Steven Bartlett with Dr. Alan Goldhammer
By removing all food and resting completely, the body shifts into an ancient adaptation that metabolizes visceral fat, clears cellular waste, and can improve conditions like hypertension.
Once glycogen stores are depleted, the body adapts to caloric restriction by converting to fat metabolism, utilizing ketones to fuel the brain and preserve lean tissue.
Water fasting is presented as an efficient way to mobilize visceral fat, the pro-inflammatory tissue the book links to many cardiometabolic diseases.
The modern food industry uses added salt, oil, and sugar to overstimulate dopamine and weaken natural satiety signals, promoting dietary excess.