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IF18/6, skip dinner, give best healing time

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Above recording were from my Garmin watch.  Intermittent fasting, IF18/6 , always give rise to a shorter sleep as long as I sleep early. Last night, I dozed off quite early. Feeling really fresh at the moment. That's the benefit of IF obviously. Process of triggering genome to execute healing, repairs, autophagy, were probably done timely because the body do not hv extra food loads for burning. No extra sugar to turn into fats and no extra food (sugars) to feed the cancer cells. This is why I advocate dinner fasting instead of  breakfast skipping.    We need a good breakfast in order to sustain the hormone cortisol in the morning  while we do not need foods or a lot of food to disrupt the evening 's hormone--> melatonin.    The above are my  sleep quality observations over a year of data collection,  with respect to intermittent fasting approach.   Eating dinner will...

Why/what/how, live up to 99 yrs old?

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Hi TayGB, So sorry to hear about the demised of yr beloved dad . May his soul rest in peace πŸ™ What are the best practices that I could learn from? In yr opinion, what are the best practices that make your late dad live till 99? Answers from TayGB; My dad was a teenager during the Japanese occupation. He came.from a family of Planter and they owned lands in Kuala Sg Baru & Linggi. He and a cousin went to stay by themselves in the remote lands to cultivate tapioca and other edible stuff. One day, the hut was attacked and they ran away but cousin was taken. The next day, his father came and took him back to Melaka town. Many other youths were snatched away and none been heard of coming back. The tapioca plot was abandoned and he began to work the land of a relative in Mata Kuching. It was few years later, after the Japs.surrendered , he learned about the River Kwai....the cousin did not come back. Since then, he was very determined to be physically strong...

Regensburg, Cyclist everywhere

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Regensburg,  Cyclist Everywhere  =========================== -Regensburg city is full of cyclist  .   Bicycles are parked everywhere, every corner as you walk along the ancient small lanes with cobbled stones neatly and tidily fixed . Statistically,  there are about 73 million people owns bicycle out of Germany's 82 million population.  More than 30% of the German bikes to work.   I noted that the cycling lanes, dedicated lane especially,  are continuously under construction and expansion.   Hopefully,  50% of the people could cycle to work by the end 2030.     -Beers hv been the basic culture of the German . German monasteries have been producing beer for mass consumption since around the end of the first millennium, the year 1000.  Interesting to see how they evolved from alcohol beers into alcohol frei (...

Landshut city , Bavaria

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Landshut, city, Bavaria state, southeastern Germany. It lies on the Isar River northeast of Munich. Named for its early position as the protector (Hut) of the neighbouring district, it was founded in 1204, when the duke of Bavaria built a fortress there, and was chartered in 1279. The town is most famous as the location of one of the biggest medieval and historical festivals in Europe, the so-called “Landshuter Hochzeit” (Landshut Wedding). Over 2,000 locals participate in the pageant, wearing original 15th century garments when the event is hosted every four years. During World War II, a subcamp of Dachau concentration camp was located in the city to provide slave labour for local industry. The city was taken by US troops on April 29, 1945. The U.S. Army maintained facilities in Landshut, including Pinder Kaserne and a dependent housing area, until 1968. The St Martin's Chur...

Candi Prambanan, Yogyakarta

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Candi Prambanan  The amazing Hindu Temple since 850 CE ,  means 1167 years ago =================================== During my 5 day cycling trip, 30th June till 3rd July,  that went through Borobudur temple,  Gunung Merapi Volcano,  Prambanan and Yogyakarta old city,   the one destination that amazed me tremendously was Prambanan Temple.  I was trying to capture all the detailed crafted sculpture photos and counting the number of gods but I failed finally because there were just too many.   Sitting at one of the corners while waiting for other riders, I started pondering following; How many gods are there in Hindu religion? Who started this temple project and why?  Why was this temple destroyed? Answers to 1 ; Hinduism 's deities has evolved from 33 to >100.  The major deities were Vishnu,...

IF 18/6 tends to benefit sleep quality

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Intermittent fasting 18/6 tends to benefit the sleep quality.  ==================================== Tools; Garmin watch Forerunner 255, tracking sleep quality.  Evaluation scope; skip dinner , skip lunch , skip breakfast.   Observation/ results;   Only skip dinner seems to show a good quality of sleep thus far. Tracking data over the last 1 year. Below  are the Garmin tracking results. 

NMN + Resveratrol strengthened my stamina

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NMN+Resveratrol Strengthened my Stamina  =================================== In September 2020 and November 2020, I had  an ultra cycling distance of 200km and 250km respectively.    It was really an exhausted experience,  totally drained out on that night , sleep like a pig with loud snoring. Next morning,  I was still tired and required a long napped during noon time.  Above was on September 2020. Above was on November 2020. Early 2021 was the year I started NMM ( Nicotinamide Mono Nucleartide) 500mg .  Of course it  coupled with 500mg Resveratrol,  a supplement that I have had since 10 years ago, besides other standard supplements like Vit C , Magnesium,  Curcumin, Fish oil,  Q Enzyme10, ..... . Apart from those supplements,  Dr David Sinclair also recommended us to pursue  1.  Intermittent fasting  , 18/6 hours is the optimum and once a quarter,...