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Dr. Jason Fung - 'Therapeutic Fasting - Solving the Two-Compartment Problem'

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What it is

Dr. Jason Fung, a nephrologist, explains therapeutic fasting as a treatment for obesity and type 2 diabetes. He frames it around the two-compartment problem of fat storage and insulin resistance.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters repeatedly recommend it as a free, evidence-citing overview of fasting that counters worries about muscle loss and safety.

  • 7 people recommended it
  • 8 different months
  • 3 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “Two videos I recommend everyone watch relating to diet”

    Recommended for everyone on diet and health.

    loceng, 2019-02 · Strong recommendation · in “Paul Graham on the Transition to Meat Substitutes”

  2. “the following presentation is a nice overview of his work, findings and results of therapeutic fasting”

    Nice overview of Fung's work on therapeutic fasting.

    fast_throwaway, 2017-02 · Recommendation · in “Live slow, die old: Mounting evidence for caloric restriction in humans”

  3. “Dr. Jason Fung [1] has some fascinating videos on Youtube about why fasting isn't bad.”

    Explains why fasting is not bad, including muscle loss myth.

    RobertRoberts, 2018-03 · Recommendation · in “Complete and Voluntary Starvation of 50 days”

  4. “I found this video especially interesting”

    Free alternative to his book.

    jerrycruncher, 2018-04 · Recommendation · in “Features of a successful therapeutic fast of 382 days' duration (1973)”

  5. “Also, here's a short video by him”

    Short video by Fung alongside his book.

    donniefitz2, 2019-07 · Recommendation · in “Meal timing strategies appear to lower appetite, improve fat burning”

  6. “But here's some material I went over to educate myself and convinced me that it's perfectly safe”

    Material that convinced commenter prolonged fasting is safe.

    ravenstine, 2020-02 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What Skills to Acquire in 2020?”

  7. “Dr. Jason Fung is a great resource”

    Fung is a great resource for extended fasting.

    lukifer, 2020-02 · Recommendation · in “Signs of cancer can appear long before diagnosis, study shows”

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

Topics: fasting, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, obesity, jason fung

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