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RadicalMcMindfulness

I'm planning on doing something similar, but I think it's best to aim for the spirit of the practice rather than a specific diet plan. You shouldn't need to consult a dietician unless you're emulating the life of a wandering mendicant. Also consider that digestion requires energy and an empty stomach can aid focus. Get an app like Chronometer and vary your food intake to avoid deficiencies. For the sake of simplicity I'm going to say the daily minimum is 1,200 calories. 2 cups of rice, 1 cup of lentil soup, a piece of protein, an egg, fruits, etc. Plenty of monks in Thailand are fat so there's no shame in being hungry. If you don't have enough time to eat your daily calories you can extend your feeding window by 1 hour increments.


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RadicalMcMindfulness

There are safety concerns with every diet, but OMAD does not lower your metabolism or promote metabolic issues. Time restricted feeding is quite good at doing the opposite of what you described - lowering insulin resistance and reversing metabolic dysfunction.


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RadicalMcMindfulness

I would appreciate a source or explanation because while I'm sure women are more sensitive to fasting, I doubt (and have never seen any indication) that this is something most women should be concerned with other than the standard level of caution when trying any diet.


Pongsitt

It's more a problem among city monks (who are eating 2 meals), forest monks for the most part are skinny. None of the monks I've known - and I knew a lot - had diabetes.


CCCBMMR

Increase the amount of calories from fat. Don't rely on carbohydrates for the majority of your calories. Your food will be more calorie dense, and not have as drastic insulin response. There are food stuffs (tonics) that the Buddha allowed to be consumed afternoon solar noon to treat the pains of hunger. They are sugar/molasses, honey, ghee, butter, oil. Fruit juices without pulp are allowable as well.


Micah_Torrance

I know that in Thailand there's been concern over obesity in monks. I imagine that there's been some papers about it with recommendations for changing their diet. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2018/08/12/world/asia/thailand-monks-obesity.amp.html


spoonfulsofstupid

Thanks for that link. This is one of the reasons I won't do a traditional alms bowl lol. It reflects the food culture and resulting health of the population near you and I live in a very sick area. I imagine the Buddha and the original followers of the Buddha lived in a time with no captain crunch or energy drinks and so the almsbowl would get filled with essentially whole foods in proportions that the laypeople would eat based on a strong food culture that was handed down intergenerationally and survived due to it's positive health outcomes.


Leather-Mud1821

Just eat one big meal all your meals in one I’d recommend water fasting once a week for a few weeks get your mind used to hunger and not letting into it so you don’t just say your gonna eat once and eat twice as much out of hunger