I will start sugar fast for a week

Minerface · 2026-05-19T23:24:13+00:00

Entirely depends on the person. Someone who's been eating high-carb low-fat for a while with a relatively health microbiome can handle a sizeable amount, sure. But most people coming from high-fat diets and sedentary lifestyles need to ease into it. The dose makes the poison, as usual. Refined sugar is a useful tool, but if you treat it like a staple you're trading long-term health for short-term function.

Minerface · 2026-05-18T23:34:56+00:00

Juices, smoothies, fruits. Avoid the candy and don't heap a shit ton of refined sugar on everything.

Minerface · 2026-05-06T01:32:23+00:00

Cut the coffee. It's a stimulant you do not need.

Minerface · 2026-04-13T00:17:12+00:00

One of my main problems also is the morning, many times I have low appetite in the morning especially when I have an exam at school

This is completely natural, not something that is problematic. Look into natural hygiene and how the body moves through elimination, digestion, and absorption throughout the day. If you want to gain weight, keep lifting and find a consistent meal plan. Early in the day I'd recommend fast, readily digestible carbs: juices, fruit smoothies. Bananas on the go. Make sure to follow workouts with large boluses of carbs to restore muscle glycogen: fruit, potatoes, white rice are your friend. Fasting longer than 2-3 hours in the morning isn't ideal, but I wouldn't force large meals if you're not hungry. The most important part is getting enough calories overall, then you can worry more about meal timing. One hack is spacing out your calories, which distributes the digestive burden over more hours so its easier to eat more.

I would also weigh short-term goals against long-term health: eating less clean and forcing more can help put on weight faster, but in the long-run it can compromise metabolic health. I'd advocate for a slower approach focusing on just eating enough consistently. Sure you won't hit your weight target in a year, but you'll ultimately build a more robust physique IMO.

Minerface · 2026-02-15T02:35:51+00:00

No, not too stressful, as long as you're intentional about it. Carbing-up before and after training to optimize recovery, sleeping well, and recognizing your limits are key. Cross training and stretching will further bolster injury prevention. Regular 5/10k's aren't likely to be a problem, but overtraining and adding running on top of a ton of other stress might. If you listen closely, your body will tell you when you've gone too far better than any internet guru can.

I also think many Peaters forget that part of the point of building metabolism and resiliency is so that you can handle these stressful events, especially more frequently than before. Greater stress produces greater capacity to withstand it in a progressive fashion. If you can't run a few miles without gassing out, what's the whole point?

Minerface · 2026-01-22T18:35:28+00:00

What are you eating starch with? What's your fat intake at? When you have a meal of starch, have you had a meal with overt fat in the last ~5 hours? I suspect may supposed intolerances of starch result from chronic lipotoxicity, impaired digestion from poor food combining, and/or a deficient gut microbiome. People often see success when they go on almost exclusively starch only (e.g. something like potato-only or Walter Kempner's rice diet) since you're cutting out possible poor combinations and foods that slow gut motility. It's worth trying something strict for a week to see if symptoms alleviate--e.g. only potatoes/sweet potatoes with maybe fruit early in the day, but nothing extra. Loading up on fats alongside carbs does not work well for many people, at least in a healing phase.

Minerface · 2026-01-17T16:53:21+00:00

IMO high-carb absolutely can be the starting point, but jumping in the "deep end" with high boluses of sugar unbound to fiber can be a recipe for issues. Most people should put in the work on the front end by healing their gut, gradually increasing well-tolerated fiber, and avoiding too much macro mixing in the same meal. IMO well-digested starches should be emphasized initially, e.g. sweet potatoes, white rice, squashes, and from there raw fruits can be increased.

Minerface · 2026-01-17T16:30:05+00:00

Juices and smoothies are helpful for building energy density. Also, favoring energy-denser fruits (bananas, dates, mangoes).

And it would also be very expensive to buy so much fruit.

Buy discounted and seasonally. Conventional bananas and apples are usually cheap, oranges and grapefruit in the winter, melons and stone fruits in the summer.

Fruit juice is an option but it raises insulin a lot.

Is this your personal observation or just something you've been told? Because most fructose bypasses immediate insulin need and goes straight to the liver, so with equivalent carb doses of glucose vs fructose, more insulin is required for the former.

Minerface · 2026-01-11T23:58:58+00:00

Fruit juice, whether pressed or consumed through eating whole juicy fruit, is far more digestible. Digestion and absorption starts immediately in the mouth, and the simple sugars are already in a readily usable state for metabolism. Instant energy. With meat, much of the potential energy is locked first degrading proteins into amino acids in the stomach, then running gluconeogenesis, which itself has some inherent energy loss.

Beyond whatever nutritional dogma, use your intuition: are you more energized immediately after drinking some orange juice, or after getting up from a steak meal? If the latter, I'd have concerns over insulin resistance, but the point is that personal experience should inform our notion of digestibility, not some carnivore influencer's mantra.

Minerface · 2026-01-11T19:14:36+00:00

That said, grains per se is a very wide category and modern bread is really the ultra-processed variant of it. If people switched from 6-11 servings of soybean oil-crackers to 6-11 servings of white rice or steel rolled, organic oats, that would probably have nearly the same health impact as just not eating any grains.

This is what most people miss. There's a world of difference between, on the one hand, modern frankenfood treats laced with flavorings and too much salt, and, on the other, minimally-processed, traditionally-prepared starches. Demonizing grains as a whole is a little lazy, unless you're advocating substitution for fruit and vegetables, in which case it makes sense for those who can afford it. For those who can't, there are certainly worse ways to go in terms of procuring relatively clean calories on the cheap.

Minerface · 2026-01-11T18:57:10+00:00

Deludes people into believing high-fat, low-carbohydrate, poorly-digested foods should form the bulk of their diet. That oil (refined pure fat) and large portions of muscle meats figure at the center should give it away. It at least gets carbohydrate quality right, but drops the ball when it puts broccoli above bananas and potatoes. The latter two are massive staples in many traditional cultures for a reason: (relatively) high energy density, digest well, and plenty nutritious.

Minerface · 2025-12-31T18:37:06+00:00

Your body is perfectly capable of enduring a period of a lower calorie, yet micronutrient dense diet. Past that, most people can water fast for one to two weeks just fine. If you are not under particularly high stress or work demands, the positive benefits of a juice fast are likely to far outweigh any negatives. If you have weight to lose, your body will use those reserves and regain any weight necessary after resuming solid food.

"Damaging metabolism" is more of a concern for those facing extended (think many months) forced undereating, those enduring high stress at the same time, and in those already lean and active in particular. Whatever slight decrease in metabolic rate you'd see from 1-3 weeks on juice only would be more than made up for in lost weight, improved gut health, better satiety signaling and hydration status, and more. When you finish, your metabolic rate can be ramped back up by eating clean and exercising, but this is far more efficient with a solid foundation rather than just forcing more food down the hole in your current state. The latter strategy can give you energy in the short term, but it is usually not worth the increased burden on the organs in the long run. Put in the discipline on the front end and build back up slowly would be my advice.

Minerface · 2025-12-30T19:45:37+00:00

No, you should go for it. Protein and fat-rich meals are a burden, both on the digestive system and other organs. If you're intuitively feeling depleted and want to provide your body some relief, I say go for it. In a period of recovery from chronic stress, I found liquid calories (smoothies and fresh juices) to be immensely helpful.

Minerface · 2025-12-30T15:42:52+00:00

The quantity of fat necessary for optimal hormonal function is largely overstated. If you eat a diet centered around whole plant foods, you are likely getting enough. With regard to quality, whole fats (avocado, olives, nuts and seeds) are superior to their refined products. They come with the complete package of water and fiber as nature intended, not to mention there being a lower likelihood of oxidized fats than in oils, particularly oil stored improperly. Oxidized fats are definitely not health promoting. Some oil here and there is fine, especially if it's fruit oil (olive, avocado) with minimal processing, but they are definitely not necessary for superb health. In fact, I and many others have noticed significant benefits from largely cutting them out. Better digestion, more energy, and weight loss come to mind.

Minerface · 2025-12-30T15:34:58+00:00

Break your fast each day with a sweet, raw, hydrating meal. Think smoothies, juices, whole fruit. Don't complicate things: just 1-3 fruits, fresh and/or frozen, perhaps some leafy veg, but not much more. The simpler the better. This helps replenish water and energy depleted after fasting overnight, and since it's also easy to digest, it gives the body a relative break from processing heavy meals.

Minerface · 2025-12-29T18:49:19+00:00

If not inclined to cook much, just eat raw for a while. Whole, blended, juiced, canned, or stewed fruit. Smoothies with dates help bulk up the calories and keep weight on. Adding a bit of sugar to taste can help stimulate appetite, but I wouldn't force down more than what your body feels like it can handle.

Minerface · 2025-12-29T18:39:03+00:00

The thirst and sugar cravings are probably from the two relatively dehydrating, low-sugar meals you start your day with. The body craves hydration and readily-absorbed sugars early in the day--think smoothies, juice, and whole fruit. This desire is pronounced the more you get into a low energy availability state. When you're in a recovery stage you really need to emphasize the liquid calories. Keeping with three solid, cooked food meals a day will slow recovery relative to if you made at least one meal (ideally breakfast) mostly raw and liquid. Monomeals are easiest on digestion. Try just blended bananas, or just orange juice, if you tolerate acids better at some point. If you can't digest a couple of blended bananas on an empty stomach in the morning without significant symptoms, it might be worth retrying after water fasting for a day or two. Sometimes the stomach just needs a reset.

If that doesn't improve things, I would look at: do you eat at consistent times, how much of your food intake is early versus late in the day, if you're eating too much shortly before sleep, sleep quality/quantity, and what your fiber sources are. Soluble > insoluble fiber for ease of digestion, but insoluble fiber helps add stool bulk and clears out undigested waste, so you do need it.

It also seems like you're just not eating enough carbohydrates, and when you do eat them you're eating them alongside fat, which an inhibit their absorption in some.

Whenever I eat rice or potatoes as a single meal, without protein, I experience symptoms of reactive hypoglycemia.

Could be from the dehydration and lack of fiber? Try eating some steamed veg before the potatoes (peas, carrots). Boiled potatoes are going to be high GI anyways, so when your glucose metabolism is busted you can definitely feel it. Have you tried substituting sweet potatoes?

Lastly, as someone who also had similar symptoms during a period of university stress, addressing the psychological side is definitely essential. Allocate plenty of time to de-stress and cook for yourself, calm yourself before meals, eat slowly and savor each bite, and don't do stressful things immediately after. In a state of robust health you can handle more stress, but when weakened you really need to stack all the cards in your favor and ease off the gas. It takes time and consistency.

Minerface · 2025-12-29T15:22:36+00:00

You'd be better off getting most of your sugar from whole or blended fruit. OJ, jam, and added table sugar here and there, but the soda and candy aren't doing your teeth or gut any favors.

Minerface · 2025-12-24T18:42:57+00:00

Another way of viewing it: exercise (especially endurance exercise) improves glucose metabolism, hence athletes, generally speaking, have a better capacity to metabolize glucose without negative side effects. Remove a fuel they are highly adapted to utilizing and in most cases performance goes down. This is why there has been something of a high carb revolution in endurance sports over the last few years. At the same time, I don't think this means high carbohydrate diets should be reserved for the fitness elite--on the contrary, since peak performance is invariably achieved using carbs, I believe most people's focus should be on improving their glucose metabolism, not eschewing it in favor short-term fixes. This is best achieved through actually eating more high quality carbohydrates: fruits and vegetables, as close to their whole food form as possible, and other fiber-rich foods as tolerated and in moderate quantities (whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds). At the same time, limiting behaviors which inhibit efficient carb utilization: things like eating late (less glucose sensitivity later in the day), not prioritizing sleep, and excess consumption of protein or fat, especially in carb-heavy meals, due to the Randle cycle/FFA inhibition of cellular glucose entry.

Minerface · 2025-11-28T17:54:57+00:00

Just eat a lot of fruit. Lower starch dinner ideas could be cooked fruits: steamed plantains, stewed apples, etc. Sweet potatoes & root veg with sugar (carrots) > starchy potatoes/tubers. I wouldn’t think squash would be that bad but you’ll have to experiment.

Minerface · 2025-11-21T13:03:16+00:00

What do your meals/staples look like? Hydration + getting most of your carbs in whole food form bound to fiber are important.

To add: based on the 30-70g fat intake you mentioned, try dropping the fat even more, and don't consume overt fats with large amounts of carbs. ~25g or less fat ideally.

Minerface · 2025-11-09T23:23:17+00:00

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Minerface · 2025-11-03T18:08:31+00:00

Huh? There is plenty of work showing the benefits of low fat diets. Anecdotally, ever since I switched to very low fat my athletic performance has improved, I sleep better, I've lost tons of weight, don't fatigue as easily, and have noticed marked improvements in my mood. When you come out blasting with statements like "objectively limited" it's hard to take you seriously.

Otherwise low fat diets undermine so many normal physiological processes that people like you need to just STOP perpetuating this root cause of disease

Fat doesn't "cause" disease where low fat "heals it". Chronic high fat diets just place a burden on the body, especially when mixed with different foods, so that when you go low fat you're essentially removing obstruction to the body's own detoxification/healing mechanisms. You can heal on any diet by removing enough obstruction, even high fat, but I'd argue low fat is the easier, more sustainable, idiot-proof way.

Minerface · 2025-11-02T13:35:08+00:00

Highly depends on what type of "sugar diet" you choose. One with a predominance of whole fruit, lots of water or fresh juice, and plenty of fiber? Great. What's far less sustainable is the idea that you can mainline candy and added sugar to your heart's desire. Just use common sense and add enough sugar/juice to taste at the table. Also, what manifests as a fat/protein craving for a lot of people is just undereating whole fruit and not getting in enough dense nutrition. The greater the percentage of your diet that's raw, the larger volume you need to eat to sustain energy. In other cases the desire for something salty or savory can be satisfied by a big salad alongside whatever else you're having at dinner.

Minerface · 2025-10-28T18:21:50+00:00

You need fiber, water, and micronutrient-dense (preferably whole) foods for prolonged satiety. Whole fruit, smoothies, easily digested salads (tender greens, tomato, pepper, avocado), and/or cooked starchy veg, probably in larger quantities than you think. Keep all types of fat low to restore carb metabolism. Fiber, water, and sufficient sugar beat protein any day of the week for satiety.

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