Lucky again to sit with him at dinner! I too started with NANY but switched after my appointment to the simplier clinic plan. You then likely met a number of people from NC I know in addition to Dr Westman...Casey Durango, Kristie Sullivan, Jess Dudley from Atlanta, etc....all have FB pages you could follow too. This forum does not support extended fasts, but the information on Intermittent Fasting is here: http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=472377
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My insulin has been under 5 for years, though it is easily manipulated by short-term foods, once back up to 9 for some unknown reason, and once below "low end of normal" because it followed a longer fast. Since I'm 66 and have some joint inflammation, have stopped doing the hs-CRP. That picks up any and all inflammation anywhere in body, not necessarily heart related. Some doctors call it a solution in search of a problem, see previous thread. http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=447973
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