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ow would you like to be able to lose weight, heal your gut, build muscle, balance your hormones,


and enjoy many other health benefits? As research is now showing, this can be achieved by changing the window of time that you eat your foods, which is called “intermittent fasting”. This is not a new concept. The Greek and Roman warriors would do this as part of their training regi- men. They would train all day, scavenge for berries here and there, and then eat one massive meal at the end of the day. They were strong, muscular, energized, and ready for battle. In the year 1900 Dr Dewey, MD wrote


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a book titled The No Breakfast Plan and Fasting Cure. Contrary to western medicine beliefs, even in that time period, the book outlined his various case studies and results showing the effects of both intermittent, one day fasts, and long term fasting. Dr Dewey and a group of fellow doctors in the late 1800’s and into the early 1900’s helped create a cultural shift towards the importance of personal hygiene and caring for your body. Even relevant today, your body will innately go into a state of fasting when needed. For example: when you have an illness you tend to not want to eat and that is why drinking plenty of fluids is so important.


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What is Intermittent Fasting? Intermittent Fasting is when you con- sume the same amount of calories that you would in a typical day but in a shorter window of time. This means you are con- suming your normal 2000 calories in a 6-8 hour window, and during the other 16-18 hours you are fasting. This is where basi- cally you are skipping breakfast and then eating lunch and dinner. Intermittent fasting is not about binge eating followed by star-


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vation or any other extreme form of dieting. Rather, it involves timing your meals to allow for regular periods of fasting. Long- term fasting/caloric restriction has always been criticized for muscle loss and nutrient depletion. This is why it is not recom- mended for weight management and why unhealthy individuals struggle to fast long enough to receive the healing benefits. Intermittent fasting removes this problem. It spares your lean muscle mass, maintains nutrient levels, positively affects hormones involved in weight loss (leptin, insulin, and ghrelin) and renews brain cells.


Benefits of Intermittent Fasting


• Reduces inflammation • Improved hormone sensitivity (insulin, leptin, ghrelin) • Helps heal your gut and microbiome • Increases growth hormone • Metabolize fat for fuel • Improved mitochondrial output = more energy


The standard American diet is high in processed foods, grains, sugars, and bad fats which create cellular inflammation and hormone insensitivity. Inflammation blocks the hormone receptors on the cells. Even though the hormones are there, the body can’t use them because they are not able to get their message to the cells. One of the positive benefits of intermittent fasting is that it helps to increase hormone sensitiv- ity. This allows your hormones, such as insulin, to work the way it was intended and with greater efficiency. Three important hormones that help your cells to hear are leptin, ghrelin, and insulin. Leptin is the hormone that tells your brain if you are hungry, if you are full, and to burn fat when not eating. Ghrelin is the hormone that tells your brain that you are hungry. Insulin pulls


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