Life in the Fasting Lane: The Essential Guide to Making Intermittent Fasting Simple, Sustainable, and Enjoyable

Instant New York Times Bestseller

“A highly readable, state-of-the-art book describing all one needs to know to follow a safe and effective fasting program for optimizing personal health. Be warned. It is a revolutionary book. It might just save your life.”—Tim Noakes, emeritus professor and author of Lore of Running and Real Food on Trial

Take the guesswork (and fear) out of fasting with real-life and expert advice for better health.

In recent years, intermittent fasting—restricting calorie intake for a set number of hours or days—has become an increasingly popular diet strategy. While some in the medical community initially dismissed the idea as a dangerous fad, recent research not only validates the safety of fasting for weight loss but also offers compelling evidence of wide-ranging health benefits, from reversal of diabetes and other metabolic disorders to enhanced cognitive function and increased longevity.

But for many who are eager to try out this powerful weight loss plan, the regimen can feel a bit intimidating. After all, abstaining from food doesn’t sound like much fun. People rightly wonder: How often can I eat? Will I be able to focus at work? Will I have enough energy to exercise? And perhaps the most concerning question of all: Won’t I be hungry all the time?!

Enter Dr. Jason Fung—world-renowned fasting expert—his colleague, Megan Ramos, and Eve Mayer, who has experienced the life-changing benefits of fasting through Dr. Fung’s program. Together, they’ve teamed up to write a one-of-a-kind guide that answers the most common questions people have about fasting—and offers a customizable program that provides real results.

In Life in the Fasting Lane, Dr. Fung, Ramos, and Mayer take the reader by the hand and walk them through the basics of a fasting lifestyle—from the science behind fasting as a health and weight loss strategy to the real-life choices and dilemmas people commonly encounter. While Dr. Fung and Ramos explain the fundamentals of fasting and offer a customizable approach, Mayer shares her in-the-trenches perspective and hard-won knowledge as a success story who turned her life around with this healthy diet.

With chapters that address everything from meal planning to mental strategies; exercise to socializing, Life in the Fasting Lane is a unique and accessible guide to developing a sustainable and beneficial fasting routine that offers dramatic, lifelong results.

This one-of-a-kind guide offers a complete toolkit for starting a fasting lifestyle:

• A Customizable Program: Move beyond one-size-fits-all diets with a flexible, sustainable approach that you can adapt to your own health goals and daily life.
• How to Fast Safely: Written by world-renowned expert Dr. Jason Fung, his colleague, and a patient, this book answers the most common questions about fasting, from managing hunger to exercising.
• The Science of Nutrition: Understand the fundamentals of insulin, hormonal balance, and metabolic health that make intermittent fasting a powerful tool for weight loss and preventing disease.
• Mental and Emotional Strategies: More than just a diet book, this is a complete lifestyle guide addressing everything from meal planning and socializing to developing the mental fortitude for lifelong success.

Dr. Jason Fung is a physician, author, and researcher. He is the author of The Diabetes Code, The Obesity Code, and The Complete Guide to Fasting. He is also the cofounder of TheFastingMethod.com. His work on fasting has been cited by CNN, Time, the Atlantic, Forbes, and many others.

Eve Mayer is an author, speaker, and entrepreneur. After a lifetime of obesity, she regained health through low-carb eating and fasting. Eve oversees FastingLane.com and is the host of the Life in the Fasting Lane podcast.

Megan Ramos is a clinical researcher and a leading expert on therapeutic fasting and low-carbohydrate diets. She is the cofounder of TheFastingMethod.com, a company that provides resources to help clients achieve better health outcomes.