The Power of Intermittent Fasting

It's Not Just What You Eat

While it's of the utmost importance to eat only the most high-quality food, especially if you're combating chronic illness, it's not just what you eat, but also when you eat. A lot of us are already aware of theincredibly powerful benefits of prolonged fasting, it's one of the most effective methods your body uses to repair itself. However, not everyone is aware of the power of daily intermittent fasting, and how it promotes optimal health and longevity.

What Is Intermittent Fasting?

Intermittent fasting is also known as time-restricted eating. It is when you only eat for a set window of time between 6-10 hours. For example if you have your first meal at 8AM and you were choosing to eat within a 10 hour window, you would stop eating at 6PM. This way, you are fasting well until you have your first meal the next day.

Most people think they already do this naturally, but surveys that have been done have shown that most people eat within a 15 hour window of time. Any snack or flavored beverage will break your fast.

Why Should We Intermittent Fast?

It has a major host of health benefits, especially if you suffer from autoimmune disease or any type of digestive disorder. The more time you can give your digestive system to rest without processing any food is time that is spent in repair mode. Doing this regularly can also help to reset the immune system and deactivate triggers for autoimmune response.

However, the benefits don't end there, intermittent fasting has shown to have a slew of benefits. Intermittent fasting has shown to counteract disease processes of a wide range of disorders including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancers and neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease Parkinson's disease and stroke. Not only that but intermittent fasting also activates adaptive cellular stress response signaling pathways that enhance mitochondrial health, DNA repair and autophagy.

This one change can make a very major impact.

Eat Within a Limited Time Frame

Like I said before, it's not just what you eat, but also when you eat. By making one small change, such as only eating within an 8 hour window of time, you could be enjoying major benefits in your overall health. I recommend eating two meals a day within a 6-8 hour window. I like to skip dinner, have a bigger breakfast, and then have a light lunch. I eat a lighter dinner to make sure that by the time I'm going to bed, my body has fully completed it's digestive processes.

Eat within a limited time frame, you'll notice the difference in your energy, your weight, and your symptoms.

God Bless,
Mercy Ballard