- Introduction
- What Is Intermittent Fasting
- Importance of Intermittent Fasting
- Method or How To Do Intermittent Fasting
- How To Do Extended Hours of Fasting
- Last Thing You Need To Know
Introduction
When we hear about fasting we normally feel complicated or scary. But it’s not. It is actually so easy and beneficial. People sometimes think if I am fasting can I take my supplements or drink water or drink tea. Yes, with intermittent fasting we can drink water, tea or supplements. This will not break our fast.
What is intermittent fasting
Intermittent fasting is just omitting frequent meals. Usually when we wake up in the morning we feel slightly hungry but it goes away. We have a hormone called cortisol that spikes in the morning then it passes and you do not feel hungry. Eat when you are hungry. The real hunger starts when you start feeling stomach pain or slight headache then it is time to eat. The more and more you go for intermittent fasting you will know when you are really getting hungry and you can set up time when you want to eat. Intermittent fasting doesn’t mean starving, it just reduces the frequency of eating.
Importance of Intermittent Fasting
Once you get used to it you will notice cognitive development, more focus, you can learn things more quickly, energy, appetite control, anti aging, your memory will be more efficient. But it takes time. Everyone is different so for some people it takes 3 to 4 months to adopt it. Once we lower our carbs our body starts burning fat for fuel and also notices a significant weight loss.
How To Do Intermittent Fasting
On a regular diet we are snacking all the time because we feel hungry all the time. The first goal is to lower the carb so that you will feel less hungry. The second step is to eat three meals a day and no snacking. Also eat enough vegetables and healthy fat so that you can go longer. Let your body tell you when you are hungry.
The third step is to squeeze your meals in two so you skip breakfast and eat lunch and dinner. Lot of people are even doing one meal a day and feeling amazing. You can have tea, bone broth, keto drinks (which have no sugar and very low carbs), this will not break your fast.
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How To Do Extended Hours of Fasting
To do extended hours of fasting, people do 24 hrs, 48 hrs, 60 hrs, sometimes 72 hrs. This fasting has many benefits. To do this extended hours of fasting you can go by just light liquids like tea, light coffee, bone broth, etc. Also you can add keto friendly drinks like NAT Ketones which is natural ketones helps you to produce your own body ketones and helps to break fats for fuel. This helps to reduce cravings for carbs and break down our own body fat into ketones for fuel. Also keep yourself busy and go out and move your body so that you are not watching the clock when you can eat. To do this long hour of fasting you must need sea salt and electrolyte, mix in water or apple cider vinegar and drink to avoid the side effect of fasting because you are drinking water and flashing out important minerals and sodium. So make sure you are taking sea salt and electrolyte. When you are making the transition from sugar to fat and doing fasting you will get energy from electrolyte and sea salt. Also if you drink NAT Ketones you will get energy throughout the day to do this transition to heal your body from sugar and carbs.
Important Supplements
To do this transition smoothly you need to have
I think this is easy to do and get the benefits of fasting and not feeling starving. Intermittent fasting is not only good for weight loss it also helps to focus, mental clarity, cognitive development and improve memory function.
Very useful information. Great to know. Thanks Marguraita for putting everything together…!!!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼