One of the great strengths of the slow carb keto diet that I am currently on is that for the first time in my life, I have actually been able to fast successfully. In the past, many of my attempts at fasting have resulted in rapid drops in blood sugar, in turn leading to a partial loss of vision that has cost me the better part of the day.
Now that I have successfully adapted to the slow carb keto diet, this is no longer such a problem. While fasting is still occasionally difficult, I can make it through the day with a reduced food intake.
The slow carb keto diet has also led to a reduction in the total number of meals I take per week. From having three square meals a day, I have shot down to just two meals, lunch and dinner, with the obligatory butter-coffee in the morning to get me started.
In the spirit of one thing leading to another, it came as quite a surprise to find that I had reached the end of a batch cooking day and had managed a successful fast. One would think that being in front of food all day would have tempted one to hunger – but no, the concentration and rapid motions involved in batch cooking a week’s worth of meals led to a fast that happened virtually automatically.
I love to tease out the subtle benefits of things, and this particular benefit is as perverse and as subtle as it gets. The health benefits of fasting are well-reported, and while I never set out with this objective, it neatly folds into the nexus of keto-solar-batch cook activities that seem to be absorbing a chunk of my weekend.
