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    Why I Frequently Fast, and Suggest that You Do Too

    by admin October 6, 2018

    There are a couple of diets around now that suggest fasting, because there are claims of a number of benefits to fasting, which I tend to believe. So I do frequently fast, and I believe it suits my body and has a number of other benefits that I hope will show over time.

    Fasting is a period of not eating, or reducing food or drink, which allows the body to achieve a metabolic state after complete digestion and absorption of a meal. Pure fasting is not consuming anything for a period of time, whilst water fasting is an abstinence from anything except water. 

    As person is assumed to be fasting after not eating for 8-12 hours.

    The popularity of fasting has risen at about the same time as the awareness and popularity of a ketosis diet. Ketosis is a state of metabolism where the body is relying more on utilising energy from lipids (fats) than normal. This state is often triggered after a period of fasting. 

    I have been fasting for years – sometimes in a healthy way, and sometimes in an unhealthy way. As a teenager, I used fasting as a way of caloric restriction to lose weight. Now I fast differently – intermittently. I still reach my caloric limit each day, but I eat everything between about 11:00am and 8:00pm. Otherwise, I don’t eat (but drink water from about 6:00am to 8:00pm). This pattern seems to work really well for my body, but it’s not for everyone. 

    Some claims about the health benefits of fasting

    Fasting can help control blood sugar levels by reducing insulin resistance, and help prevent diabetes.

    It may boost brain function, which is certainly what I have experienced. I feel like my brain is particularly sharp in the mornings, until I get hungry about 10:30am.

    It can boost metabolism, which can help with weight loss. I also believe that my habit of fasting regularly has helped me stay slim, even when my activity levels drop off. I usually exercise first thing in the morning, which I also think helps – exercise on fast, and then not eating for a couple more hours afterwards. 

    There are some claims that fasting for longer periods, particularly water fasting for a couple of days, can help the body purge pre-cancer cells. 

    Another great claim, which I hope is true, is that it could delay ageing. 

    Here’s 8 health benefits of fasting that are backed by science. 

    It’s interesting that fasting is often seen as something positive in most religions, as a form of discipline to demonstrate faith. Whereas fasting is often also used as a politic protest. 

    So, check with your doctor first, but if there’s not going to be any specific adverse impact on you, give intermittent fasting a try to begin with. Eat only between 11:00am and 8:00pm a couple of days a week, and let me know how you feel. 

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    Eating and Exercise

    by admin April 2, 2017

    Anytime you exercise, you do so in order to try and maintain good health. You also know that you have to eat as well, so your body will have the energy…

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    Fight Stress with Healthy Eating

    by admin December 17, 2016

    Whenever we get too busy or stressed, we all tend to make poor food choices that will actually increase stress and cause other problems.  To get the most of your healthy…

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    Health Benefits of Organic Beef

    by admin November 26, 2016

    Organic meat differs from regular meat in the way the animal farmer raised the animal prior to butchering.  Organic meats must be certified, although grass-fed meats are often as good or…

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    Vitamins: To Be Or Not To Be?

    by admin July 16, 2016

    Nutrition as it applies to our daily lives means that we take in what we need to maintain our body’s healthy state.  Nutrition has become an important word and means far…

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    Modified Atkins Diet

    by admin August 31, 2015

    As of late a big number of people have began to use modified Atkins diet, and the final results that a lot of them achieved have produced a large exposure for…

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    Which Low Carb Diet Is Best For You?

    by admin August 31, 2015

    We’ve heard that diet plans don’t work the same way for everyone, even if they collectively claim that they can reduce the amount of “bad” carbohydrates in our bodies. But if…

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