I am going to start doing a 24 hour fast at least once a week and I will be pulsing with bcaas instead of MAG-10 in an attempt to save some money. I have done the MAG-10 pulse fast before however I do not know how many grams of BCAAs would be equivalent to one MAG-10 pulse. I was thinking 7.5 grams six times throughout the day?
Not a good idea, mate. Will probably lead to a depletion of essential amino acids and consequently negative cognitive effects, since they precursors for neurotransmitter.
no need for BCAAs imo,
If you have tea/coffee you will be fine, and you will NOT loose any muscle from fasting for only 24 hours given that your diet on non-fasting days is excellent
[quote]tork94 wrote:
If you have tea/coffee you will be fine, and you will NOT loose any muscle from fasting for only 24 hours given that your diet on non-fasting days is excellent[/quote]
Agreed, in my experience.
Now an absence of heavy lifting, now that can def lead to ‘muscle loss’ since you’re just not giving the body much reason to keep it.
[quote]chillain wrote:
[quote]tork94 wrote:
If you have tea/coffee you will be fine, and you will NOT loose any muscle from fasting for only 24 hours given that your diet on non-fasting days is excellent[/quote]
Agreed, in my experience.
Now an absence of heavy lifting, now that can def lead to ‘muscle loss’ since you’re just not giving the body much reason to keep it.
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exactly, you dont have to lift on the 24 hour fast, but as long as your lifting 3-4 times/week with enough volume and intensity muscle doesnt just disappear in 1 day
Go for this instead…
[quote]infinite_shore wrote:
Not a good idea, mate. Will probably lead to a depletion of essential amino acids and consequently negative cognitive effects, since they precursors for neurotransmitter.[/quote]
That’s all nice and ‘Sciencey’ and everything, but have you tried it?
I have and I was fine. Check out the forum related to CT’s 5/2 fasting and he suggested a form what the OP is advocating - slightly different than what he outlines in his original article.
[quote]infinite_shore wrote:
Not a good idea, mate. Will probably lead to a depletion of essential amino acids and consequently negative cognitive effects, since they precursors for neurotransmitter.[/quote]
That’s all nice and ‘Sciencey’ and everything, but have you tried it?
I have and I was fine. Check out the forum related to CT’s 5/2 fasting and he suggested a form what the OP is advocating - slightly different than what he outlines in his original article.
[quote]moogweasel wrote:
[quote]infinite_shore wrote:
Not a good idea, mate. Will probably lead to a depletion of essential amino acids and consequently negative cognitive effects, since they precursors for neurotransmitter.[/quote]
That’s all nice and ‘Sciencey’ and everything, but have you tried it?
I have and I was fine. Check out the forum related to CT’s 5/2 fasting and he suggested a form what the OP is advocating - slightly different than what he outlines in his original article.[/quote]
Yep, I experienced some of the negative cognitive effects with fasting and BCAA. In particular, high levels of aggressiveness/ irritability - a commonly reported effect in the literature.
Acute depletion of AA is a well documented method in the literature that you can’t simply “bro” away.
[quote]tork94 wrote:
exactly, you dont have to lift on the 24 hour fast, but as long as your lifting 3-4 times/week with enough volume and intensity muscle doesnt just disappear in 1 day [/quote]
Right. And I don’t think anyone would recommend lifting on that particular day.
[quote]infinite_shore wrote:
Yep, I experienced some of the negative cognitive effects with fasting and BCAA. In particular, high levels of aggressiveness/ irritability - a commonly reported effect in the literature.
Acute depletion of AA is a well documented method in the literature that you can’t simply “bro” away.[/quote]
So you’re saying skip the BCAAs, right?
Because if it’s irritability due to fasting, that definitely shouldn’t linger indefinitely.
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Another idea is to fast with what Kiefer calls the “Accelerator Shake.” It’s a shake he uses to prolong your ideal fat burning in the morning a little longer and it can also be used as a fast protocol (although i don’t know if he advocates it, a lot of people do it). The shake consists of Coffee (1-2 cups) to help control hunger (I use unsweetened Almond Milk as I don’t drink coffee), 200-400mg caffeine to help with fat burning, 10g Whey Isolate to prevent catabolism and 1g coconut milk/oil to prolong ketogenesis. That to me is the easiest most efficient method I’ve found to maximize fat loss while on a fast. I drink a shake every 3-4 hours starting at around 10 am.
[quote]Nman wrote:
Another idea is to fast with what Kiefer calls the “Accelerator Shake.” It’s a shake he uses to prolong your ideal fat burning in the morning a little longer and it can also be used as a fast protocol (although i don’t know if he advocates it, a lot of people do it). The shake consists of Coffee (1-2 cups) to help control hunger (I use unsweetened Almond Milk as I don’t drink coffee), 200-400mg caffeine to help with fat burning, 10g Whey Isolate to prevent catabolism and 1g coconut milk/oil to prolong ketogenesis. That to me is the easiest most efficient method I’ve found to maximize fat loss while on a fast. I drink a shake every 3-4 hours starting at around 10 am. [/quote]
Nice tip. I typically FAST with MAG-10, but that runs out way too quick.
[quote]chillain wrote:
[quote]tork94 wrote:
exactly, you dont have to lift on the 24 hour fast, but as long as your lifting 3-4 times/week with enough volume and intensity muscle doesnt just disappear in 1 day [/quote]
Right. And I don’t think anyone would recommend lifting on that particular day.
[quote]infinite_shore wrote:
Yep, I experienced some of the negative cognitive effects with fasting and BCAA. In particular, high levels of aggressiveness/ irritability - a commonly reported effect in the literature.
Acute depletion of AA is a well documented method in the literature that you can’t simply “bro” away.[/quote]
So you’re saying skip the BCAAs, right?
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Yep, the BCAAs make the matter worse in the context of fasting (i.e., not ingesting L-tryptophan) due to competition at the BBB.
[quote]infinite_shore wrote:
[quote]moogweasel wrote:
[quote]infinite_shore wrote:
Not a good idea, mate. Will probably lead to a depletion of essential amino acids and consequently negative cognitive effects, since they precursors for neurotransmitter.[/quote]
That’s all nice and ‘Sciencey’ and everything, but have you tried it?
I have and I was fine. Check out the forum related to CT’s 5/2 fasting and he suggested a form what the OP is advocating - slightly different than what he outlines in his original article.[/quote]
Yep, I experienced some of the negative cognitive effects with fasting and BCAA. In particular, high levels of aggressiveness/ irritability - a commonly reported effect in the literature.
Acute depletion of AA is a well documented method in the literature that you can’t simply “bro” away.[/quote]
Fair enough, cheerfully withdrawn.
I’m gonna try the Keifer coffee method for the reasons highlighted in the thread earlier - and see how I react.
Good thread, cheers chaps
Moog
[quote]infinite_shore wrote:
[quote]moogweasel wrote:
[quote]infinite_shore wrote:
Not a good idea, mate. Will probably lead to a depletion of essential amino acids and consequently negative cognitive effects, since they precursors for neurotransmitter.[/quote]
That’s all nice and ‘Sciencey’ and everything, but have you tried it?
I have and I was fine. Check out the forum related to CT’s 5/2 fasting and he suggested a form what the OP is advocating - slightly different than what he outlines in his original article.[/quote]
Yep, I experienced some of the negative cognitive effects with fasting and BCAA. In particular, high levels of aggressiveness/ irritability - a commonly reported effect in the literature.
Acute depletion of AA is a well documented method in the literature that you can’t simply “bro” away.[/quote]
Fair enough, cheerfully withdrawn.
I’m gonna try the Keifer coffee method for the reasons highlighted in the thread earlier - and see how I react.
Good thread, cheers chaps
Moog