While we all know that fasting offers many health benefits, there is new research showing that intermittent “restricted eating times” can also have health benefits.
So what is “restricted eating times”? You choose 8 hours of the day to eat as usual choosing good healthy options (no binge eating!). Then you take 16 hours to not eat. This gives your body a break allowing it to work on healing, detoxing, and rest.
Unless you’re succumbing to gluttony during the eight-hour eating period, you’ll most likely end up eating fewer calories each day. But more importantly, because you will tend to use up all of your body’s available glucose during your fasting hours, you force your body to start burning fat for energy, which results in weight loss. And finally, as a result of moving your body into a fat burning state, your insulin levels will drop—since it’s no longer needed at the same levels—while at the same time, growth hormone and noradrenaline levels are increased, which yet again increases your body’s breakdown of fat for energy.
This is a good way to have a balanced approach to reducing calories and encouraging weight loss. And again, remember that as with most diets, this is ideal for 4-12 weeks as a reset. Then resume normal balanced eating throughout the day with good grass fed low grain fed meats, lots of fresh organic veggies, some fruit, some carbs preferably complex carbs, and an occasional sweet treat!
