Intermittent Fasting
Everyone must choose one of two pains: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret.
CHEMICAL BODY
“Fat is energy”, fat is an efficient way of surviving, so the body can go with a very little food for a long time. To help you survive in difficult times.
When you are fasting you are not starving your body, you are mimicking what our bodies were designed to do, on a genetic and metabolic level. You are fixing years of bad diets and bad habits.
Benefits include:
Authophagy: Recycle damaged proteins
Get rid of pathogens and cancer cells
Amazing against chronic-inflammation (Eg. Arthritis, Allergies, etc)
Insulin resistance problems, like diabetes.
Weight loss (Get healthy first, and then lose weight)
Boosting your immune system
Growing new brain tissueImproving your mood
Improving your cognitive function, focus, memory. concentration
Snacking is one of the worst things you can do to your health, plus almost always the snacks are some unhealthy food. Snacking was propagated by food industries to increase profits.
Big names in history that were advocates of fasting:
To eat when you are sick is to fuel your illness.” - Hippocrates
Pythagoras required fasting of his students.
Plato and Aristotle, both advocates of fasting
Benjamin Franklin - “The best of all medicine is rest and fasting”
Mark Twain - “A little starvation can really do more for the average sick person than can the best medicine + the best doctors”
PRO Tips:
Only drink H2O, tea (Berberine or Green), coffee and supplements
You should be consistent, you will not see the difference in a few days, take your time.
Take a picture before and another after 1 month.
Yes you will be hungry for the first days but it will go away soon.
Even better combined with High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) 2x-3x per week
Amazing combo with aHealthy keto diet rich in nutrient dense foods for optimal results.
Much love.