Keto and Fasting, it really works fast and easy to improve our Quality of Life as pilots.
So I am writing this blog because Keto is easy, doesn’t take time, and works great when you don’t have many healthy choices in Airports or Airplanes.
Below are some experts that I follow on YouTube that have changed my life healthwise.
Dr. Eric Berg is a very good and charismatic teacher that makes a huge impact. He takes the time to enlighten us on the newest health and anti aging research and put it in practical terms.
Dr Fung, Endocrinologist, talks about Intermittent fasting and Keto style diets. He believes that insulin and sugar may be the cause of all the weight gain, inflammation and most chronic diseases. Hear what he has to say with an open mind!
Thomas DeLauer, Trainer to the Hollywood stars, has a great introduction to how to get started in your more Ketogenic lifestyle. Do this incrementally and keep following these guys, they motivate!
Here is my trick: You need to do this in 3-5 day cycles. Don’t eat ANY sugar or carbs for about two days. This starts to put your body in ketogenesis, where you are burning fats versus using your stored glycogen. Hunger waves may occur about 8 -15 hours into this cycle. Then when your body loses its addiction to sugar then it goes away for good. With practice, you may not feel any hunger pains at all. When I start an airline trip, I usually fasted (water only fast) for 36 hours and that quickly places your body in Ketogenesis. I was losing 2-5 lbs a cycle. You don’t even need to workout, but I recommend you do a little strength and cardio training.
Foods to Eat:
Hard boiled eggs, bacon, meats, cheeses, avocado’s, salads (skip carrots for awhile), burger with cheese, bacon on a bed of spinach, salmon and salad, sushimi, poke, guacamole, …..scotch and an occasional light beer. Anything with healthy fats..
Avoid: banana’s, carrots, fruit in general (to speed the weight loss), bread, burger buns, any desserts, and health bar with carbs. Anything like chips and so forth.