Intermittent Fasting

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TO FAST OR NOT TO FAST – INTERMITTENTLY

There is no doubt that intermittent fasting helps many individuals lose weight, maintain that weight loss, and build metabolic resilience. No doubt.

Keep in mind throughout most of human evolution, food was in short supply, portions were much smaller, food was eaten before going out to work, and our movement and exercise was far far greater. Over time as the Industrial Age, the Mechanized/Big Agriculture Movement, the Information Technology Revolution, and the 24-hour Day came to be, our food and exercise habits changed radically – very very radically. Let’s add to this easier access to food and fast food, marketing and public relations for junk food, and the mindlessness of eating behaviors in increasingly isolated settings. These shifts boggle the mind. Consider that we evolved for 2 million plus years and then were thrust into a very different metabolic milieu. 

This article indicates that intermittent fasting is no different than calorie restriction. What intermittent fasting may do is return us to the behaviors more associated with eating before the above significant changes started affecting our eating patterns. For example, most advertising for fast food and junk food occurs during prime time. If a person is intermittently fasting, prime time is often after their fast has started, perhaps resulting in less food grazing behavior in the evening. This in turn reduces the overall calories that a person ingests. For many people, the challenge with weight, metabolism, and diabesity revolves around food choices, eating in isolation for reasons other than hunger, drinking empty calories, and grazing on low nutrient foods in the evening.

Even though intermittent fasting and calorie restriction achieve similar outcomes, intermittent fasting may be an easier lifestyle to adopt for some. Adopt the one that works for you and remember that even though one might choose intermittent  fasting, there is still the need to choose nutrient rich foods high in protein and healthy fats, low in carbs, low in sweets, and without the addition of empty liquid calories.

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