Tag: Fasting

Will Intermittent Fasting Cause a Heart Attack

Are you scared of Intermittent Fasting? The AHA wants you to be. The American Heart Association (AHA) shared a recent press release that we are going to poke some holes in. Are you ready? The “Study” A research abstract presented at an AHA event referenced a study of over 20,000 adults. The researchers reported that those who followed an 8-hour time-restricted eating schedule, a type of intermittent fasting, had a 91% higher risk of death from cardiovascular disease. The Holes … Continued

Why You Shouldn’t Fast for More Than 16 hours

Intermittent Fasting is all the rage. For good reason! Intermittent Fasting is when you eat your meals in a smaller window of time. Typically in 12 hours or less. Many use it to help maintain a healthy weight. Fasting can allow time for your digestive system to do it’s job and when it is done digesting your food it can clean up bacteria, viruses, inflammation and rogue cells. Sounds pretty awesome, right?! It can be, but it has a downside. … Continued

How I Didn’t Starve While Fasting

I could no longer ignore the benefits of fasting. I tried, really I did. When the studies came out about longevity associated with eating less, I promptly buried my head in the sand. It wasn’t until they kept coming, and kept coming, that I lifted an ear and then two. I love food. I love gourmet meals, street food, and everything in between. I think about food…constantly. So when I saw the studies and heard the doctors researching the health … Continued

What’s the Deal about Fasting for Health?

Fasting has gotten a lot of press in the holistic (and not-so-holistic) world lately.  Nutritional Fasting is going without food for an extended period of time. This doesn’t mean going without water. In fact, water is essential when you are fasting. Although the terms fasting, intermittent fasting, fasting mimicking diet, and calorie restriction are all different, for the purpose of this article we will not differentiate. Fasting is not an excuse to eat crappy. It is to enhance your health and … Continued