Intermittent Fasting

I've experimented with fasting my entire life. I've done mono-diet fasting (just apples, or just avocados), juice fasting, spirulina fasting, and water fasting. My record was a 20-day water fast, and a 54-day spirulina fast. I enjoy fasting only because of the way it allows me to feel--mostly after it's done.

I've always known there were benefits to allowing the body to spend time unburdened by having to constantly digest food. If you eat "three square meals" a day, especially if you include the nocturnal "fourth meal" made famous by Taco Bell, then your body is pretty much digesting food all the time. It is not healthy, as many, many studies are showing of late.

Researchers have for quite some time equated fasting with longevity, as in many experiments with lab animals have proved longer lifespans from limited caloric intact. There's even an entire movement--The Calorie Restriction Movement--that espouses a longer life on less than 1600 daily calories. But, I've long ago discarded the dietary calorie method of weight control in favor of low-or-no-carb diets, high in fats and proteins.

The intermittent fasting protocol that I've customized to my lifestyle is to skip breakfast, eat a small no-carb meal late in the afternoon, and then have the main meal at night, closer to bedtime. The science says that the body's digestive system follows circadian rhythms, following the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. In the morning and afternoon, the sympathetic nervous system is most active, mostly burning glucose for energy as its main activity. In the early evening and at night, the parasympathetic takes over and begins absorbing nutrients and repairing. So, by not feeding the body during most of the day, your body releases fats to be burned for energy. Feeding at night gives the body the nutrients it needs for repair and rejuvenation. It's just more efficient.

My main meal is steamed vegetables mixed with crushed avocado and hummus, seasoned with Bragg's, tumeric and cayenne. My small afternoon meal is usually some quinoa and black beans, or maybe some raw vegetable juice. This really works for me. I have more energy, fewer aches and pains, and my mood is elevated. Try it!

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