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First, we should distinguish between "fasting" and "calorie restriction" because they are two quite different fields of study. Fasting is abstaining from food, while calorie restriction simply means consuming less energy-producing food such as carbohydrate and fat. There is some evidence on positive mental functioning on caloric restriction, particularly on ...

Eat and enjoy the food. Talk to my family. I believe it is unhealthy to swallow down stuff while you are otherwise engaged. You lose the ability to recognize the signals that your body gives you regarding the amount and type of food it needs. Building awareness is part of the therapy in eating disorders and food related diseases like diabetes. Preserving ...

I think the relationship is probably better thought about the other way around - not 'How do I best eat to be productive?' but 'How do I best arrange my working day around a good balanced diet? - this gives you the follow on question, which I think is the really important one here, 'How do identify my high and low energy times in my day and schedule ...

Protein tends to give energy, and carbohydrates tend to make people sleepy. So, eat protein in the morning and at noon, and carbohydrates in the evening. Also, I find that eating a large meal makes it very difficult to be productive. So if I have work to do I eat a snack instead. Each person is different. Keep a log of what you eat and how you feel. Then ...

One of the greatest moments in my days is when I can sit down and read while I quietly eat a meal. I've taken to saving links to articles so I can open them up and read them when I have a few minutes of downtime. I've read 100's of articles that I probably never would have gotten to if I hadn't set up this mini-system.

As a practical suggestion regarding all this talk about calorie restriction and ketosis, I suggest a drinking hot, low sodium chicken or beef broth nearly all day long. As a person who abstains on occasion from solid foods for religious reasons, I find that a steady intake of broth will keep the hunger pains away. And, oddly enough, I do find I'm more ...

There is also one called The Eatery - which I know is based on taking pictures, but not sure if it allows for the other elements you mention. I have tried all of them over the years - the one that I've found is by far the best (in large part because the foods are crowd-sourced and always updated) is www.myfitnesspal.com The app works great on android and ...

I'm not sure it has all the features you're looking for, but Evernote Food might work for you. It is an application that works on top of the Evernote system. I'm sure it can do the photo and add notes, I'm not sure about the rest. Evernote runs on pretty much every platform currently available, and syncs between them flawlessly. Creating an account is ...

Ok, so your brain runs on glucose, except when it runs on ketones. In fact, your brain runs slightly better on ketones. Ketones are made in a number of circumstances, but mostly just by fasting. Furthermore, by fasting you are also definitely not eating a lot of carbohydrates. This means that your blood glucose level won't get a chance to wildly fluctuate ...

Not sure about scientific evidence, but I'm fasting and it's turned out quite efficient. It's not quite starving, and after a few days you get used to it. Have a large meal at the start of the day. It should provide you with enough energy to last until the afternoon. Quite the contrary, you'll find yourself not even thinking about food and be able to ...

I like snacking on small bits of fat or protein, so nuts or jerky work great, and keep meals small. An overall balanced clean diet is your goal here. Olive Garden is not what you want. Two experimental changes to look into: Intermittent fasting. I keep my window between 12pm and 8pm, my morning productivity stays incredibly high. The paleo diet has ...