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The 12 hour fast.
Today I will be discussing the 12 hour fast & Eating Window.
If you’ve never fasted before 12 hours is a good place to start. Fasting At least 12 hours each day is good for everyone because you’re giving you digestive system a chance to rest from digesting food all day.
If you want to start fasting at 12 hours, this is how you would do it. First, Decide.
Decide what your 12 hours will look like.
Will you eat at 6AM for breakfast and then have your last meal at 6PM? Or 7-7p or 8-8p for example. These are 12 hour eating windows and a 12 hour fasts.
I would suggest you eat 2 or 3 meals during your 12 hours and I would suggest that you not snack in between those meals.
Why no snacking in between meals?
Well The purpose of creating an eating window is to control the number of insulin spikes that occur in your body. Everytime you eat or drink anything with flavors or calories your insulin will spike.
Frequent insulin spikes or continuous high insulin is the reason that our bodies store fat!
On the other hand, if your insulin stays low most of the time that is when your body can access, the stored fat on your bodies therefore allowing your body to burn fat. When it comes to fasting It’s not about the calories it’s about the insulin.
Once you understand, this concept fasting becomes much easier because you know why you’re not eating for 12 hours. You know the purpose of it! And the purpose is to lower your insulin. As long as you are only drinking plain water or plain, black coffee, or plain teabags, your insulin will stay low. Anything else will most likely break your fast.
I hope this information that I have provided helps you with your health and weight loss journey
I’m not a doctor so please don’t use anything that I say as a substitute for medical advice.
If you would like to share your Intermittent Fasting story, please email me at TraceyMackif4life@gmail.com
Intro/outro music: I Feel You by Keven MacLeod
