Intermittent Fasting – 5 Science-Based Benefits

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Intermittent fasting is the practice of eating for fewer hours of the day or alternating between feeding and fasting days. It is simple to learn, costs nothing to do, and makes dieting easier. But, does it produce results?

In this post, I share what science has to say about the benefits of intermittent fasting. 

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Can You Exercise During a Fast?

Aerobic Exercise  | Resistance Exercise  | Length of Fast | Takeaways

Studies show that exercising while you are fasting helps your muscle cells take in glucose and help you burn fat. These are great things if your goal is to lose weight. But what is happening to your muscles?

Are muscles breaking down to fuel your exercise session? The answer to this question is not black and white. But in this post, I will share what research has uncovered about exercising in a fasted state. 

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Intermittent Fasting: Is It Worth Your Time?

Video | Health | Weight Loss | Frequency of Fasting | Timing

Intermittent fasting is all about timing. By consciously dividing the day between times to eat and times to fast, many people claim to have lost weight and gained health. Is there science to support these claims? Are the benefits enough to make intermittent fasting worthwhile?

In this post, I’ll share what happened when ordinary people fasted for science. I will also provide some insights that may help you get the most out of fasting. 

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Is Breakfast Really the Most Important Meal of Your Day?

Video | Jumpstart Metabolism | Overeat Later | Starvation Mode | Kids | Eat Breakfast If…

If you’re like me, you grew up with the understanding that breakfast was the most important meal of your day. But is that a fact or a myth?

In this post, we will dive into breakfast to find out if it is necessary to rev up your metabolism and prevent muscle loss.

We’ll also take a look at the research to see if there is any truth to the thought that skipping breakfast backfires causing you to overeat later in the day. 

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Is Coffee Helpful or Harmful?

Video | Anxiety | Sleep | Addictive | Blood Pressure | Heartburn | Diuretic | How Much | Antioxidants | Heart Health | Live Longer | Diabetes | Weight Loss | Autophagy | Mental Alertness (Alzheimer’s)

Nearly two-thirds of us enjoy a morning cup of coffee and its popularity has been climbing every year (1)(2).

Is drinking coffee OK or are we doing our bodies harm by drinking cup after cup, day after day? In this post, I’ll share the good and bad of coffee. We’ll investigate how it impacts your health and weight. 

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Does Black Coffee Break a Fast?

Video | Metabolic Clock | Fasting Studies & Drinking Coffee | Autophagy | Personal Experience | Conclusion

One of the most common questions I get about intermittent fasting is whether drinking coffee breaks a fast. In this post, I share what we know from research as well as my personal test of coffee while fasting. 

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How Shortening Your Eating Hours Affects You

Video | How We Eat | Shorter Eating Window

Studies show that splitting your day into periods of eating and fasting promotes health and weight loss, but is that how we eat? An innovative study published in 2015 revealed that many of us are all-day grazers, eating for 15 hours or more each day. 

That, by itself, is an interesting finding, but what’s truly remarkable is what happened to the study participant’s weight, energy level, and sleep satisfaction when they did nothing more than shortened their daily eating window by just a few hours.

In this post, we’ll take a look at how shortening your eating hours might result in a health and weight loss boost for you. 

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