I found this article fantastic regarding Carnivore and Intermittent Fasting.  Better than most I have read, they cite a lot of research.

 

https://www.allthingscarnivore.com/intermittent-fasting-best-practices-on-the-carnivore-diet/#google_vignette

Conclusion

In summary, based on available evidence, the characteristics of the best intermittent fasting pattern are:

• Avoid eating immediately after waking up or very early in the morning. Spend sometime in the sun and let your body slow down melatonin production and increase insulin sensitivity accordingly before eating the first meal of the day
• Consume most of your calories earlier in the day, ideally around mid-day which is when your insulin sensitivity is at its peak
• Avoid eating late in the evening or into the night when melatonin levels increase and your insulin sensitivity declines. You should finish your last meal at least 3 hours before bedtime to allow time for complete digestion before you fall sleep
• A 6 to 8 hour feeding window should give most people on the carnivore diet enough time to fit in two meals a day and accommodate social engagements
• Adhere to a consistent eating pattern including during weekends. Every time you shift your feeding window, you experience metabolic jetlag equivalent of traveling across timezones
• If you need to adjust your feeding window, transition to the new feeding window gradually rather than suddenly to give your body time to adjust
• Engage in gentle exercises post meal to help your body get into the deep fasted state quicker
• Consume most of your caloric need earlier in the day to support fat loss
• Consume most of your protein intake earlier in the day to support muscle hypertrophy.

That is a very good article.
I generally eat once a day when I get hungry. It’s usually around noon give or take an hour.
So my fasting lasts about 23 hours or if you factor in the digestive time 22 hours.

There’s some information in there that could be interesting to Scott with his shift schedule.


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Will check it out later tonight. We are in the midst of a big snow storm. We have about 8" and steadily snowing with some reports showing it will continue to snow til tomorrow morning. We are in rural NC and although our state workers and the private contractors do great work with our roads, we are simply not prepared for winter weather. We get this type of snow once every 5-10 years.

I'm at work and the plant is shutdown. I should be able to watch the last three or four videos left on youtube. After last night I think I have seen all the rest. LOL

Scott

Circadian misalignments such as eating late, eating at night, daytime sleep and nighttime wake due to shift work or voluntary behaviors can increase risks of weight gain, obesity, diabetes, liver diseases, cardiovascular diseases, cancers, digestive diseases, sleep disorders, inflammation and depression.

(This is me to a "T". There are numerous studies that show the ill-effects of shift work, and rotating shift work makes a deeper dive.)

 

Irregular eating patterns affect sleep quality, digestion, and hormone releases as well as put stress on the body. Eating meals irregularly has been found to associate with an increased risk of metabolic syndrome and cardiometabolic risk factors, including BMI and blood pressure

(Yep. Spot on for me as well. Although I could have eaten better over the years, and could have made better decisions, I did allow my work schedule to dictate a large percentage of my life-health issues included. There are a lot of people who work rotating shifts and live healthy but it is due to better decision making. In my younger years I would work all night, not sleep very much during the day, work the next night and buy a double-deuce (22oz) Budweiser for the ride home in the morning. Maybe a stop at a fast food joint and then sleep during the day. On the last night of the rotation the Mountain Dews and snack cakes kept me going. Again, all poor decisons on my part)

Great article. Appreciate the post.

Scott

 

 

Circadian misalignments such as eating late, eating at night, daytime sleep and nighttime wake due to shift work or voluntary behaviors can increase risks of weight gain, obesity, diabetes, liver diseases, cardiovascular diseases, cancers, digestive diseases, sleep disorders, inflammation and depression.
(This is me to a "T". There are numerous studies that show the ill-effects of shift work, and rotating shift work makes a deeper dive.)
 
Irregular eating patterns affect sleep quality, digestion, and hormone releases as well as put stress on the body. Eating meals irregularly has been found to associate with an increased risk of metabolic syndrome and cardiometabolic risk factors, including BMI and blood pressure
(Yep. Spot on for me as well. Although I could have eaten better over the years, and could have made better decisions, I did allow my work schedule to dictate a large percentage of my life-health issues included. There are a lot of people who work rotating shifts and live healthy but it is due to better decision making. In my younger years I would work all night, not sleep very much during the day, work the next night and buy a double-deuce (22oz) Budweiser for the ride home in the morning. Maybe a stop at a fast food joint and then sleep during the day. On the last night of the rotation the Mountain Dews and snack cakes kept me going. Again, all poor decisons on my part)
Great article. Appreciate the post.
Scott
 
 

I figured you’d find that interesting.


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Yep. I'm a lifelong shift worker and a rotating shift worker at that. As I read it was like the author was speaking to me personally. LOL

Maybe the worst thing about working 12-hour shifts is that either day or night you find yourself eating and then going to bed. I have went stretches where I would bring two meals to work but I seem to always gravitate back to eating before laying down. Convenience I guess.

Since carnivore, and mostly after winding up eating about once a day, I don't eat then sleep nearly as often. On dayshift I eat around lunch time and then I am good til the next day. On night shift I eat somewhere in the first couple three hours of the shift, work 8-9 more hours and then go home to lay down. 

OMAD suits me better. When I was trying to hit protein targets, I reverted back to eating prior to sleeping. A 12 hour shift that most of the time ends up being 13+, followed by a 45-minute drive home, a half hour to an hour of taking care of animals, and that next 12 hours is staring me right in the face. 

I have been gainfully employed like this for 30+ years. I guess it keeps the lights on. LOL

Scott