Intermittent Fasting

There are many proposed benefits associated with Intermittent Fasting Including:

• Improved longevity

• Better cognition (better ability to think)

• Less inflammation

Today let’s cover two of the most well studied regiments

Daily Time Restricted Feeding

• You fast for a prescribed period of time every day and eat for the remaining time

• Normally 16-18 hours of fasting is recommended

• That gives you a 6-8 hour eating window

  • As an example, you can eat from noon till 6 p.m., then you don’t eat from 6 p.m. until noon the next day.

• Most people eat fewer calories on this plan

• More importantly, it changes how your body utilizes energy

  • You depleted your glucose stores

  • When your glucose stores are depleted, you run off of ketones

  • That means you are burning or breaking down fat in your body

• Often people feel hungry at the start, but after 2-4 weeks your hunger decreases

5/2 Schedule

• With the 5/2 plan, you fast 2 days a week

  • You still eat up to 700 calories on fasting days

• You can eat normally (unrestricted) the other 5 days a week

• The days you fast don’t have to be back to back days. You might choose Monday and Wednesday or whatever two days work for you.