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by shincert 3114 days ago
Only one meal a day? What do you mean?
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I fast all day and eat all my needs at night, a huge and delicious meal and dessert. There are a tons of benefits, in logistics/time, health and aesthetics. Google for intermittent fasting or "The Warrior Diet".
That sounds like it would create an insane glucose spike though.
That was exactly what I thought.

Plus I sleep better if I only eat a light meal in the evening. I tend to have a very light breakfast, decent meal at lunch time, light meal in the evening. I keep the sugar out and carbs low.

I guess different things work for different people.

> That sounds like it would create an insane glucose spike though.

Not what really happen though. When you eat less frequently, your body improves insuline usage and glucose levels stay steadily all day.

There is some effect at work here though, individual experiences may differ. If I eat one meal per day after that meal I will feel lazy and quite tired.

So if I finally ate at 6pm, hours later than 6pm I would feel like sleeping.

If I finally eat any later than 6pm I will start getting weak/shaky beyond 6pm.

This isn't a result of lack of acclimation. I've done fasting for 4+ month stretches multiple times in the past 6 years and have even experimented with 24+ hour fasts on a regular basis.

> If I eat one meal per day after that meal I will feel lazy and quite tired.

It takes some days/weeks (dependending on the individual) for your body to switch from carbs-only to carbs & fat burning so when you feel lazy and tired it is because your body is not properly burning fat to supply you with the energy required thus asks for food always that it depletes carbs of easy access.

> If I finally eat any later than 6pm I will start getting weak/shaky beyond 6pm.

Yup! I feel the same. I eat 8-9pm and around 11pm I sleep like a baby. Win-win.

> This isn't a result of lack of acclimation.

Now this is a point difficult to prove.

I've done keto for many months, so I'm quite used to the switch-over you describe.