Questions & Answers

Please Read Dr Jason Fung's 'The Diabetes Code.'

Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern that involves alternating between periods of fasting and eating
1) Alternate-day fasting: Eat normally one day, then either fast or eat a small meal the next day.
2) 5:2 diet: Eat normally five days a week, and fast two days a week.
3) Daily time-restricted eating: Eat normally within a specific window of time each day, such as 8 hours or 6 hours 3 meals daily.
4) Eat 2 meals a day.
5) Eat 1 meal a day.… read more

This is a bit of guidance from the Sleep Foundation (the dudes that provide guidelines if you have one of those sleep studies done in a clinical environment to detect apnea etc)

There is no official recommended melatonin dosage for adults, but a range of 1 milligram to 5 milligrams generally appears to be effective. Adults can take melatonin a few hours before bed.

Melatonin levels naturally decline as a person ages , disrupting the sleep-wake cycles for many older adults.

In all of the… read more

Carbs in 8 oz

Skim milk
11 carbs

Oral rehydration solutions (given to prevent dehydration after diarrhea)
6-10 carbs

Gatorade
16 carbs

Whole milk
11 carbs

Orange juice
24 carbs

Coca-Cola
21 carbs

Diet Coca-Cola
0 carbs

Cold tea
0 carbs

Sweet tea
20 carbs

Hot tea
0 carbs

Isotonic drinks
34 carbs

Still water
0 carbs

Sparkling water
0 carbs

Chicken stock / broth
or beef stock / broth
<1 carb

Light beer
4 carbs

Coffee
0 carbs

Coffee with 1 half and half and 1 sugar
10 carbs