How Intermittent Fasting and Diet Change Cured My Depression

in health •  7 years ago 

A lot of people have been asking me what it was that made all these changes in me in the last few months.

It was a lot of things and a progression of about 2 years of work on trying to heal myself.

Psychedelics played a role, especially in the early days. Some forms of counseling helped. Exercise helped. Meditation helped.

But, nothing seemed to have as large of an effect as fasting and diet.

All of the major changes all happened right on my very first juice fast. On my first juice fast I quit smoking... and I wasn't even trying to quit smoking... it just happened.

A few more juice fasts later and I became a raw vegan/fruitarian. Again, it wasn't even something I wanted to do. My body all of a sudden just told me that is what it wanted.

And a few master cleanse fasts later and I quit drinking.

And from the moment of my first fast my depression went away. And once I transitioned to a raw vegan/fruitarian diet along with daily intermittent fasting where I would not eat between 9pm-3pm my depression was a thing of the past.

My diet can most easily be explained by reading this book, "Prof. Arnold Ehret's Mucusless Diet Healing System."

In the book, written a century ago, he explains how he cured virtually every disease known to man via this fasting and diet system.

And, surprise surprise, as his method was becoming popular he was found dead in strange circumstances... almost certainly killed by some faction of the US government wanting to protect the pharma and food industries which would be destroyed completely if everyone knew this information.

Here's more information on how this diet and lifestyle change seemed to have cured me of depression and much more:

As a sidenote, I watched the documentary, What The Health, the other day and it does a good job of explaining just how a vegan diet can heal people... and it is even more healing when you combine it with a large amount of fruit intake, raw vegan and fasting.

You can see What The Health on Netflix or currently here on Youtube:

Since doing this diet I've heard from hundreds of people (yes hundreds!) who have tried it and every single person has said it has cured them of their ailments or they are feeling better than they have ever felt in their life.

I suggest you give it a try!

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I have experimented with a lot of different fasting approaches and I really enjoy intermittent fasting. During the day only pure water, cold pressed juices and Orin then have one meal whenever fits your schedule, I usually eat in the evening, preferably raw. If anyone have any questions regarding fasting feel free to ask, gonna make some videos about it going forward! :)

Awesome. What about the fiber that you're missing out when juicing. I usually go for smoothies because of that, but I'm curious what your take is on it. My fiance and I have been intermittent fasting for a few months and really seeing great results and feeling awesome. I think a good tip I realized was to ease into it, starting 1 day a week, then building up from there so it's easier to sustain. Looking forward to learning more about your experience!

It depends on the status of your internal system and unfortunately most people are a big mess inside. If you got a lot crap clogging up your system the importance of good fibers goes up. If your clean though fibers are not as vital.

I wanna shine a light on the four sources of pure water ( all machine-made distilled waters [distillers, evaporators, condensers, solar distillers, air wells, fog fences and dew ponds], all sky distilled waters [rain, mist, snow, dew and fog], all body distilled waters [saliva, plasma, amniotic fluid, urine and breast milk] and all plant distilled waters [raw fruit and vegetable juices] )

Will make a post with more in depth information about water and show you what kind of equipment we use here in our little communal house in Gothenburg , Sweden! :)

Awesome to hear! Looking forward to your future posts on water. I'm fascinated by water and feel there is so much to learn about it. As an avid gardener I also am excited to do experiments on different types of water and how it affects plant growth. Great to connect, @reko!

Cool! I'm mostly focused on foraging at the moment. Lots of nettles, dandelion, ground elder, wild grass etc. Use it mostly in cold pressed juices with apple, carrot, lemon, ginger... after one of those it's definitely FULL STEEM AHEAD!! ;)

Awesome! Do you harvest the nettles only when young or when they are full grown as well? I have lots of them around here. Do you harvest with gloves or have a good technique to avoid getting stung? Thanks for the advice and here's to natures abundance!

I harvest them all season long, my Green Star Elite juicer which is especially good at wild greens which saves me a lot of energy chewing and digesting.

Nettles can really hurt though as most knows, the trick is to not touch the upside of the leaves and avoid stroking motions. I usually do without gloves and just be steady and precise. If I get tagged I just take a leaf on the downside and roll it into a ball. Then just rub the place where it hurts and it works as an effective antidote.

Very interesting about using the underside of the leaf to calm the sting. The stinging kind of feels good haha, I wonder if there is a medicinal quality to it?

Have you heard of that black vegan bodybuilder who does 24hr fasts ? He just eats one meal at noon the size of three meals everyday. Think he is in his 70's but looks like he is in his early 40's

Yeah, I definitely found some of his ideas to be inspiring. He definitely looks so young. Pretty amazing. Have you seen this:

Thank you. This video was amazing.

I know right! Pretty wild stuff. That video first got me into IF.

The Story of a 78-Year-Old Vegan Bodybuilder - Jim Morris: Lifelong Fitness - Short Film

Wow. It is unbelievable. He doesn't look 78. I think, a person who is a vegan doesn't have complete minerals and vitamins his body needs.

I have heard of that one! A friend of mine tried to do that, and he actually really liked the way of eating!

What The Health is a documentary I purchased on Vimeo because of its excellent research and insightful (secret) recordings. "We cannot do the interview based on the influence of nutrition on health. The hospital makes money off the patients." Took a long time to get that on camera, but Kip Andersen managed to uncover a lot going on in the world of pharmaceuticals and hospitals.

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Bro, i never expected a guy like you being depressed.. lol.. especially when travelling the world and making thousands of dollars
everyday.. ;) cool post though..

that's kind of the whole point of him posting this... depression can/is affecting nearly everyone in the world... we have to be more vocal about how we feel so we all know where we're at together. 1love

Good on 'ya Jeff!
Yep, I've been intermittent fasting for over a decade before coming to realize (just recently) that it was the "right" thing to do; powerful Dr. Rhonda Patrick!
Jeff, you may want to explore biphasic sleep; I've been experimenting with that since 1998...
No clinical data out there that I've found, solely anecdotal evidence, and this practice has served me well.
Have a wonderful week brother! 😊

Thanks for sheering

I like that you got more personal recently, and have focused on looking at growth and health more. A lot of humans, I think, are missing genuine, raw interaction in their lives, and they love to see people being real and open about life and the learning process. If ya never pretend you've got it all figured out, most won't expect you that you do. :)

Keep it up, Jeff, your posts brighten my days!

I returned to Steemit today, btw. Go see my post....if ya want. You know I cant tell you what to do! ;)

I've heard our gut is linked to our brain and serotonin is produced there too. So cleaning out the gut will improve the head.

yup research gut brain barrier/axis

Hi Jeff, What a beautiful post - it's so important for people to know that all emotions have their 'nutriments' and if you cut off the source of that 'nutriment' then the emotion will cease to manifest (Thich Nhat Hanh). I'd be fascinated to hear what you think about the massive EOS ICO that is going on right now - it seems like a game changer? My post from this morning:

https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@willstephens/why-eos-can-rival-ethereum-total-ico-funds-of-over-usd3bn-est-curentmarket-cap-of-usd4-5bn-overtakes-litecoin-market-cap

Have a beautiful day!

Will

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

Totally agree with you @jeffberwick. I've been doing intermittent fasting for about 6 years and it changed my life. I don't really think about it anymore, it just became who I am :)

It's all about balance!

Enjoy!

Intermittent fasting is amazing! My mornings are so much more energetic than if I were to eat a large breakfast like people suggested in the 20th century. Shit's wrong! The science is in!

Yes. I have also noticed that I feel more alive when not eating! I think that our body is in "alert mode" when is a little hungry because that's how we would get our food and survive in a natural habitat.

I went Vegan for a month and a half this year, I cannot tell you how much that changed not only my body health but mental health over that month and a half. I suggest everyone try it, I did the fasting thing also. I would stop eating at 9pm at night and wait till 1pm or 2pm the next day. Just a word of warning, there is a detox period up to 7 days, then after the first week you feel like a new person.

You gotta stick with it! A month and a half and now are you back to eating the way you did? If it helped you so much, what made you go back? I couldn't imagine going back now.

Yeah the first couple of weeks are the hardest, but you literally have a new lease on life when going vegan. I think the mental and ethical aspects have been the greatest impact for me. I feel so much more aligned with my values now.

I like meat and cheese too much. Its not a lifestyle change I can live the rest of my life with. But it did make me look at food in a different way and make better choices now.

How did it make you look at your food differently if you went back to your old habits?

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

Intake mostly. Some things like Milk didn't seem appetizing any more. Fast food I rarely get anymore either.

Sure. I suggest more looking and thinking at the food! Cheers and good health to all

Sounds interesting. I like the idea of a 'mucusless diet'; I hate it when they put that stuff in my food...

You mentioned the lies we're told about our urine. :) Have you tried Urine Therapy yet Jeff? ;)

Diet is such a huge deal. I'm happy your cleaning up your life, both mentally and physically. Plus your diet is easier on the environment. It's a win-win...

KEEP IN MIND! REALLY IMPORTANT I ALMOST HAD A HART ATTACK! What Prof. Arnold is writhing in his book is all about TRANSITION, if you rush into fruitarian diet, basically your body starts to cleans from posions and they are all going trough the bloodstream.
Let me share with you my experience regarding this. When i first found out about this I felt that it was true (I have like an inner compass for truth, hard to explain), and what I have learned about mucus and where its located in you body and what sorts of problems it can cause I felt like I was eating wrong my whole life garbage, and wanted to cleans my body and eat whats right. And I jumped right in, eating only raw, cooking only soups... I was feeling fantastic, my mental perception was so clear, I could see right trough the bullshit of this society (that can happen also). But one day I was reading something for my research and all of the sudden I felt anxious, my heart started pounding really strong a couple of times, and I was starting to sweat. I' was scared so much I called my mom to come pick me up and get me to the ambulance. When she came I was still feeling anxious, and then something sliced me in my stomach. I went to the bathroom, took a shit, went out, another slice, went again, and like that 2 times more. My body was cleansing it self and I swear to God my shit was BLACK. Later during the week I picked up the book from where I have left, and after reading two more paragraphs I laughed hard.
This is what I've read:

The first lesson has now given you an insight as to
what disease actually is. In addition to mucus and its
toxemias in the system, there are other foreign matters
such as uric acid, toxins, etc., and especially drugs if ever
used. I learned thru the years of practical experience that
drugs are NEVER eliminated as is the waste from foods
but are stored up in the body for decades. Hundreds of
cases have come under my observation where drugs taken
10, 20, 30 and even 40 years were expelled together with
mucus thru this perfect healing system. This is a fact of
basic importanceespecially for the Practitioner. When
these chemical poisons after being dissolved are taken back
into the circulation for elimination thru the kidneysthe
nerves and heart are affectedcausing extreme nervousness,
dizziness and excessive heart-beats, as well as other
strange sensations. The uninformed stands before a mystery
and probably calls the family doctor, who now diagnoses
the condition as "heart-disease" and blames the
"lack of food" instead of the drugs he prescribed 10 years
ago.

And on that note I strongly advise you to take care, read a lot and then follow the teaching of Prof. Ehret in detail. This is not a diet this is a HEALING SYSTEM.
Cheers :)

I´ll give it a try...

You're so right, Jeff. So many of us have really been sick the better part of our lives due to our diets. Fasting (and intermittent fasting) is a natural way of healing our bodies and is actually THE best way to rid our body of the years of malnutrition we've been going through. Very nice post!

I find this very inspirational. I need a body reboot and this may be exactly what I should do. Will definitely research.

I employ intermittent fasting everyday. I have been doing it for years. This is without changing what I eat or the amount. I maintain my weight like this. If I want to lose weight, I just eat less heavy carbs and more juice/fruit/vegetables.

I'm glad to see you off the statest drugs! get well man
Cheers

Beautiful pictures.Greetings.I wish you a beautiful day

Great Article , followed!

I myself have been Intermittent fasting along with the
Ketogenic Diet @ketogoals and have noticed a change in my health for the better. Not only did I lose weight, cure depression and fatigue but I did not lose muscle mass and also healed my thyroid. Honestly it just makes sense to let your body rest and only eat when hungry. Our bodies have the potential to heal themselves and along with a healthy Diet like Keto which is a No sugar Low carb diet that consists of mainly good fats.
Have any of you tried Keto?
Follow me on my journey
www.facebook.com/ketogoals
Twitter @ketogoals

Started following you! Quality stuff :]

Wish you the best on your keto journey!!

Thank you for this informative post and video. Nice dogs and walk. Thanks for the change.
Raw Cacao is an amazing nutritional healing for depression and so much more. Turmeric is a powerful anti-inflammatory and adaptogen.

I'm still on the beer diet. But slowly getting near 40 years old I'll try to eat better. I'm lucky, i'm ain't so fat, but not in beach shape either. Congrats to you for this turnaround!

I must say your videos were more entertaining when your eyes were glazed and the cigarette not too far. But respect on quitting it all. This fasting thing seems like it could offer me some good things

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

I've always wanted to do some fasting but never had that much motivation. But you really inspired me to actually do it. And I'm serious, I'll do it for sure now ! Once you mention that you quit smoking this way, I knew I can't overlook this. I've been wanting to quit smoking for quite a while now, but it's really hard to do. Thanks a lot for this huge motivation and possibly for the change of my life to the better side :)

I’m struggling! I can not get away from crap food. I do feel the differences when i eat good but at the end of the night I feel like I need a steak and potatoes. I feel like im starving all day. I am hangry all day. I hope to escape this feeling. My GF is a vegetarian so finding food that is good is not hard. I just eat for 3 or 4 and in a couple hours I could do it again. I am very active and maybe 20 pounds from a six pack but I cant get away from the bad stuff. Your videos are a huge inspiration and I hope I can get to my first set of goals. Love the videos across the board.

This is an awesome recovery remedy to me.. Looks a bit organic as well as requiring a bit of dedication and honesty to one's self.... Will definitely give it a try.... Good work @jeffberwick

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

Hey Jeff right on again. So many of your recent posts seemed to be talking about things I am discovering too. I am vegan and have done some periods of raw vegan and the energy and calmness was definitely enhanced for me. I have found it difficult to stay completely on the raw food and off sugar and caffeine. I will keep working towards more raw and less sugar and caffeine and of course stay vegan. I also do the intermittent fasting and believe that it is very good for us in many ways. I usually don't eat until noon but I may try stretching it out to 3 p.m. and see how that is for me. Thanks for the the great posts!

Thanks!

ill go to try this one fine day :)
THanx for the video and nice post Resteemed

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Wow! The gut has the most nerve endings (apart from the brain) good gut health I think equals good brain health! I love that all this stuff is emerging, hopefully more people will catch on!

Congrats for being cured....many people like me find your blog very inspiring..upvoted and followed

SPREAD THE WORD JEFF! BRAVO!

Nice Idea, thanks for share with us.
If anyone is looking for information!
https://steemit.com/life/@inaradarck/we-need-to-talk-about-depression

Venga ya, no hay nada como una buena chuleta o un buen pescado, eso si que está bueno.

You are right about Dr Erhet .. my husband and I have 2 of his books.. he has followed his teachings for years.. and yes really strange how he suddenly died. We are are vegetarians and often practice his diet.. we have no breakfast usually.. salad for lunch with a veggie.. and if we start thinking it is time to get back on what we call his system..we have stewed fruit and banana with honey, cottage cheese.. nice to meet you... my husband is still waiting for his Steemit account.. @jeffberwick I am thinking of just buying him one.. anyway great post :)

Thanks Jeff I have been fasting and eating healthier and I feel a lot better. I think everyone should just try this stuff for yourself and see for yourself. It's not hard. I think beliefs and fear are the two major things that hold people back from growing and healing. It's hard from the outside looking in but try it and see and you will see and feel a change.

Exactly! Makes perfect sence, change diet and changes everything: mood, sleep, energy levels. Its not as much about aesthetics as quality of life.

Congratulations @jeffberwick for your health improvement and the decisions you made that lead to it. I watched that documentary and I have tried to get my family and co-workers to watch it as well.

I work in the health industry ( I'm an RN ) You would be surprised how bad most health care workers eat...including the doctors.

I understand working long shifts and having a limited amount of time can be difficult when making good food choices, but it does come down to making a conscientious decision about what you put in your body. The information is out there, people just need to take the time do do a little research, and take some time to food prep.

I chose to go to a vegetarian/ plant based diet 7 years ago, and I do not regret it.

Thank you for sharing this...and keep up the good work !!

Keep up the good work, very proud of you

Very interesting,will have to try that out

I'm not a blood type diet believer, or believer in any diet perse (lifestyle, really) but I don't think there's one that works for everyone. I was a vegetarian and vegan for about 13 years and experienced the exact opposite. I ended up with vitamin deficiencies and found it hard to build muscle.

That's not to discredit you - or those who a vegan lifestyle works for. We all have different genetic make ups and what works for one person, may have a detrimental impact on another person.

That said, I naturally don't like meat or dairy very much (aside from yogurt, that's practically a staple for me lol) so I eat just 'enough' grass fed red meat every week - maybe 3-4 meals per week. That and avoiding canned and processed foods helps me a lot.

Also - an amazing supplement called Sam-E. It's pricey - but has been a miracle for energy, depression, and pain. I have degenerative disc disease and nerve pain - and wow, nothing has ever helped (kratom did for a while, but that has it's own issues) like Sam-E.

Have been meaning to try fasting - but - probably a bad idea while pregnant lol. Definitely will implement post baby!

Yea @jeffberwick , our body spends so much time and energy processing the crap we stuff into it every single day. Especially with today's food industries who just care about massive profit's.

Hi Jeff thanks for the great post. I'm a Canadian living in Vietnam. I was a bartender back in Canada for 19 years. I quit drinking 2 years ago. One thing I have been doing lately and you may want to try or look into is taking heavy (build up to it) doses of turmeric. It really helps clean out your liver from all those years of abuse. Really enjoying all of your work. Let me know if you're ever coming to Vietnam. If you need anything, I'm here to help.
Peace and happiness from Vietnam.

I get depressed and when i am my motivation falls so i would find it hard to fast. It's a presumption but i do agree that fasting is good, for one it will speed up the metabolism and in turn cleanse the liver.Thanks Jeff. Upvoted and followed

Great! I'm glad for you. I am all for periodic fasting. It not only cleanses the body from toxins but it renews the mind and spirit. This is important for overall good health.

Hey Jeff my name is Ariel Garcia I'm an upcoming rapper from Miami I'm using steem to get my music out there I would just really appreciate if you can check out some of my music on my profile if you like it I would appreciate that you repost one or two of my videos if your ok with that thank you 😎

Its always good to be careful when a person decides to fast. Speaking from experience that is.

Yes fasting had different impacts on different people . You can be cured with balance diet and motivational behavior. best of luck @jeffberwick

I keep hearing about this from many different people out there. It really has this big of a strong impact on one's body? Do you feel like it's easier to wake up and go to sleep? More energy? Thanks

Thanks for sharing, maybe I'll have motivation to take that next step

I've been improving diet, fasting would be a next step

STEEM On!!

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Thanx for sharing this, Jeff. I tried the intermittent fasting, which I had not heard of before. After 4 days I was feeling enormous energy both mentally and physically. I couldn't do it with some travel I had so I got off it. However, I'm getting back on now and looking forward to the results again.

Thank you for letting us know about it. I look forward to experiencing what it will do in the future.

Glad you are feeling better. I saw your post about alcohol recently. I quit about ten years ago. That shit will make you depressed as hell too. I still smoke a little but don't get out of hand. Also I saw where you get your teeth periodically in Thailand or Mexico. This is just my silly alter ego. I'm actually a dentist in Atlanta and if you're in town I'll hook you up with a free cleaning from my hygienist. It would be my honor. Keep up the faith.

Love the videos.

Great post Jeff. Thanks for sharing this. I've recently begun intermittent fasting after watching one of your videos a while back. I have also wrestled with depression so I'm looking forward to seeing if I get the same results.
I do feel much better even though I'm on more of a paleo style diet with grass fed beef and free range chicken and lots of free range eggs.
I lost about 35 lbs in 5 weeks when I switched to paleo. Now looking forward to seeing what the fasting can add.
Thanks as always.

Nice to see your change. It will be no longer to see your videos full of smoke •ᴗ•

It's an ongoing process Jeff. Even though you feel victorious, continue to put in the work, because old habits die hard, and we can see them pop back up if we aren't diligent in our practice. Good luck mate!

Honest question here. I'm not trying to be a nag or insinuating anything, but I've watched a couple of videos of you being bullish on STEEM, and you post on Steemit regularly, earning a lot of STEEM, but your wallet is empty. You're cashing out your STEEM very bearishly. I'm curious why you're not holding onto a cryptocurrency that you believe is going to go up. Or are you just letting it pile up in your bittrex account? If so, why are you not boosting your steeem power? Do you have an investment strategy up your sleeve that could help others?

your posts get too real! stop it!

but no really, thank you. I watch you avidly on youtube and everything you post has been so inspiring. I can only share your posts with my friends for them to understand.

Thank you!

I have been watching to many of Jeff's videos. When I walk my dog, I started giving spanish commands. And I don't speak spanish.

It is hard to believe this is the same Jeff Berwick that played cards all night at Aria, drinking heavily, then even tried to grab a piece of pizza from a random who was walking the other way, explaining to me you can do whatever you want if you had the power or something along those lines. While I was intrigued, it all seemed a bit unusual. I do tend to wonder what would have happened if I followed you into that club... At any rate, it is nice to see you quit the drinking & finding a groove. I'll have to make it out to Anarchapaulco one day.

Change of diet plus a good rest help p by tons. Fasting not at all.

Jeff Berwick has been the Biggest inspiration to people who want to change their lives for the better in the last 4 Months..............Bravo Jeff !!!

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Intermittent fasting is good for the body too.

great point @jeffberwick . Thank you for sharing

Eating less and keeping your body deprived of food is how are bodies function the most optimal. I use to always think the opposite until I tried Intermittent Fasting. I feel amazing when I'm fasted!

all about that intermit fasting!

You are what you eat my friend :)

Keep posting, you have a nice thing going on :D

Thanks for sharing this book title:)

Very proud of you @jeffberwick. My 10 y/o son watches some of your videos with me and he was very worried about your smoking. When I told him you quit, he sighed with relief and said "oh good".

@jeffberwick Good job! I have not went totally vegan but have been eating more grass fed, organic, less sugar, and less carbs than ever before in my life. I have been doing intermittent fasting for about a month now and recently wrote a post about my experiences.

@jeffberwick thanks for sharing, your life story is inspirational and I'm definitely gonna try this. ordered the book too!

very good inspiring story Jeff, i have been looking into doing the exact same thing and you just pushed me over the edge into actually doing it!

Hey jeff can I get a follow from you please! that would be really awesome!

U very inspiring...
Teach me plz :)

Thanks for sharing this knowledge.

Congratulations on your healthy transitions! I went vegetarian around 2003, and vegan, I think maybe going on 7 years now. Hahaha, smoked for many years and quit smoking around same time as going vegan too (new years eve) . Not that I was a heavy drinker, but could drink 4-5 beers on a weekend night with friends, or a beer or two after work during the week. But then that slowly fell away too. Now I have sorta took this vow, like being vegan, not to drink anymore out of compassion for those who have had such hard times alcoholism, that they can't even have one drink without loosing control. Also for spiritual reasons, as it has been shown that just one drink can effect ones energy for over a week.
I have found intermittent fasting really handy for troubleshooting and problem solving. Turns out the brain, when lacking food, kicks into a higher power overdrive. Evolution has evolved our brains not to shut down when we need food, but instead it kicks into overdrive in order to figure out how to get food. Breakfast may actually be the most important to meal to skip for the thinker! I have also heard in an old 80's interview, that the 7 day week is actual based on human bio rhythms, and "resting on the 7th day" includes your digestion track! Thanks for the high vibe posts on Steemit! I look forward to reading more of them !

I'm in the same boat my friend. Love the write up and agree 100 percent. Thanks for all you do. Cheers!

Great article. Glad it had such a great impact for you.

I tend to do a 24-32 hour fast once a month with water and tea only. Its amazing how much energy and mental clarity you have the next morning, and I always recommend it to others

The human body never evolved to handle a constant supply of food. It adapted for feast and famine, and knows how to benefit properly from lean times.

What are your thoughts on cancer as a metabolic disease? The theory being that by constantly feeding our body, we are in a constant 'growth-mode' that encourages cell growth and division without the necessary 'lean-modes' that would purposely kill damaged cells before they become cancerous?

I am so happy to hear this :) congratulations to you and anyone else successful with trying this. People need to hear this from those that have already been through it and tried for themselves, and found it worked and is as simple as changing the foods they eat to feel better mentally. I hope a lot of people healthy or with depression, etc., will give it a try. Never give up!!!

i cannot cook any more. fasting is very good for every body.

I need to start listening to you better Jeff. I feel like death all the time. lol

I think the key is that you should really try to listen to your body, it knows what you need, and will tell you. But we bullshit ourselves all the time, rationalizing everything with that stupid ego of ours.

Hey @jeffberwick I really want you to answer me this question. You mentioned bunch of times that you did ayahuasca, and I know you do the ceremonies in Anarchapulco, so how hasn't that helped with cigarettes and alcohol? Many people who have tried psilocybin mushrooms or iboga, or ayahuasca report that they have lost there addictions.

I did aya a few times a few years ago and didn't stop smoking or drinking after. After I did iboga (like ayahuasca x 100) I quit drinking for a while but then started again months later... they help but the diet was what seemed to change me the most.

I did mushroom lots of times, but its the diet that lead me quit smoking. Many swear in mushrooms and aya for curing addictions, so I wanted to ask you about your experience, because it didn't work for me also.

Life is to eat, sleep, do shit and die !!! Lol

listen to your body!

Why not believe the bible for once? Info is a few thousands of years old - not censored. Just have a look at Daniel 1 verse 8 and following. It is written not just to have nice story.
Upvoted and Resteemed!

Its a great effort that you shared this way of getting cured from depression. Majority of peoples in our society unfortunately do not talk openly about any mental illness. They do so because majority of people have very negative things to say about a person who is suffering from any mental illness which is a horrible thing to do.

very insightful Jeff, what's interesting is that mostly all religions talk of the same idea, fasting, even more they talk about fasting in terms of food and beverage, and in terms of talk fasting, not talking for like days or weeks, in Quran Allah talks about one of the prophets who was asking for a child while he is very old, Allah ordered him to stop talking for 3 days, Quran also mentions how Merry the mother of jesus fasted (talk fasting) when she gave birth to jesus, Buddha has his insights after both fastings, Osoi (the father of Reiki healing) also had his insights and talk fasting for 21 days.

so the idea of stopping the material incomes to the body and direct the antenna to the spiritual incomes bring huge benefits.

thanks for sharing the experience

well done sir ji

The tie of food to our psychology only really becomes apparent when you change your diet. I talk to people all the time about how eating only "actual food" helped with my depression and improved my mood and energy levels and they don't believe me. I said, "try it for 30 days". Most people are not willing to go through it. Like you said, the headaches and physical reaction to the change make it very challenging. That turns too many people away. Thanks for the post. Looking forward to seeing the next batch you were talking about in the video.

Interesting post, I think I will maybe give it a try. Was it hard to do?

If I eat so much choco I feel so bad the next days so the best for me is lots of salads with nuts and chicken too. 💖

Amazing Jeff, it shows that money alone does not bring happiness and fulfillment. It's difficult to get your health back once you have lost it. Keep it up

YES! I've been doing IF for over a year & have lost weight while gaining energy and mental acuity. For those wondering - it works.