Publisher's Synopsis
Intuitive fasting is essentially fasting when you feel the need to do so, but does this really make sense?Restricting the times that you can eat leaves you in danger of developing disordered eating habits when intuitive eating is essentially about freeing yourself from the perceived rules of dieting.The diet begins with a 12-hour fasting window that's meant to "reset" the body. This is followed in week 2 by an even longer fasting window of up to 18 hours which is supposedly meant to help your metabolism It seems that the main aim for this stage is to help the individual achieve ketosis which, again, would likely require them to be following other highly restrictive practices too (like a low- to no-carbohydrate diet).Intermittent fasting (IF) is an eating pattern that cycles between periods of fasting and eating. It's currently very popular in the health and fitness community.There are several different ways to do intermittent fasting. All of them split the day or week into eating and fasting periods.When you fast, human growth hormone levels go up and insulin levels go down. Your body's cells also change the expression of genes and initiate important cellular repair processes.
