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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been intermittent fasting for about four years now. I started during peri-menopause when I had really bad symptoms, including what felt like early onset dementia. I also reduced inflammatory (for me) foods, and limited carbs by not eating grains. I eat a very whole foods, vegetable heavy and protein heavy diet with things like salmon, olive oil, broccoli, chicken, etc. I generally just have dinner, but I'm flexible, on both the diet and the timing around family and celebration (so I would go out to a lunch, but not have dinner, or just a light snack). My weight is normal and I feel great. The fasting without lowering carbs was undoable for me, but where I am now is really sustainable (and my cognition is much, much improved).[/quote]

Not OP but I really want to know more about this! How long did it take for your symptoms to improve? Do you think your diet or your eating schedule helped the most or was it a combination ? Do you not eat any grains at all? What kind of carbs do you eat? Sorry for the ambush but I’m trying to do the Galveston diet which is basically what you’re describing  (it’s for peri/menopause symptoms) and I am struggling with it and wondering if I can still get some improvement with half-assing things. [/quote]

My symptoms were better within two weeks when I really did it. I was hoping that for me that I wouldn't have to make as dramatic changes as I ended up making. For example, I discovered that things didn't really improve for me when I continued to get Starbucks with tons and tons of soy milk (which was really sweet). I would get a venti of that several times a day (also not good financially). I finally went to black coffee. When I got really strict with absolutely no sugar, and longer windows, it was pretty quick. I would say that all of my carbs come from vegetables, which I do not restrict at all. I guess a little from nuts and seeds. I'm at about 40-50 grams of carbs a day (I don't really track that, but that's my guess). It looks like the Galveston diet is like Whole30, but with whole grains? I was experimenting with things from Whole30, Dale Bresden, and Jason Fung. I think they key takeaway for me is that 1) you need to reduce your insulin resistance, and 2) you need to remove things that are inflammatory for you. For number 1, I think that is really individual specific. For some people just a six hour eating window will accomplish that. Others will need to reduce the window and carbohydrates. [/quote]

The Starbucks thing is probably the soy which messes with estrogen at a time when hormones are already changing and a mess.

On a related note, I did IF for years and lost weight and loved it. But when I hit peri menopause, I think it was messing with my hormones and causing me to gain weight. I read “fast like a girl” and timed my fasting to my cycle and that helped. Now I still do but have decreased my fasting. My last cycle was 29 days with a 13 day luteal phase and some progesterone supplementation. [/quote]

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