Publisher's Synopsis
But it's not just another fashionable diet; intermittent fasting is a new contemporary way of life that, paradoxically, finds its scientific foundations in the mode of existence that our prehistoric ancestors carried. Would you think that there is a single formula to lose weight, control blood glucose, strengthen the immune system, increase your concentration and prolong your life time?. Yes! It's called intermittent fasting and this definitive guide, Damon Reed explains everything about it.
In this book you will find the following topics:
- The problem with our modern diet.
- The history of intermittent fasting.
- The scientific foundations of intermittent fasting.
- All the benefits of fasting.
- The relationship between metabolism and fasting.
- Types of intermittent fasting.
- What can you take during fasting?
- Diabetes and intermittent fasting.
- Fasting and the brain.
- Fasting and the heart.
- Fasting and exercise.
- Intermittent fasting and women.
- Men and intermittent fasting.
- Food to eat after the fasting period.
- Tips for adopting intermittent fasting in your life.
- The most popular myths about the act of fasting.
- Who shouldn't fast?
