Wikipedia describes Intermittent Fasting (IF) as a pattern of eating that alternates between periods of fasting (usually meaning consumption of water only) and non-fasting.
There are many different ways of doing IF which may include a 24 hour period of fasting then another 24 hour period of non-fasting. The most common one and easiest one to do is the one where one gives themselves 18 hours of fasting then have a six hour period in a day where they eat low carb foods. during the six hours, depending on one's personal goals, a person can have one or two meals. Weight loss is not as rapid as when a person is water fasting but you do begin to see the results within two weeks. The average weight loss on IF is 1 to 1.5 pounds per week.
Because the weight loss process is slow with IF, people normally do water fasting first, then when they get to the desired weight, they start IF inoder to maintain their weight.
This is the first time I heard about IF. Currently I am on 40 days water fasting. Maybe I'll try this once I settle with water fasting.
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Honeybee
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IF is one of the easiest way to lose weight, detox and rejuvinate the body and can be done in different ways. There are many variants to it, including the ones that i've mentioned above. Another way to do it is abstaining from food and drink for 3 days in a week and eat normally for the other 4 days. Just remember that when you eat, portion control is important and also make sure it's low carb food.
ReplyDeleteHow's the water fast going for you? Wish you all the best with that.:)