Have You Tried Intermittent Fasting?

Lengthening the time between dinner and breakfast (the next day) can have incredible anti-inflammatory effects.

In my last post, I was talking about how eating a big meal late at night isn’t great for us, since it lessens the amount of time that the body is in a fasting state. As you may remember, the fasting state is hugely important for detoxification and healing all manner of body systems. It’s like the factory closing down to do deep cleaning, maintenance and repairs. It can boost metabolism, heal inflammation, and reset the digestion.

Well if shortening the amount of time we are in a fasting state is bad, then is lengthening it good for us? Yes it can be!…for most people, most of the time. Enter intermittent fasting. There are many ways to practice this, but basically it involves lengthening the amount of time the body is in a fasting state. The most common way to do this is to deliberately eat dinner earlier, and breakfast later, hence allowing for more hours in a fasting state. This can be hugely beneficial for all type of chronic inflammatory conditions.

I have practiced this a lot myself, and I definitely feel good when I’m doing it. If you’re going to try this, ease into it gradually. Rapid, forced change of routines and habits generally doesn’t go well. Start by just noticing how many hours between dinner and the next morning’s breakfast. Then perhaps alter things to add an hour to that time. Then maybe two. And so on. And of course, listen to your body. If it doesn’t feel right, then perhaps it’s not the right thing for your body at that time. Give it a try and let me know how it goes for you! And of course, I welcome your questions!