Intermittent Fasting

Summary:

Intermittent Fasting:

  1. What is it and how to incorporate it?

  • Restricting eating window (16  hours fasting – 8 hours eating – e.g 8pm to 12pm fast)

  1. Health benefits: 

  • Normalises insulin sensitivity 

  • Boost mitochondrial energy efficiency

  • Increase human growth hormone production 1300% women, 2000% men (healing, growth, repair, anti-aging, longevity)

  • Lower inflammation

  • Shed unwanted fat

  • Increase brain function (BDNF – Brain-derived neurotrophic factor improves 400%)

  • Longevity

  • Lower blood pressure

(Benefits can be magnified if training at the end of the fasting window)