Easy way to feel great
Intermitted fasting versus prolonged fasting.
You probably didn't expect fasting to be the easy way to feel great right, but it is!
ready to explore this a bit?If you are feeling a bit low on energy or self esteem, or maybe you feel a bit stuck or depressed or just not fit. Fasting will do wonders for your mood, seriously! Check the details below.
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Fasting is truly amazing, you will not believe how good it is for your body and your mind!
What is intermitted fasting
Intermitted fasting is nothing more than making a set schedule for meal time and fasting time. There are a few intermitted fasting routines you can follow. The most common one is 16 -8. Which means you have an 8 hour window for eating followed by a 16 hour window for fasting. To give you an example of that: Lets say you start eating at 10 am, this means you can eat up to 6 pm. And after 6pm you don't eat until 10 am the next morning. During the fasting hours you can only drink beverages like water, plain coffee or tea.
Or you could do like a 20 - 4 routine, which gives you a very short window for eating - which for me turned out to be too short to get enough good food in my belly. But it might work for you! And you can also mix your intermitted fasting routine day by day. For woman it is advised to schedule according to their menstrual cycle.
There is also the one meal a day (OMAD) routine.
Now, let's get to the exciting part - the benefits of intermitted fasting!
What are the benefits of a 12 to 15 hour window of fasting
Increase of human growth hormones
Reduced inflammation
Increased ketones
Improved energy and focus
You might wonder, why would you want your human growth hormones to increase? Well, it helps with the maintenance of your muscles and bones, it improves your skin health and helps with anti-aging. For me these are enough reasons to start doing this! But I am not done yet! It will increase your lean muscle mass and decrease your fat mass. Now this is music to my ears, how about yours? You can loose weight, reduce your cellulite, look amazing and feel good.
You also might wonder, what are ketones? Ketones are produced when your body breaks down fat. The liver produces these chemicals called ketones when your body breaks down fat for energy. Normally your body gets energy from the carbs you eat, but during fasting your body will look for another source and will start making ketones. This usually means you will loose fat mass.
What are the benefits of a 16 to 20 hour window of fasting
Cell detoxification
Cell repair
Improved immune system
Fasting for 16 to 20 hours is another level of awesomeness, because your cells will start to repair itself. Your body is a real genius and has it's own intelligence. Once we give our bodies the right food and time to fast it will start to repair itself without any medicine whatsoever.
What is prolonged fasting, and why you will want to do this regularly
Prolonged fasting means you will do a fasting window of 24 hours up to 72 hours. Or even more than 72 hours, but I will only go into the 1 to 3 day fast in this article. For me this is the game changer. Because now we are looking at real change in our health system and our minds / moods.
What are the benefits of a 24 to 72 hour window of fasting
A 24 hour fast is also called the gut reset fast and the body starts:
healing the brain
healing the autoimmune system
regenerating stem cells
producing GABA (produces a calming effect, playing a major role in controlling anxiety, stress and fear)
A 36 hour fast is also called the fat burner fast where the body starts to:
reduce glucose stores
reduce insulin stores
increase fat burning
improve anti-aging
A 48 hour fast is also called the dopamine reset fast where the body starts to:
reset dopamine receptors
reduce anxiety and depression
produce anti-aging antioxidants
massively increase the Human Growth Hormones
A 72 hour fast is also called the immunity fast where:
autophagy is at its peak performance
the body is healing chronic conditions
the body is healing any health issues
the body heals our immune stem cells and our musculoskeletal stem cells
So you can now see how beneficial different types of fasting can be for you. If you like more advice you can always send me an email at essie@vof.earth or comment here below. Love to hear your thoughts and questions on this.
How to break your fast to get the most benifits of your fasting adventures
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DISCLAMER
If you are a person who loves / requires / needs scientific research to help you believe this article. You can find ampel evidence all over the internet, loads of studies have been done on this subject. Have fun researching! Also if you have any medical issues, always check with your doctor or physician before you start doing this.remember to go easy on yourself, too much of anything is never good and can even be
dangerous for your health.