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Re:Aspirin May Prevent Cancer from Spreading, New Research S... by Swizec on Friday May 05, 2017 @03:08PM (#14276018)
I have the opposite experience. My body and mind function best with regular small meals every 3 or 4 hours.

With that regime I have constant energy without ups and lulls. It's great.

When I do go too long without eating, I feel fine and I don't feel particularly hungry. But people around me say that I become uncommunicative, quarelsome, and that I tend to just kind of sit there and stare in front of me unmovingly.

People particularly notice this at group dinners/brunches. Before food, I reply with 1-word answers and mostly don't engage in conversation. After food I'm the life of the party.

So yeah, fasting does not work for me. But I do tend to have very small breakfast. At 10am regardless of when i wake up.

Re:Aspirin May Prevent Cancer from Spreading, New Research S... by fanf2 on Sunday May 07, 2017 @09:11AM (#14285288)
Classic example of being low-level "hangry": hungry/angry. Beware of it in children when simple lack of food can spill over into full-blown tantrums!
Re:Aspirin May Prevent Cancer from Spreading, New Research S... by mixmastamyk on Friday May 05, 2017 @03:22PM (#14276119)
Might be eating too many carbs, which spike blood sugar, and tend to produce the symptoms you mention.

Still, don't need to fast all day to fix the problem.

Re:Aspirin May Prevent Cancer from Spreading, New Research S... by Swizec on Friday May 05, 2017 @03:44PM (#14276262)
Funnily only about 30% of my calories come from carbs.

Except on half marathon days. I can't digest enough food to recover from a 2000 calorie run without carbs

I've tried going below 30% carbs but it makes me unstoppably crave chocolate.

Re:Aspirin May Prevent Cancer from Spreading, New Research S... by mixmastamyk on Monday May 08, 2017 @03:58PM (#14295019)
I eat the ghirardelli dark chocolate (72 and 86%) often, it is healthy and low sugar. It's not the enemy. ;)

https://www.ghirardelli.com/chocolate-and-gifts/flavors/dark...

There are similar European varieties of course.