The very low carb diet does remarkably well, providing you 71 percent of the benefits of fasting, without actual fasting. But sometimes low-carb just isn’t enough. I’ve had many patients who limited their carbohydrates but still had elevated blood sugars. How do you get more power? Fasting. Insulin is the main driver of obesity and diabetes. A very low carb diet can reduce insulin by more than 50 percent, but you can go another 50 percent by fasting. That’s power.
