PSMF Episode 6: Why doing your PSMF This Way Matters For Best Results
Clearly, a protein-sparing modified fast has everything to do with protein right? You need to know not only how much protein to …
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February 9, 2026
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Can we build muscle at 70 years old while eating a high protein carnivore diet?
Is it 1 g of protein per lb or kg?
so if i have alot of belly fat but low visceral fat (according to scan I had done), I'm Fofi?
Can someone explain why we shouldn’t eat dairy on protein modified fasting days? I have a serving of Skyr on these days which has 19 grams of protein, no fat, and 6 grams of carbs. It helps to eat this with the chicken breast.
Hi! I'm so confused. I'm older so was interested in the chart which states I should eat 1.6-2gr per kg. The other chart (for women) shows 1gr per lb of ideal body weight. Is the chart for older people for total body weight or ideal weight? Somehow it's not adding up for me. What am I missing? Thanks!!
Hi! Thanks for your video. I am a 44 yo old woman from Greece, obese with binge eating disorder. I have hasimoto and insulin’s resistance. I just started psmf, it’s the 5th day. Fingers crossed to manage stick on it.
Do you go by the weight you are now to figure out protein, or the weight you should be at your height?
I just saw a new study that says decreased protein gives longer healthier life…can you address that please?
Very Helpful! THANK YOU! Love the simplified version of explaining this.
for the ideal body mass, is this in a fasted state? or does this include water/food/"waste" that has yet to be excreted? does this include fat or is this purely lean body mass? if body fat is included, what's is the ideal body fat percentage used in this calculation/chart?
This presentation, for the most part, echoes Tim Naiman's P:E Diet. One thing about eating 1g/1lb of protein per pound of "ideal" body weight is that it's pretty difficult. I currently weight 165lbs but always thought my ideal weight was 150lb. These other charts and Drs. echo that feeling. I always get stuffed eating that amount of protein though (150gr). I had a brief email exchange with Dr. Naiman and he suggested I should be eating 180gr of protein a day. Yikes. It doesn't leave much room for vegetables and some occasional fruit.
Pretty new to the channel and am absolutely loving your delivery and the information. So thank you. Today I've committed to having enough protein. Looking at the calories to get there is putting me way over my calories my Fitbit had set for me for weight loss. Guessing I ignore that for now?? Eating ground beef and wild caught salmon today. Aiming for 160 grams of protein daily. 5'11 female
I would like to see your video about resistance training.
Excellent and enlightening – thank you so much.
Great info thanks so much you guys are the best but use large text for those of us using a a phone jeees!
I am enjoying your presentations. I have been doing clean keto since Feb.2021 and introduced IF around the middle of March. I typically do OMAD or 2MAD if I am unusually hungry. I have been consistently losing (40 lbs since Feb, 40 more previous to that), but still have about 115 lbs. to go. I need to have a hysterectomy soon, but want to lose another 40 lbs. before having it. Been looking at PSMF but honestly, I am not hungry enough to get that much protein in. If I take cheese out, it would be harder. I like meat…but not on this scale. I can't stomach the idea of just meat and eggs…literally. I tried increasing my egg consumption for protein and thought I was going to hurl the rest of the day. I usually add my protein to a big salad. Today I added 8 oz of hamburger to my salad ( along with 2 boiled eggs and 2.5 oz.of cheese) and still didn't come close to my protein for the day, but that is all I have had because I am not hungry the rest of the day. I know you do very little to no veg., but I can't see myself getting to a carnivorish way of eating because that much meat is not appealing/ doable for me at all because of reduced hunger and my like, but not love of huge portions of meat. Any suggestions?
I’m old, obese with arthritis. I swim fairly slowly for 60 mins a day. Is this resistance training?? I have never eaten this amount of protein but I will try.
Been concentrating on protein quite a bit over the last few months, but new to the PSMF stuff.
Why no dairy? The fat content? I don't have any issues with casein.
If protein satisfies then Why are the majority of the keto/carnivore/low carb so called “guru’s” saying that the fat satisfies???!!!
Subscribed! I as having a tremendous success with 20-4 IF after watching/reading Dr. Jason Fung. Your info is contradicting, so I am wondering what you think is the minimum time between meals, assuming I can eat around 30-35 g protein per meal, 4 meals a day? Currently I can eat my entire protein for the day in 2-3 hours and I feel just fine. I have not lost too much muscle and I am not even doing resistance training (yet).
Does your wife have recipes somewhere for her egg white bread?
Big help! I was trying to get all my protein in 1-2mad.
Thank you for this! I'm set firmly against protein powder, and my favored protein is hunted, trapped, or fished, which must be local and wild by definition. Not an option for too many, but I shared this talk with my mom, who thinks I'm nuts for eating protein over the cheap, tasteless starch with bits of canned vegetables. She just wrecked her car and needs more protein to heal; you've got a style of explaining that she will understand, a key to getting change to happen. Thank yoy!
Sleep time is when your body repairs itself and not break down muscle. Growth hormone is produced at its highest during this time. Protein before bed is not required if you eat adequate protein during the day..those amino acids don't magically disappear because its bedtime.
Should all our food be weighed raw or after it's cooked for macros?
Thank you for your time.
I have subscribed, I am finding it easier to follow along with you than alot of the keto doctors (I still love them) – sometimes there's too much science for my brain, you make it easy to understand!
I wish my doctor was you
You are a great teacher and speaker. This channel deserves more love. Subbed.
Thanks so much! I am hooked! I love how you explain everything!
I like how you explain things; new sub here 🙂
What about with stage 1 kidney disease and 200 pounds to lose?
Thank you for explaining in layman's terms. I switch off when the science gets too much. I am binge watching your talks.
Very helpful thank you so much 😊😊😊👏👏👏👏👏
PSMF seems like a fancy term for the diet Adkins was prompting a few decades ago, which worked quite well for me. Very interesting information that I've never heard before.
Just found this channel. Thank you for all the great information. Will be stalking your channel. Lots of love from Texas!
great delivery. great information. thanks.
So breaking it up into small meals is better than OMAD?
On YT I watched a keto couple try out PSMF for a week and both reported that they were "hangry" meaning that they felt deprived. That is my fear. I am a recovering food addict who has found some stability using Dr Annette Bosworth's Keto Continuum and I am stuck at the 16:8 level. My window is from 5am to 1pm. I think that the 2 cups of cold brew with sole water early mornings bumps up my blood glucose to 105 and I struggle to avoid eating until 7am (trying to shrink the window to 20:4). The Dr Boz advisors tell me that 35 % protein is too much and that I should either increase my fat percent (which is now 60%) or do a 36 hour fast. I am afraid of fasting because I don't want to trigger the "hangry" feelings.
Your video looks promising for me to try at least 2 days a week. If I have some protein like cottage cheese around 4pm, I think I could get to sleep without the hunger cravings.
Please don't advise me to give up coffee. I have given up so much in the last year that it would be too much for me at this point. I am just looking for a less difficult way to stress my mitochondria without the long fasting.
Excellent! You explain it so well. Thx.
So I am a 63 year old woman who needs to lose 30 pounds. How many protein sparing modified fast days would you recommend per week? And on the days I’m not doing a protein sparing modified fast, wine, cheese and crackers OK?
66 years old. I just eat till im full. Strict carnivore mostly beef.
I lean out with PSMF very nicely. No sarcopenia for me. Gym 4 times a week with a trainer now to hold me accountable.
Life is fantastic.
Thanks for all you do!
We have to get out the word to seniors but unfortunately most are carb addicted and dont care.
They would rather take meds.
No thanks. I would rather eat beef and thrive.
Okay….. do you try to keep protein eating at 600-800 calories, or don’t worry about it and eat more towards your protein macro