Intermittent Fasting for Beginners.

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Intermittent fasting is one of the most trending health and fitness topic in word.

People are using it to lose weight, simplify their life style and improve health.

Also studies have shown that it has a power effect on the human body, brain and increases life span.

This article serves as a simplified beginner guide to those who are new to Intermittent fasting.

What is Intermittent fasting?

Intermittent fasting  is a general term for various eating patterns that cycle between a period of fasting and non-fasting over a defined period. It not a deit.

It does not specify which food you should but tells u when you it them.

How does Intermittent fasting work?

When we are in the fed state (eaten), it takes three to five hours for digestion to take place. At this period, it is difficult for the body to burn fat because the insulin level in the body is high..

Twelve after digestion must have taken place, we enter into the fasted state ( fasting starts). At this period, the insulin level becomes low and the body starts burning fats.

Benefits of intermittent fasting.

Apart from burning fats, there are other benefits of fasting.

1. Intermittent fasting makes life simpler.

2. It reduces the risk of cancer.

3. Intermittent fasting helps you live longer.

4. Finally it is more easier than deiting.

Methods of Intermittent fasting.

There are several ways of carring out intermittent fasting but below are the most popular methods;

1. The 16/8 method (Leangains Protocol): Also called the Leangains protocol, it involves skipping breakfast and restricting your daily eating period to 8 hours, such as 1–9 p.m.

2. Eat-Stop-Eat: This involves fasting for 24 hours, once or twice a week, for example by not eating from dinner one day until dinner the next day.

3. The 5:2 Diet: With this method, you consume only 500–600 calories on two non-consecutive days of the week, but eat normally the other 5 days.

By reducing your calorie intake, all of these methods should cause weight loss as long as you don't compensate by eating much more during the eating periods.

Many people find the 16/8 method to be the simplest, most sustainable and easiest to stick to. It’s also the most popular.

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