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Fasting For Survival Lecture by Dr Pradip Jamnadas

The Galen Foundation · lecture · Watch on YouTube

Nutrition & diet scienceFitness, sleep & longevityMedicine & infectious disease

What it is

Cardiologist Dr. Pradip Jamnadas lectures on the rationale for dietary restriction and fasting, covering insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, and low-carb eating over about 81 minutes.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Several HN commenters call it one of the best explanations of fasting and insulin and recommend it in diet and weight loss threads.

  • 6 people recommended it
  • 5 different months
  • 4 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “Everybody should watch this lecture”

    Lecture on insulin and fasting

    joseluis, 2021-07 · Strong recommendation · in “A Chemical Hunger: Mysteries”

  2. “Here is one of my favorite videos on the subject [2]”

    Cardiologist's talk on fasting benefits

    criticaltinker, 2021-08 · Strong recommendation · in “America’s losing battle against diabetes”

  3. “highly recommend watching this video”

    Guide for pursuing intermittent fasting

    rjammala, 2022-03 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?”

  4. “This is the best video I have found to explain the incredible changes and benefits of multi-da”

    Explains benefits of multi-day fasting

    robomartin, 2024-05 · Strong recommendation · in “Ozempic keeps wowing: trial data show benefits for kidney disease”

  5. “Interesting stuff”

    Benefits of extended fasting and low-carb diet

    subpixel, 2022-03 · Recommendation · in “A beginner's guide to intermittent fasting (2012)”

  6. “here listen to jamnadas and judge for yourself”

    Diet advice from Dr Jamnadas

    mediumsmart, 2025-07 · Recommendation · in “Erythritol linked to brain cell damage and stroke risk”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: fasting, insulin resistance, low carb, diabetes, metabolic health

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