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Re:Eat for $1.50 per Day – Layoffs, Coronavirus Quarantine, ... by czbond on Sunday March 22, 2020 @11:40AM (#22655755)
Do intermittent fasting - no need to eat for 3-5 days at a time.
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Re:Eat for $1.50 per Day – Layoffs, Coronavirus Quarantine, ... by earthtourist on Sunday March 22, 2020 @11:57AM (#22655900)
Careful giving medical advice. Fasting can be dangerous in some cases.

The advice I got from my doctor is to start with 24 hour fasts. And then try 48 hours. And then probably stop there.

(I am not a medical expert)

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Re:Eat for $1.50 per Day – Layoffs, Coronavirus Quarantine, ... by freyir on Sunday March 22, 2020 @02:02PM (#22657010)
A lot of intermittent fasters follow something less extreme: a 16:8 hour fast. You eat normally during an 8 hour window (lunch, a snack, and dinner, for example) and then don't eat for 16 hours (no after-dinner snacks and no breakfast).
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Re:Eat for $1.50 per Day – Layoffs, Coronavirus Quarantine, ... by theNJR on Sunday March 22, 2020 @12:56PM (#22656428)
Related - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22578614
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Re:Eat for $1.50 per Day – Layoffs, Coronavirus Quarantine, ... by czbond on Monday March 23, 2020 @10:30AM (#22664425)
Interesting - thanks for posting. The difference in cortisol is useful to know about.
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Re:Eat for $1.50 per Day – Layoffs, Coronavirus Quarantine, ... by bagacrap on Sunday March 22, 2020 @03:47PM (#22657965)
spacing out meals does not magically turn the body into a perpetual motion machine
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