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#11 - AMA #2: the Nothingburger — results from Peter’s week-long fast between two weeks of nutritional ketosis — and answering questions on all things fasting

The Peter Attia Drive

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Do You Need to Fast Twice a Year?

There are a lot of questions about the optimal number of fasts per year and in terms of what is the optimal frequency and duration. "If you want to live long those things have to be happening so i don't think that doing a seven day fast once a year and for the other 51 weeks of the year just eating like shit is going to do that much," he says. He suggests time restricted feeding as a way to minimize the damage of the burger and fry.

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