Intermittent fasting - over hyped or legit?

Lose weight, balance hormones and change your entire health picture? Yep. You can. And most of it happens while you sleep!

Intermittent fasting is kinda in vogue right now, so it's fair to question its legitimacy, as many nutrition fads are (annoyingly) built on questionable groundwork. For this particular health hack however, the science backed evidence is loud and clear, as are the transformative results I see in myself and in my patients.

Holding the power to promote lifespan, anti-aging of cells and DNA, reduced risk of chronic disease, and significant advances in brain activity and mental focus, the long term benefits of tailored fasting are no shit. The short-term / quick-gain benefits are also pretty damn desirable - with manipulating your metabolism to burn fat instead of craving sugar AND encouraging lean body mass being my personal favourites. You can throw in boosting happy hormones, reducing anxiety, LDL cholesterol reduction (the bad cholesterol), and insulin regulation (which also contributes to fatty tissue breakdown) as additionally impressive reasons to get involved.

There are several different methods of fasting, each with different strengths and varying degrees of difficulty (depending on the individual participating). During a one on one consult we can identify the easiest and most effective way for you to achieve these benefits, with ease and no stress, because we will work out what will suit your unique body and system.

It IS important to have your individual needs assessed when it comes to fasting, as amazing as it is, there are many ways it can be applied, and many ways it can go wrong. Especially when women’s hormones are involved. Pregnancy,. breastfeeding, or even just accidentally fasting in a fashion that can trick the body into thinking something is wrong when it isn’t, like ‘shit, we are starving here, better hold onto every little bit of extra energy in our fatty cells so we have stores for when there is no food left!’ …and we don’t want that, that would be totally counter productive.

To find out more about an intermittent fasting style that will help you achieve your health goals please get in touch.