Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern where you cycle between periods of eating and fasting. There are many different types of fasts you can choose from, and they differ in their results and difficulty. I prefer the 16/8 fast where you fast for a 16 hour time period leaving you with an 8 hour time period to eat. Much of the research included here comes from studies on caloric restriction and intermittent fasting. One conclusion is steadfast, fasting remains one of the mos

FASTING 101 WITH METABOLIC365 What is Intermittent Fasting (IF)? For those that may not be familiar to the term, intermittent fasting is just taking “intermittent” times of fasting (no food) and working them into your lifestyle. This can be either daily or a couple times a week (I recommend 2 x times per week on my METABOLIC365 Program). From what I have read/learned from of independent research on reduced calorie intake (CR) and IF studies, the conclusions are that using sho

Intermittent fasting is not considered dieting, but a pattern of controlled eating that has multiple health benefits. All you do is eat your normal amount of food in a smaller time frame which reduces your eating window to 8 hours a day. To understand how intermittent fasting leads to fat loss we first need to understand the difference between the fed state and the fasted state. Your body is in the fed state when it is digesting and absorbing food. Typically, the fed state st