lowest \/ highest calorie intakes<\/h1>\n<h2>General IF Days (HC+IF\/LC+IF)<\/h2>\n<p>The highest recorded for Keto\/LC IF days are 1800 calories. The lowest? 1220.<strong> Per day. Yes. On training days.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\"Hunger\" responses\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.physiology.org\/doi\/full\/10.1152\/ajpregu.90706.2008\">in the context of resistance training remains confusing. <\/a>Some reported decrease, some - increases. I somewhat belong to the paradoxical group whereby rest days\u00a0<strong>is an inclination to eat more<\/strong>. If I am not hungry even after exercise then by <strong>logical instinct<\/strong> - why should I be eating more than what is pragmatically necessary? Often though not a rule - many occasions puts me unconvinced for big caloric surpluses post training. Even after a squeamish\u00a0<strong>35g worth of post workout WPC with up to 150ml or even less worth of full cream milk+water <\/strong>(to save supply for entire 7 day longevity use).<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless whenever hunger is felt genuine - higher calorie intakes during KETO\/IF ranges possibly between 1650 to 1800 calories. But subjectively vary in terms of practicality.\u00a0<strong>From very difficult - to just downright impossible<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Refeed Days (2.5 days or 48 hours minimum)<\/h2>\n<p>So when do I <strong>truly eat like a hungry person?<\/strong>\u00a0That's when refeed day\/s come in. Either as <strong>2.5 days Body OPUS Style<\/strong> (beginning from Friday's late afternoon as preworkout meal or starting from a high carb dinner \/ 1st solid meal). Or my tried,\u00a0 and long practised - <strong>48 hours feeding window from rise of Saturday to Sunday bedtime.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Highest calorie intakes on high carb days are so easily doable. Up to 4500 calories were recorded in first day (Saturday) before the mildly decreasing to 4000 or even 3500. <em>More on refeeding protocols in Part 3 of this Annual Food For Thoughts.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>What about HC+IF days?<\/h2>\n<p>Quite a different picture. The highest intake is 2500+; that is if I opt for<strong> a preworkout meal<\/strong> as the first legitimate breakfast-prior to evening training. I find high intakes to be a lot easier amongst non-training days whereby rest and anabolism are expected. The lowest? Less than 1600 calories.<\/p>\n<p>In spite my seemingly patriotic insistence to Cylical Keto\/IF; <a href=\"https:\/\/nutritional-humility.me\/oxystaging\/\/intermittent-fasting-my-14-days-experiment\/\">as I mildly suggested beforehand<\/a> - should a Ketogenic intervention is not conducive to someone else's physiology - a conventional low fat paradigm such as HC+IF or even ISO+IF (33\/33\/33) I'd wager would serve plausible alternatives for reducing overall resource footprint.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/rfzeaa.dm.files.1drv.com\/y4mHSpBHBv__a6oKUmsAqBHVgGOLVHhiCO7VTevH8ygx3zuRcUsAsZvAD5dnXURum7X1jzq5MOJ3lLvgpsUY9t9f-AlAesy2lMFzYuNgjk6frqjiZgzBhR2vU-BJsgPo6MLWvr0SpKyoDFNTjK4Zht92sqlylIu4RH8knhW56PTMoUz8t037_y0VCkdAP0E5LfWwLmPM83xxHj8hsK0Bbgktg?width=1280&amp;height=720&amp;cropmode=none\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Are there \"Problems\"?<\/h1>\n<p>There is no such thing as fitness or nutritional utopia.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">I'd wager - speaking out of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nutritional-humility.me\/oxystaging\/\/food-for-thoughts-keto-anniversary-par\/\">my (nearing) four years\u00a0<\/a>persisting within this way of life can attest - \"surviving\" nutritionally on a limited &lt;$30 per week is just as legitimate as \"surviving\" on your next 300+ pound deadlift PR attempts. On top of lingering L5\/S1 disc degenerations, knee patella mistracks and\/or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/juicedmuscle.com\/jmblog\/content\/pain-killers-and-bodybuilding\">over-reliance to painkillers<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>1\/3<\/h2>\n<h3>Risk of metabolic damage?<\/h3>\n<p>Some reassures this an evolutionary trait as just simply that - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ketotic.org\/2014\/12\/the-effect-of-ketogenic-diets-on.html\">a state of self preservation<\/a>. Any word pertaining \"damage\"; especially out of today's black-dog buzzword \"<a href=\"https:\/\/bodyrecomposition.com\/fat-loss\/another-look-at-metabolic-damage.html\/\">Metabolic Damage\"; in my opinion nevertheless\u00a0<\/a><em><strong>should <\/strong><\/em>imply less of a <strong>binary negativity<\/strong>. If anything, it's a <strong>perfect response of Nature <\/strong>at\u00a0keeping us alive amidst dire resources.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"3e34a-0-0\"><span class=\"complexword\"><span data-offset-key=\"3e34a-0-0\">However<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"3e34a-1-0\"> such is also a period of\u00a0<\/span><strong>inrefutable\u00a0<\/strong><span data-offset-key=\"3e34a-1-2\"><strong>catabolism<\/strong>.<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"3e34a-1-3\">\u00a0It <\/span><span class=\"complexword\"><span data-offset-key=\"3e34a-2-0\">nevertheless<\/span><\/span> <span data-offset-key=\"3e34a-3-1\">puts\u00a0<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"3e34a-3-2\">my other primal\u00a0<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"3e34a-3-3\">needs\u00a0<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"3e34a-3-4\">- at a <\/span><span data-offset-key=\"3e34a-3-5\">compromise<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"3e34a-3-6\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"5d88o-0-0\">Eg. a subconscious deactivation of certain \"impulses\" - <\/span><span data-offset-key=\"5d88o-0-1\">libido &amp; reproductive systems.<\/span> <span class=\"veryhardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"5d88o-1-0\">Or hesitation against more exercise \/ caloric expenditure due to increased risk of delayed injury healing<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"5d88o-2-0\">. Or\u00a0the <\/span><span class=\"adverb\"><span data-offset-key=\"5d88o-3-0\">helplessly<\/span><\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/01\/ray-peat-phd-quotes-relating-to-exercise\/\"><span data-offset-key=\"5d88o-5-0\">excess lactic acid production during cortisol overload. <\/span><\/a><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"5d88o-6-0\">Whatever physiological and\/or psycho-social case may be - <\/span><span data-offset-key=\"5d88o-6-1\">what feeds in determines the fate - of what gets out<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"5d88o-7-0\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"ca45s-0-0\">\"Fat loss\" per se is not <\/span><span class=\"adverb\"><span data-offset-key=\"ca45s-1-0\">necessarily<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"ca45s-2-0\"> my goal of life. <\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"ca45s-3-0\">Despite vanity remain as my <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritional-humility.me\/oxystaging\/\/universe-25-mouse-utopia-part2-2\/\"><span data-offset-key=\"ca45s-4-0\">own primal admission of need<\/span><\/a><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"ca45s-5-0\"> - it has been interesting <\/span><\/span><span class=\"complexword\"><span data-offset-key=\"ca45s-6-0\">nevertheless<\/span><\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"ca45s-7-0\"> that\u00a0<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"ca45s-7-1\">I've stalled at a certain weight point<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"ca45s-8-0\">. Despite <\/span><span class=\"adverb\"><span data-offset-key=\"ca45s-9-0\">five-daily<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"ca45s-10-0\">\u00a0basis of &lt;1400 calorie starvation. Combine that with desire at maintaining fitness meritocracies &amp; withstanding daily stressors. Both easily accumulates enough for a perfect storm towards catabolic stresses.\u00a0Alas, necessary for survival within sociological stratification.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 5199px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/3evs0q.sn.files.1drv.com\/y4m9dxE7YXw1xWv_6hYihbxbJ-TyBw-KtdN4Mth4yfLU9xUFvo0-DHJGZXgNJx0JtA2GJLQWadJgYQ0D-40pnhc_qU3TnNfo2jzbz-3fUNzSyrxrnC8zXyfrT3HZUs3BLG76qi4jnsXg40w-1ktVKM_YS5sf2GmwHyqWjJ-FG3s_fUa9BuSm-0Jip6nx-zXiwxyAd0CXVqQxO7nnsuRjZET5w?width=5189&amp;height=649&amp;cropmode=none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/3evs0q.sn.files.1drv.com\/y4m9dxE7YXw1xWv_6hYihbxbJ-TyBw-KtdN4Mth4yfLU9xUFvo0-DHJGZXgNJx0JtA2GJLQWadJgYQ0D-40pnhc_qU3TnNfo2jzbz-3fUNzSyrxrnC8zXyfrT3HZUs3BLG76qi4jnsXg40w-1ktVKM_YS5sf2GmwHyqWjJ-FG3s_fUa9BuSm-0Jip6nx-zXiwxyAd0CXVqQxO7nnsuRjZET5w?width=5189&amp;height=649&amp;cropmode=none\" alt=\"Click here to download the entire 2018 glucose report\" width=\"5189\" height=\"649\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click here to download the entire 2018 glucose report. Blue line: <strong>Mean Value Line<\/strong>. Red Line: <strong>Mean Trend Line.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/n7x5aa.sn.files.1drv.com\/y4mEzoyMofLgH38jspasqdzr0nlTO9lnVBWrNiObjg34-yCseGcCOqdPrCuuwmJQk9pXF51mBOLp_sToWx7zyBb_uFRGTmoDl2Omqk4emgR_OaslPVxEEVyUDwds3QmWBsyT86NIUm-Iq--AxxNMoc034KD_0Sjb0QXg7qH88qNT5nzGjhTsmo_4L5qWSNM87aesF2x6ftBBUYxsVc1C5jAvQ?width=1024&amp;height=364&amp;cropmode=none\" width=\"1024\" height=\"364\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>2\/3<\/h2>\n<h3>More than 20 hours fasting? I'd say no.<\/h3>\n<p>That long of a fasting window to me - is <strong>borderline impractical and imposes<\/strong>\u00a0far more metabolic stresses than it already is. Once again, I am me. You are you. I am not obese. As a disclaimer - this is not a blanket gospel for <em><strong>all physiologies.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7q4l4\" data-offset-key=\"4mfuu-0-0\">\n<p class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"4mfuu-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"4mfuu-0-0\">Daily <\/span><span data-offset-key=\"4mfuu-0-1\">pragmatic caloric\u00a0<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"4mfuu-0-2\">needs - still remains a physiological necessity.\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/siimland.com\/the-ultimate-guide-to-taking-supplements-while-fasting\/\"><span data-offset-key=\"4mfuu-1-0\">A multivitamin may help <\/span><\/a><span data-offset-key=\"4mfuu-2-0\">a prolonged extended fast for any micronutrients gap.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"4mfuu-3-0\">But eating whole foods themselves, I'd wager - are more fulfilling\u00a0from a primal instinct perspective<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"4mfuu-4-0\">.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"complexword\"><span data-offset-key=\"4mfuu-5-0\">However<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"4mfuu-6-0\"> this necessitates a<strong> well-coordinated scheduling. And you guessed it - more-cost-per consumption event.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7q4l4\" data-offset-key=\"9coj3-0-0\">\n<p class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"9coj3-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"9coj3-0-0\">People do not also factor in - <\/span><strong>the sleeping window.<\/strong> <span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"9coj3-1-0\">Which that not only counts towards the number of calculated hours next to the (awakened) fasting window<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"9coj3-2-0\">. But also plays a role in both <\/span><span data-offset-key=\"9coj3-2-1\">digestive readiness and comfort.<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"9coj3-2-2\"> I <\/span><span class=\"adverb\"><span data-offset-key=\"9coj3-3-0\">plainly<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"9coj3-4-0\"> admit I'd love eating foods close to sleeping window. But too close?<strong> Caloric deficits once again are inevitable<\/strong>. <\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"9coj3-5-0\">Both my digestive capacity and readiness would blunt. Hence a risk to in<\/span><\/span><span class=\"adverb\"><span data-offset-key=\"9coj3-6-0\">effective<\/span><\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"9coj3-7-0\">\u00a0partitioning of calories<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"9coj3-8-0\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sadly, I hereby conclude - fasting beyond\u00a0<strong>20 hours threshold<\/strong>\u00a0- is likely too detrimental for my overall sustenance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7q4l4\" data-offset-key=\"66koo-0-0\">\n<p class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"66koo-0-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=one+meal+a+day&amp;oq=one+meal+a+day&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60l5.1199j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\"><span data-offset-key=\"66koo-0-0\">OMAD \/ One Meal A Day <\/span><\/a><span class=\"adverb\"><span data-offset-key=\"66koo-1-0\">seemingly<\/span><\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"66koo-2-0\"> appeals to many people, especially if they hold long and <\/span><\/span><span class=\"adverb\"><span data-offset-key=\"66koo-3-0\">actively<\/span><\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"66koo-4-0\"> demanding occupations<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"66koo-5-0\">. <\/span><span class=\"veryhardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"66koo-6-0\">But I'd wager that\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"adverb\"><span data-offset-key=\"66koo-7-0\">simultaneously<\/span><\/span><span class=\"veryhardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"66koo-8-0\">\u00a0compressing <\/span><span data-offset-key=\"66koo-8-1\">so much characteristics (acidity to sweet) could prove troublesome<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"66koo-9-0\">. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?ei=63YgXNCtF8XdvgSS05KICQ&amp;q=food+combining+principle&amp;oq=food+combining+principle&amp;gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i71l8.17892.17892..18009...0.0..0.0.0.......0....1..gws-wiz.6cAokFSopjY\"><span data-offset-key=\"66koo-10-0\">Food Combining<\/span><\/a><span data-offset-key=\"66koo-11-0\">\u00a0theory hence appears somewhat warranted.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/p7wldq.sn.files.1drv.com\/y4m_y24Mn8Okv_SqejoFigz3yDpD1qGCTo1j0j0Wnl-RdJuuQhF1a_CbdLp-QNthO-1ZQ5ONLkoMN7XGvMXPFlpSPWETUZU2xJkDKmuu0MSEl0c26WMghZqOrOA9Muu__XEjZfy92iB38SylqhGMdI39Ufke5nKIJ_ttIk9XFRaPD3f2nMuLupI92mgk2eNz-BpCdbai-xo_eG03oIqLiynOg?width=1024&amp;height=364&amp;cropmode=none\" width=\"1024\" height=\"364\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>3\/3<\/h2>\n<h3>People immediately assume I resort to all this by \"choice\".<\/h3>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7q4l4\" data-offset-key=\"f6l05-0-0\">\n<p class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"f6l05-0-0\"><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"f6l05-0-0\">A major problem this way of life imposes, five years strong since 2014\u00a0 - is withstanding every outside frowns and assumptions<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"f6l05-1-0\">. I am <\/span><span class=\"adverb\"><span data-offset-key=\"f6l05-2-0\">constantly<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"f6l05-3-0\"> at risk of <\/span><span class=\"passivevoice\"><span data-offset-key=\"f6l05-4-0\">being seen<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"f6l05-5-0\"> as\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=dole+bludgers&amp;oq=dole+bludgers&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.3120j1j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\"><span data-offset-key=\"f6l05-6-0\">a resentful, non-significant footnote to society. <\/span><\/a><span data-offset-key=\"f6l05-7-0\">Under pedestrian's lexicon - they assume I still have \"choices\". <\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"f6l05-8-0\">Worse, they resort to politics of \"-isms\" \/ gender inequalit\"-isms\" to weaponise their arguments<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"f6l05-9-0\">. I beg them to reconsider; over the unreconciled death &amp; suicide\u00a0<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"f6l05-10-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/264825579_Suicide_and_hegemonic_masculinity_Australian_Case_Studies\">statistics on men alone.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nevertheless \"man\" or \"woman\" - you must understand what true \"scarcity\" is. It is beyond \"finances\". But <strong>deeply rooted at biological level.<\/strong> Depleting enough of your mineral reserves &amp; glycogen amidst silent pains of metabolic adaptations. For meeting both that of your <em>abilities<\/em> (fitness) and <em>liabilities<\/em>\u00a0(sociological).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>There is no room for \"politics\" in the realm of nutritional \"fasting\".<a href=\"https:\/\/nutritional-humility.me\/oxystaging\/\/what-i-actually-eat-cyclical-intermittent-fasting\/\"> I've said this before<\/a>, I will stress it again. In the context for life's preservation - <strong>Fasting is not a \"choice\".\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Why? Because it is NOT a hedonic or metabolically a beneficiary \"privilege\". Hence, it is NOT a \"choice\". It is easy to fall prey to subscribe that Autophagy is a readily state of\u00a0rejuvenation <strong>from<\/strong> catabolism. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cavemandoctor.com\/2012\/05\/05\/not-so-fast-the-potential-negatives-of-intermittent-fasting\/\">But such a state is not without its concerns<\/a>. \"Choices\" assumes there is always a longing for a <em><strong>politicised,<\/strong><\/em> sentimentalised - \"lesser-evil\" option. Except sadly there is little, if at all - \"lesser-evil\" ways at sentimentalising \"<strong>choices<\/strong>\" in Nature. Period.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7q4l4\" data-offset-key=\"6s1vj-0-0\">\n<p class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"6s1vj-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"6s1vj-0-0\">Whomever you were. Names undisclosed - condescending me down to the depths of all directions. <\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"6s1vj-1-0\">I implore one day waves of change <\/span><\/span><span class=\"complexword\"><span data-offset-key=\"6s1vj-2-0\">shall<\/span><\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"6s1vj-3-0\"> overthrow all your prior\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritional-humility.me\/oxystaging\/\/survivorship-bias\/\"><span data-offset-key=\"6s1vj-4-0\">Survivorship Bias and unsolicited advices<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"6s1vj-5-0\">down my throat<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"6s1vj-6-0\">. <\/span><span data-offset-key=\"6s1vj-6-1\">It's not a matter of how. It is a matter of when<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"6s1vj-6-2\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Until such time arrives, I shall leave you quietly at absorbing your own pitiful remorse.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/p7wtdq.sn.files.1drv.com\/y4mbsuYeGH_GBAvwyo4fobE6CvUvaL4EE_GCZSoKMtC9aoeQGuRJBcfJZkL9GkVtrLzxyTJz0R--Nkkk05uNkHHM942YMIQM_psDcIemz_jxZ1TyiOc2aBahGPv5ToVWMlveQw_kCiuSpZKEOu8XppNY7Nn6dTqaWeAxwCEijSbYj6_RBG8vBVXeMBfjy48-27lzyWg9pZRyeA0vIxlxiu0dw?width=1280&amp;height=720&amp;cropmode=none\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Intermittent Fasting; nevertheless is here to stay.<\/h1>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7q4l4\" data-offset-key=\"2qjdg-0-0\">\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"2qjdg-0-0\"><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"2qjdg-0-0\">Looking back at the dawn of my very first day of intermittent fasting, <\/span><span data-offset-key=\"2qjdg-0-1\">on Christmas of 2017<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"2qjdg-0-2\">- prepared me a year of resilience like no other<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"2qjdg-1-0\">.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"veryhardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"2qjdg-2-0\">Fasting <\/span><\/span><span class=\"adverb\"><span data-offset-key=\"2qjdg-3-0\">intermittently<\/span><\/span><span class=\"veryhardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"2qjdg-4-0\">, combined with further (<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2018\/oct\/16\/more-than-three-million-australians-living-in-poverty-acoss-report-reveals\"><span data-offset-key=\"2qjdg-5-0\">to nearing point of dire<\/span><\/a><span class=\"veryhardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"2qjdg-6-0\">) austerity\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"complexword\"><span data-offset-key=\"2qjdg-7-0\">both<\/span><\/span><span class=\"veryhardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"2qjdg-8-0\"> reinforces my\u00a0<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"2qjdg-8-1\">own Self-Authenticity<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"2qjdg-9-0\">. For prevailing against <\/span><span class=\"complexword\"><span data-offset-key=\"2qjdg-10-0\">each and every<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"2qjdg-11-0\"> hour of <strong>hunger, condescends and turbulences.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>I am convinced such an eventual instinct - has to be <strong>Intermittent Fasting<\/strong>. It allows us to reignite - our inert, INDIVIDUAL and\u00a0 biological definition - <strong>of what \"enough\" means<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7q4l4\" data-offset-key=\"f7918-0-0\">\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"f7918-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"f7918-0-0\">Waking up to dawn with no food then begins - the authenticity - of life's tests. <\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"f7918-1-0\">When Food arrives <\/span><\/span><span class=\"adverb\"><span data-offset-key=\"f7918-2-0\">inevitably<\/span><\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"f7918-3-0\"> on the table -\u00a0<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"f7918-3-1\">you <strong>will reinterpret them that much more <\/strong><\/span><\/span><strong><span class=\"adverb\">authentically<\/span><span class=\"hardreadability\"> as sustenance<\/span><\/strong><span data-offset-key=\"f7918-6-0\">.<\/span> <span class=\"veryhardreadability\"><span data-offset-key=\"f7918-7-0\">Rather\u00a0than blind hedonic <strong>impulses<\/strong> <strong>glamourised<\/strong> amongst pedestrian billboards, glossy packaging, and TV screens<\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"f7918-8-0\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/p7wmdq.sn.files.1drv.com\/y4mPLXLiQSrmJDJgZH8ZDTJGfTrp9Y92bq0RXJ10-oTJxy5ZdXnBKjSbfE186E-X7te1DF6cSSPyItOO_Jya67g-DCTB7xnY3p_Rnmpwp6L9u0ZsowFk9Yv1-Ok2Kwugy-QLS5_CIrnD7lr0ovOOhyR7pZH90DNxJD6qgVnMxdDaEKiZI4Ccd2ZRQZ0FvyfO0CWbK8WF7IWfRQkLKggRT3k8A?width=1663&amp;height=938&amp;cropmode=none\" width=\"1663\" height=\"938\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>End part 1 of 4.<\/h1>\n<p>Meanwhile, what could be more better than celebrating end of year without <a href=\"https:\/\/nutritional-humility.me\/oxystaging\/\/this-is-humility-whey-cheesecake-v2\/\">an improved whey cheesecake recipe?<\/a> With up to 40% less resource cost? Be sure to check it out and leave a comment.<\/p>\n<p>I implore all readers throughout reading this frugal \"Nutritional Annual Report\" - what you make out of reading this account is <strong>how<\/strong>ever up to you. You may mirror my \"opinion\" but not exactly a 1:1 match and ratio - of my unknown deficiencies or metabolic incapacities.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritional-humility.me\/oxystaging\/\/2018-annual-food-for-thoughts-cyclical-ketoif-2-4\/\">Next part<\/a> I'll discuss notable highlights and interventions thus far .<\/h6>\n<p>--<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rain or shine, I shouldered both just enough to make ends meet. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-4302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thoughts","tag-anniversary"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2018 Annual Food For Thoughts: Cyclical Keto+IF (1\/4) - fair-enough.me<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Another year of nutritional resilience. 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