Summary of Jason Fung, Eve Mayer & Megan Ramos's Life in the Fasting Lane

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview: #1 I was always afraid of science, and that’s why I was fat for as long as I was. But something changed, and I became curious about what was going on in my body. I learned that my body can either be focused on storing energy or burning energy, but not both at the same time. When I eat less often, my body has more time to burn energy and fat.

#2 Fasting is a great way to cleanse your body and give it the nutrients it needs. It is worth exploring whether you want to lose three pounds or three hundred pounds, or simply improve your health. The best scientific proof you can get is trying it and feeling the changes in your own body.

#3 Many diseases are caused in part by excess body fat. Losing weight increases your good cholesterol levels and lowers your triglyceride levels, which helps reduce the risk of those same diseases.

#4 When we eat, the pancreas secretes the hormone insulin, which signals to the rest of the body that food is now available for energy conversion. The body stores food energy in two different ways: as sugar and as body fat.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669356578

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was always afraid of science, and that’s why I was fat for as long as I was. But something changed, and I became curious about what was going on in my body. I learned that my body can either be focused on storing energy or burning energy, but not both at the same time. When I eat less often, my body has more time to burn energy and fat.

#2

Fasting is a great way to cleanse your body and give it the nutrients it needs. It is worth exploring whether you want to lose three pounds or three hundred pounds, or simply improve your health. The best scientific proof you can get is trying it and feeling the changes in your own body.

#3

Many diseases are caused in part by excess body fat. Losing weight increases your good cholesterol levels and lowers your triglyceride levels, which helps reduce the risk of those same diseases.

#4

When we eat, the pancreas secretes the hormone insulin, which signals to the rest of the body that food is now available for energy conversion. The body stores food energy in two different ways: as sugar and as body fat.

#5

Insulin is the hormone that signals the body to convert food into energy. It also regulates the body’s glucose levels by helping to extract glucose from the blood and store it in the liver or body fat.

#6

If you are diabetic, your symptoms may include increased thirst, fatigue, blurred vision, hunger even though you’re eating more than you normally do, frequent urination, tingling, pain, or numbness in your hands or feet. But you may not have any symptoms.

#7

Fasting helps regulate your hormones, and it’s more than a diet; it resets your body’s internal controls, allowing it to burn the right amount of energy to keep you alive.

#8

Our bodies have two states: the fed state, when we have eaten and insulin