Andreas Michalsen > Quotes

“Through regular therapeutic fasting, intermittent fasting, and a mostly plant-based diet with few processed foods, we can prevent most chronic diseases.”
― Andreas Michalsen, The Fasting Fix: Eat Smarter, Fast Better, Live Longer

“Protein cannot be stored by our body. That is one reason it’s bad to eat too much protein. Since we cannot store protein, having too much of it in the body can cause (negative) growth and inflammation.”
― Andreas Michalsen, The Fasting Fix: Eat Smarter, Fast Better, Live Longer

“Even though artificial sweeteners such as saccharin, cyclamate, aspartame, and sucralose have no calories, it is believed that their sweet taste stimulates hormonal release in the small intestine and therefore promotes insulin release. Insulin, in turn, makes us hungry, so that the actual aim of artificial sweeteners, which is to save calories, is negated. Additionally, artificial sweeteners confuse the brain. Your brain registers that it’s tasting something sweet and thus expects an increase in blood glucose. When that increase in blood glucose doesn’t happen, the brain isn’t satiated, setting in motion a vicious cycle that requires larger and larger amounts of sweet things. Studies have demonstrated that the increased use of artificial sweeteners could not reduce the disease rate for type 2 diabetes or obesity. On the contrary: Artificial sweeteners have fostered the obesity and diabetes epidemic.101”
― Andreas Michalsen, The Fasting Fix: Eat Smarter, Fast Better, Live Longer

“Just as deficiency is unhealthy, an excess of nutritional proteins is also unhealthy. The consequences include kidney problems, digestive disorders, and above all, the promotion of inflammatory processes in the body. That’s why I advise staying away from those protein shakes you sometimes see sold at gyms.”
― Andreas Michalsen, The Fasting Fix: Eat Smarter, Fast Better, Live Longer

“In order for fat to be broken down, two conditions must be met: The majority of the glycogen in the liver must be used up, and the insulin level in the blood has to be low enough to release the fat reserves. Neither of these conditions is easy to”
― Andreas Michalsen, The Fasting Fix: Eat Smarter, Fast Better, Live Longer

“Food is many things: a physical requirement for life, culture, enjoyment. But it’s also a habit, and in some circumstances, it’s an addiction. It can affect our body in so many ways. If we know how to engage with food correctly, it is pure medicine and pleasure together—and thus the best way to lead a long and healthy life.”
― Andreas Michalsen, The Fasting Fix: Eat Smarter, Fast Better, Live Longer

“Today, people in many areas of the world have the means to eat whatever they want, whenever they want. At first glance this seems like a victory over the unpredictability of nature; a second glance, however, reveals that this is a major problem for the biology of the human body.”
― Andreas Michalsen, The Fasting Fix: Eat Smarter, Fast Better, Live Longer