FMD - Fast Mimicking Diet combined with Intermittent fasting

Once again i will start my first FMD cycle, for the next 5 days. What do you need to have, in order to do this?

For the 5 days diet, i have lots of veggies, nuts and the supplements (one multivitamin/multimineral and one omega 3 daily). Basically in the day one you can have 2 big plates of veggies, fresh or/and boiled, and snack (a handful of nuts) and one omega 3 pill + one multivitamin/multimineral pill. On the days 2-5 it is the same diet, but the 2 plates of vegetables will change from big to medium, on day 6 you can resume your normal diet. 

What are the effects of this diet?

1. Reduced abdominal fat and circumference - FMD get the body in the fat burning mode, mainly using abdominal/visceral fat, but also liver fat (linked to diabetes and other diseases).

2. Major drop in the inflammatory risk factor, C-reactive protein

3. Reduction in the total and LDL cholesterol

4. Lowering of triglycerides

5. Reduction in systolic and diastolic blood pressure

6. Reduction in fasting glucose.

7. Cell renewal/regeneration and autophagy -new cell production via stem cell activation and regeneration inside the cell (autophagy), while causing damaged and old cells to die or reset.

The results can be improved when is combined with an eating interval of 12 hours or less (eating only in the eating interval, so for example if you get a 12 hours interval - 8-20, you will eat only between those hours, and nothing except water between 20-8 - this is called intermittent fasting). Out of the hat, i am also thinking that the mitochondrial activity and the autophagy can be increased if we are able to do the Wim Hof cold shower technique. 

I will tell you how i feel after 5 days. See you soon. Take care of yourself!

G.