Top 10 Reasons Why YOU Should Do Intermittent Fasting

Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern that cycles between periods of fasting and eating. It's not a diet in the conventional sense, since it's not about what to eat, but when you should eat. The most popular method is the 16/8 method, where you fast for 16 hours and eat for 8. Listen on to hear my top 10 reasons to participate in intermittent fasting.

1. Fasting improves insulin sensitivity, and your levels of insulin drop dramatically. This makes stored body fat more accessible.
2. Cellular repair and Autophagy: Your cells engage in repair processes when you're fasting. Autophagy is when cells digest and remove old proteins.
3. During the period of fasting, the levels of your Human Growth Hormones increase exponentially, which can lead to fat loss and muscle gain. A hormone called norepinephrine is released, which is also known as the fat burning hormone.
4. Weight loss: Since you eat fewer meals, you automatically intake less calories. Changes in hormones can increase your metabolic rate by 3-14%. You're eating less, and burning more!
5. Disease Prevention: Studies show a decrease of indications of inflammation, which is a key driver of many chronic diseases.
6. Brain Health: IF increases BDNF, the brain hormone, and it can aid the growth of new nerve cells, which could prevent Alzheimer's Disease.
7. Easier to do than most diets: Sometimes, it can be hard to keep up with certain diet plans because you have to plan, cook, meal prep, etc. Since IF is more of a lifestyle, it makes your life more simple and healthier.
8. Reduces blood pressure, fasting glucose, and risk for diabetes
9. Chronic calorie restriction extends lifespan and and healthspan in yeast
10. Adaptive stress: During fasting, cells undergo stress, which elicits positive responses. Different pathways of the body are activated, resulting in increase of antioxidants and DNA repair.

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