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Intermittent fasting is when you don’t eat for a determined amount of time, and eat all of your calories during an ‘eating window’.

Eg: fast for 16 hours, eat for 8. Repeat every day. Most people do this by skipping breakfast and lunch, and eating around dinner time. Or you can do a 24 hour fast every 3 days or so. There are a ton of variations that you can look up.

The whole idea is to deprive your body of external energy sources so that it can dig into its internal energy sources aka your fat tissue. The concept is there but most of the information we have about it comes from people’s subjective experiences whereas the scientific literature haven’t found any significant differences in terms of fat loss between people who do IF, and people who simply calorie restrict. Yes, it is considered to be safe when done right. It’s just another way to control your eating habits and cut some fat. As long as you hit your daily caloric and macro goals, and eat good foods, you’re safe. A lot of people report reduced craving for junk food on the days they fast, but for others IF triggers episodes of binge eating. So it really comes down to what works for your body and lifestyle.

Anyone wanting to try IF needs to also be aware that results are varied by the time you spend fasting, if interested go download the app called Zero, this app does all the time management for you at the click of a button.

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So here it is: a brief outline of what Lion’s Mane is and what the best Lion’s Mane supplement would look like. The information is all based on research papers.

Here are some highlights from examine.com about Lion’s Mane (aka Yamabushitake):

“As the water soluble extract seems to be less potent than other fractions, it may be best to take Yamabushitake with meals if in supplemental form”

Remark: Indeed alcohol and fat-soluble active compounds like the terpenes in Lion’s Mane are best taken with food. .

“Currently, the only human study has used an oral dose of 1,000mg Yamabushitake (96% purity extract) thrice daily for a cumulative total of 3,000mg extract. While it is unknown if this is the optimal dose or not, it appeared to be effective.”

Remark: The case-study did not use an extract but ground-up dried mushrooms in a cookie. Not extracted, not pure.

“Yamabushitake ethanolic extract appears to increase NGF mRNA levels, and this has been confirmed following oral administration to mice”

“Secretion of NGF from astrocytes has been noted to be increased with incubation of Yamabushitake ethanolic extract”

“[The alcohol-soluble mero-terpene known as]Hericenone Bappears to potently and specifically inhibit collagen-induced platelet aggregation, with other hericenones not having much of an effect and other forms of aggregation not being significantly affected. The concentration this occurs at suggests that it is biologically relevant. [Hericenone B is only found in the fruiting body]”

Remark: The information on examine.com needs updating. The research from the past 4 years in particular has been focussing on the NGF-inducing effects but is missing from examine.com. Several interesting papers have been published.

Let’s begin with Lion’s Mane, it is a mushroom more formally known as Hericium erinaceus, which is an edible and medicinal mushroom belonging to the tooth fungus group. Native to North America, Europe and Asia it can be identified by its long spines, its appearance on hardwoods and its tendency to grow a single clump of dangling spines.

One of the benefits of the this fantastic mushroom is it reducing mild anxiety, I have tried this before and it personally has been a game changer for me. I know take it almost everyday.

It also treat Dementia and Ulcers. Additionally, animal studies have found that lion’s mane may help protect against Alzheimer’s disease, a degenerative brain disease that causes progressive memory loss.

It also helps against mild cognitive dysfunction.

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Here is the link to Lion’s Mane: https://amzn.to/2ZVKMkk

Now we will move on to Vitamin B-12, a majority of people have a deficiency of B-12 due to not getting enough from their diets. I personally had this problem which led me to brain fog and other cognitive issues. I then started looking for an alternative because I was not getting enough through my diet and vegan’s for sure are not getting enough because it mainly comes from red meat, eggs, and other sources of protein. Nonetheless, I found a bio available compound from a company named Vegansafe, they are a fantastic company that produces high quality B-12 supplementation.

Here is the Amazon link: https://amzn.to/39EbWAs

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