Is it possible to eat what you like, most of the time, and get thinner and healthier as you do it? Simple answer: yes. You just have to restrict your calorie intake for two non-consecutive days each week (500 calories for women, 600 for men). This book brings together the results of recent revolutionary research to create a dietary programme that anyone can incorporate into their normal working life.
"Unlock the door to a healthier, slimmer, and more energetic you." Unlock the secrets to a healthier, slimmer, and more energetic you with "Intermittent Fasting: Discover the Key to Healthy Weight Loss and Improved Metabolic Function." This comprehensive guide dives deep into the world of fasting, exploring its rich history and revealing the science behind its numerous benefits. From weight loss and metabolic health to mental well-being and spiritual growth, intermittent fasting offers an array of transformative advantages. This book breaks down the various fasting strategies and offers practical tips to ensure success in your fasting journey. Whether you're a fasting novice or an experienced practitioner, you'll find invaluable insights and guidance throughout the chapters. Learn how to prepare, start, maintain, and safely break a fast, while understanding the potential pitfalls and mistakes to avoid. Discover how fasting can be combined with other lifestyle changes, such as healthy eating, exercise, and meditation, for maximum benefit. Gain important knowledge about fasting during pregnancy and the considerations for those with medical conditions. By the end of "Intermittent Fasting: Discover the Key to Healthy Weight Loss and Improved Metabolic Function," you'll be equipped with the tools and know-how to take charge of your health and well-being, setting you on the path to a happier and more fulfilled life. Join the fasting revolution and unlock your true potential today! Table of Contents Introduction Welcome to the world of fasting The history of fasting The benefits of fasting Overview of the book Understanding Fasting What is fasting? The different types of fasting The science behind fasting The benefits of fasting The Benefits of Fasting for Weight Loss How fasting can help with weight loss The science behind fasting and weight loss Different fasting strategies for weight loss Tips for success with fasting for weight loss The Benefits of Fasting for Metabolic Health How fasting can improve metabolic health The science behind fasting and metabolic health Different fasting strategies for metabolic health Tips for success with fasting for metabolic health The Benefits of Fasting for Mental Health How fasting can improve mental health The science behind fasting and mental health Different fasting strategies for mental health Tips for success with fasting for mental health The Benefits of Fasting for Aging and Longevity How fasting can improve aging and longevity The science behind fasting and aging Different fasting strategies for aging and longevity Tips for success with fasting for aging and longevity The Benefits of Fasting for Spiritual Growth How fasting can improve spiritual growth The science behind fasting and spiritual growth Different fasting strategies for spiritual growth Tips for success with fasting for spiritual growth Preparing for a Fast How to prepare for a fast What to eat before a fast Hydration and fasting Tips for success with preparing for a fast Starting a Fast How to start a fast Different fasting strategies What to expect during a fast Tips for success with starting a fast Maintaining a Fast How to maintain a fast Different fasting strategies What to do if you feel hungry or weak Tips for success with maintaining a fast Breaking a Fast How to break a fast What to eat after a fast How to reintroduce food after a fast Tips for success with breaking a fast Combining Fasting with Other Lifestyle Changes How to combine fasting with healthy eating How to combine fasting with exercise How to combine fasting with meditation Tips for success with combining fasting with other lifestyle changes Common Fasting Mistakes to Avoid Common fasting mistakes How to avoid fasting mistakes How to stay safe while fasting Tips for success with avoiding fasting mistakes Fasting and Medical Conditions Fasting and medical conditions How to fast with medical conditions When to avoid fasting Tips for success with fasting and medical conditions Fasting and Pregnancy Fasting and pregnancy When to avoid fasting during pregnancy How to fast safely during pregnancy Tips for success with fasting and pregnancy Conclusion and Next Steps Recap of the benefits of fasting Final tips for success with fasting What to do next Additional resources for fasting and wellbeing Frequently Asked Questions. 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Along with the many benefits of leisure-class living comes obesity and its attendant ailments. In The Warrior Diet, Ori Hofmekler looks not forward but backward for a solution–to the primal habits of early cultures such as nomads and hunter-gatherers, the Greeks, and the Romans. Based on survival science, this book proposes not ordinary dietary changes but rather a radical yet surprisingly simple lifestyle overhaul. Drawing on both scientific studies and historical data, Hofmekler argues that robust health and a lean, strong body can best be achieved by mimicking the classical warrior mode of cycling—working and eating sparingly (undereating) during the day and filling up at night. Specific elements from the Warrior Diet Nutritional Program (finding ideal fuel foods and food combinations to reduce body fat) to the Controlled Fatigue Training Program (promoting strength, speed, and resilience to fatigue through special drills), literally reshape body and mind. Individual chapters cover warrior meals and recipes; sex drive, potency, and animal magnetism; as well as personalizing the diet for women. Featuring forewords by Fit for Life author Harvey Diamond and Fat That Kills author Dr. Udo Erasmus, The Warrior Diet shows readers weary of fad diets how to attain enduring vigor, explosive strength, a better appearance, and increased vitality and health.
Discover the customized nutrition plan that will help you be lean, fit, more youthful, sexier, and full of energy—at every stage of life. Designed specifically for women, this individualized six-week intermittent fasting program is the sustainable solution to help you feel and look your absolute best. Based on the scientifically proven 16:8 fasting model, what makes this program unique is that it is geared toward your hormonal needs at every stage in life–whether you are cycling or in perimenopause, menopause, or beyond. Intermittent Fasting Transformation will help you: • lose weight steadily and burn fat without hunger, cravings, or plateaus–and keep it off • balance your hormones for better metabolic health and wellness, while easing symptoms associated with perimenopause and menopause • experience a huge boost in physical and mental energy all day long • learn what foods best support weight loss, detoxification, and overall health • lift brain fog and help you sleep better • put aging in reverse . . . and so much more. Cynthia Thurlow, a nurse practitioner and an internationally known women’s health expert whose viral TEDx Talk has received more than 10 million views, developed this breakthrough plan after entering perimenopause in her forties. Intermittent fasting didn’t just help her lose weight; she had more energy, fewer cravings, and lower blood glucose levels. Thurlow has now worked with thousands of women in her private practice to make her unique program of intermittent fasting work for them, too. With meal plans and 50 recipes, along with advice for supercharging your fast, this plan will transform your life, slow down the aging process, and help you reclaim your health and well-being.
FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR DR. JASON FUNG: The landmark book that is helping thousands of people lose weight for good. Harness the power of intermittent fasting for lasting weight loss Understand the science of weight gain, obesity, and insulin resistance Enjoy an easy and delicious low carb, high fat diet Ditch calorie counting, yoyo diets, and excessive exercise for good Everything you believe about how to lose weight is wrong. Weight gain and obesity are driven by hormones—in everyone—and only by understanding the effects of the hormones insulin and insulin resistance can we achieve lasting weight loss. In this highly readable and provocative book, Dr. Jason Fung, long considered the founder of intermittent fasting, sets out an original theory of obesity and weight gain. He shares five basic steps to controlling your insulin for better health. And he explains how to use intermittent fasting to break the cycle of insulin resistance and reach a healthy weight—for good.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Dr. Will Cole clearly cares about his patients’ health, and he addresses the widespread misconceptions about intermittent fasting while giving readers a tailored week-by-week plan to get back in touch with what their body truly needs.”—Mark Hyman, MD, director, the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine and author of Food “Intuitive Fasting makes both the science and user-friendly application of this exciting approach to human nutrition available for everyone.”—David Perlmutter, MD, FACN, author of Grain Brain and Brain Wash The most effective and achievable guide to intermittent fasting, outlining a unique plan that merges the science behind fasting with a holistic approach to eating, from the bestselling author of Ketotarian and The Inflammation Spectrum For some, the idea of fasting by eating only one or two meals a day sounds like an extreme and overly restrictive dieting tactic. But the truth is, our daily eating schedule—three meals a day, plus snacks—does not necessarily reflect our bodies’ natural cycles. In fact, eating three meals every day can cause metabolic inflexibility, which can lead to inflammation, fatigue, and chronic health problems. For millions of years, our bodies have actually functioned best with periodic times of fasting. With his fresh new approach to fasting, bestselling author and functional medicine expert Dr. Will Cole gives you the ability to take control of your hunger and make intermittent fasting intuitive. You’ll get in touch with your instinctive eating patterns and become healthier and more mindful about how and when you eat. Intuitive Fasting will show you how to find metabolic flexibility—and once you’ve reached it, you can trust your body to function at optimal capacity, whether you’ve eaten six minutes ago or six hours ago. During his 4-Week Flexible Fasting Plan, Dr. Cole will guide you through varying intermittent fasting windows, with each week of the plan tailored to focus on a different aspect of your health. He illustrates the most effective ways to fast and eat to amplify the health benefits of intermittent fasting, balancing rest and repair with clean, nutrient-dense, delicious foods. By the end of the four weeks, you will have all the tools necessary to: • Reset your body • Recharge your metabolism • Renew your cells • Rebalance your hormones Along with more than 65 recipes, you’ll also find a maintenance plan, so you can adapt fasting and feeding windows to work sustainably with your lifestyle.
How intermittent fasting can enhance resilience, improve mental and physical performance, and protect against aging and disease. Most of us eat three meals a day with a smattering of snacks because we think that’s the normal, healthy way to eat. This book shows why that’s not the case. The human body and brain evolved to function well in environments where food could be obtained only intermittently. When we look at the eating patterns of our distant ancestors, we can see that an intermittent fasting eating pattern is normal—and eating three meals a day is not. In The Intermittent Fasting Revolution, prominent neuroscientist Mark Mattson shows that intermittent fasting is not only normal but also good for us; it can enhance our ability to cope with stress by making cells more resilient. It also improves mental and physical performance and protects against aging and disease. Intermittent fasting is not the latest fad diet; it doesn’t dictate food choice or quantity. It doesn’t make money for the pharmaceutical, processed food, or health care industries. Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern that includes frequent periods of time with little or negligible amounts of food. It is often accompanied by weight loss, but, Mattson says, studies show that its remarkable beneficial effects cannot be accounted for by weight loss alone. Mattson—whose pioneering research uncovered the ways that the brain responds to fasting and exercise—explains how thriving while fasting became an evolutionary adaptation. He describes the specific ways that intermittent fasting slows aging; reduces the risk of diseases, including obesity, Alzheimer’s, and diabetes; and improves both brain and body performance. He also offers practical advice on adopting an intermittent fasting eating pattern as well as information for parents and physicians.
The Official US Edition—containing US measurements—of the International Bestseller Is it possible to eat normally, five days a week, and become slimmer and healthier as a result? Simple answer: yes. You just limit your calorie intake for two nonconsecutive days each week—500 calories for women, 600 for men. You’ll lose weight quickly and effortlessly with the FastDiet. Scientific trials of intermittent fasters have shown that it will not only help the pounds fly off, but also reduce your risk of a range of diseases from diabetes to cardiovascular disease and even cancer. “The scientific evidence is strong that intermittent fasting can improve health,” says Dr. Mark Mattson, Chief of the Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging, and Professor of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University. This book brings together the results of new, groundbreaking research to create a dietary program that can be incorporated into your busy daily life, featuring: • Forty 500- and 600-calorie meals that are quick and easy to make • 8 pages of photos that show you what a typical “fasting meal” looks like • The cutting-edge science behind the program • A calorie counter that makes dieting easy • And much more. Far from being just another fad, the FastDiet is a radical new way of thinking about food, a lifestyle choice that could transform your health. This is your indispensable guide to simple and effective weight loss, without fuss or the need to endlessly deprive yourself.
Lose weight and belly fat, prevent disease, boost metabolism, and live longer! So, you want to begin an intermittent fasting plan and embark on a leaner, healthier and longer life? You probably have already heard about this wildly popular health and fitness diet plan. Intermittent fasting continues to be one of the top Google trending diet searches of the year. The truth is that intermittent fasting programs are popular because they are much easier to maintain than traditional, highly restrictive, calorie-controlled diets. Scientific studies show that intermittent fasting can have extraordinary health benefits such as: Promoting weight and body fat loss (especially stubborn belly fat) Stabilizing blood sugar levels, reducing insulin resistance, and managing diabetes Increasing resistance to stress and suppressing inflammation Improving cardiovascular health including lowering resting heart rate, blood pressure and “bad” cholesterol levels Supporting brain health and improving memory Fighting premature aging Fostering a healthier gut Boosting psychological well-being If you are ready to get on the intermittent fasting bandwagon, then here is the perfect step-by-step guide to following an intermittent fasting plan of your choice. Whether it’s the 16:8 method, the Warrior intermittent fasting plan; the Alternate Day intermittent fasting plan; the 5:2 method; or the Eat-Stop-Eat intermittent fasting plan. Too good to be true? No, but the trick―as with everything―is doing it in a safe and effective way and Intermittent Fasting For Dummies makes that easy, providing tried and true evidence-based advice and information about the five most popular methods and 40+ recipes that will suit any lifestyle or diet. Nutrition and fitness expert―and internationally recognized specialist in disease prevention―Janet Bond Brill shows you how to choose the method that suits you best, as well as guiding you through the science behind intermittent fasting, including how it ignites your fat-burning potential, promotes cellular repair, increases the production of growth hormone, and reduces insulin and blood sugar levels. Choose the right plan and stick to it Make more than 40 healthy and delicious nutritionist-approved meals Lose weight and body fat and keep it off Improve overall health and prevent disease Wherever you are in your health journey―seeking weight loss, getting fitter, living a disease prevention lifestyle or building muscle―Intermittent Fasting For Dummies shows you how to make the science of "too good to be true" into a truly effective part of your regular, healthy routine.
