Category Archives: Food & Fasting
Every post below includes Neil’s video and the full written companion article together.
Neil’s documented experience with fasting, time-restricted eating, and real food. What happened, what the blood tests showed, and what he learned. Backed by 13 years of NHS data. Educational only – not medical advice.
70 DAYS / 14 ST 2 → 13 ST 4
You get the same number two mornings running, and you start doing the sums in [...]
174 DAYS FLAT IN 2024 / 16 ST 1 → 15 ST 8
You notice it about ten days in. The number stops, and you start doubting yourself. [...]
FLAT FORTNIGHT. THEN IT MOVED.
The scales didn’t move for a fortnight and I was certain I’d broken something. Same [...]
1 DAY? 3 DAYS? YOUR GUT DECIDES.
You ate again, sensibly, and it still went wrong. Soup. Small portions. Everything you were [...]
Low Iron and Fasting Over 50: What My Blood Tests Showed
You’ve had a letter back from the surgery. Most of it looked fine. One line [...]
SMALL WINDOW, GUT UNBOTHERED
You’ve spent months feeding your gut the way you’ve been told to: little and often, [...]
Autophagy Fasting Timeline : What Day 17 Ketones Actually Showed
Day 11 of a 21-day fast, my ketone meter read 6.0. Deep, I thought. About [...]
TOO DAMAGED TO FIX? WRONG.
Thirty years of bad food. Fourteen years on multiple medications. If anyone’s gut was beyond [...]
DAY 43. PIZZA TASTED WRONG.
I don’t eat one biscuit. I eat the whole packet. Every single time. Not because [...]
I’M A MAN WITH NO HORMONAL EXCUSE. I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AFTER 40
The belly that appeared and wouldn’t shift. The energy that got harder to hold onto. [...]
What Happened When I Fasted for 11 Days After 40
Somewhere in your forties, the things that always worked just stop working as well. Same [...]
I Felt Fine. Then One Lunch Cost Me Six Days.
Saturday evening. October 2025. Nothing dramatic. Cake, chocolate, wine — the kind of thing you’d [...]
BAD GUT FOR DECADES / STILL FIXABLE / WASN’T TOO LATE
There’s a version of the gut health conversation that goes like this: yes, there are [...]
I ATE NORMALLY FOR ONE EVENING. MY HUNGER WAS BROKEN FOR DAYS.
Day sixty-nine of a seventy-day food tracking experiment. I’d eaten completely normally the night before [...]
My Joints Stopped Hurting After 24 Years. The Reason Was in My Gut.
Day 24 of a long fast. I put on a pair of Birkenstocks I hadn’t [...]
What Happened When I Fasted for 11 Days While Still on Medication
You’ve been on medication for years. The results keep coming back wrong. And every time [...]
One Meal Wrecked My Energy for 6 Days. Here’s the Pattern I Found.
You have one meal, feel fine, go to bed, and for the next six days [...]
I Was Told Fasting Was Dangerous. I Fasted for 10 Days. Here’s What Happened.
Someone told me it was dangerous. My GP had the blood tests ready. Just not [...]
What Happened to My Body for 6 Days After One Meal
Saturday night. Cake and wine. Good company, good food, nothing excessive. One normal evening — [...]
30 Plants in 3 Hours: What Happened to My Gut
Day 45 of my 70-day reset. Three-hour eating window. One ordinary day of eating real [...]
This Shouldn’t Happen at 26 Hours Fasted
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