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Dr. Jason Fung: Fasting as a Therapeutic Option for Weight Loss

CrossFit · talk · Watch on YouTube

Nutrition & diet scienceMedicine & infectious disease

What it is

Dr. Jason Fung's talk at the 2018 CrossFit Health Conference on therapeutic fasting for weight loss. He explains why long-term weight loss is hard and tackles common myths.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN people point to Fung as the best resource for understanding fasting and weight loss.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “you should check out this talk to understand why that's the case”

    Talk explaining why fasting may differ.

    jorda0mega, 2019-09 · Recommendation · in “Effects of short-term fasting on cancer treatment”

  2. “Look up Jason Fung on youtube. Great stuff....”

    Jason Fung on fasting.

    hourislate, 2020-06 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Have you experimented with diet/food? what was the result?”

  3. “The best resource for weight loss via fasting is Dr. Jason Fung”

    Best resource for weight loss via fasting.

    shaicoleman, 2020-11 · Recommendation · in “As an older guy I've finally figured out weight-loss”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: jason fung, weight loss, type 2 diabetes, fasting, nutrition

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