Tag: diet

• Diet and lifestyle coaching after your fast

  

  I also offer diet coaching for after a fast. The main aims are 1. to help maintain the health benefits of your fast, 2. to continue the good habits established while refeeding, 3. to establish greater accountability for what you eat…

  Tallis Barker, D.Phil.

  Water fasting programs and coaching

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• Water fasts versus juice fasts: how are they different, and what are the pros and cons of each?

  

  Water fasts versus juice fasts: many clients come to me assuming that the two will feel similar. This article and video discusses how in fact…

  Tallis Barker, D.Phil.

  Video FAQ’s

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• Water fasting for weight loss: does it work?

  

  Unfortunately, many people fail in their water fast for weight loss. This video/article takes a look at the key issues you should think about beforehand, in order to make your own fast a success.

  Tallis Barker, D.Phil.

  Video FAQ’s

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• 21 day water fast: Day 0 (the day before)

  Why?  Why 21 days?  For everyday detox, cleansing and health a week-long fast would be perfectly sufficient.  Well, I’ve done numerous 7-10 day water fasts over previous years, and I was thinking that a longer fast would be able to dig deeper into my body… 

  Tallis Barker, D.Phil.

  My 21 day water fast blog

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• Diets, fasts and healing injuries for runners

  

  When most people think of diets or fasting, they usually have weight loss in mind.  Even at the best of times this is a dubious practice. Changing the way you eat by reducing calories usually results in the body conserving energy and using calories more efficiently thereafter. Although a more efficient body is generally a […]

  Tallis Barker, D.Phil.

  Fitness and health

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• Tasty, tangy sauerkraut soup

  

  This is a tasty, tangy soup I enjoy especially after winter fasts – including the 7-day water fast I just finished yesterday. Before global trade overpowered local economies and foods, winter was always the time to eat preserved vegetables such as sauerkraut – especially in areas with a cold winter climate. Through the process of […]

  Tallis Barker, D.Phil.

  Diet and recipes

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• Fasting as a means to improve athletic performance in endurance sports

  

  I’m sitting down to write this having had breakfast for the first time in a week… Lately, I’ve been practising “intermittent fasting”, which revolves around lengthening the time between your last meal in the evening and your first meal the following day.  It’s one of several ways I involve fasting to improve my health – […]

  Tallis Barker, D.Phil.

  Fitness and health

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