5:2 METHOD:

This method is for those that want to dip their toes into the Intermittent Fasting pond. You eat normally for 5 days, but restrict your calories for the other two days of the week to about 500-600 calories. This method is simple and straight forward. Again, you pick the two days to restrict your calories on.

EAT-STOP-EAT METHOD:

Finally, my favorite method for traveling and the most difficult, involves not eating for a full day. It is very straight forward. Eat nothing for a full day. No planning, no thinking. Just don’t eat and travel. It is best to start with the 16/8 method if you want to work your way up to the 24 hour fast and progress from there.

CAN YOU DRINK LIQUIDS ON FASTS?

If you are hardcore, then the answer is no. I allow myself to consume water and coffee on my fasts (no sugar, milk, cream, or butter, just coffee!)





WHO CAN DO INTERMITTENT FASTING?

Men and women that are healthy, not pregnant, and have enough mental strength and discipline. Women are not advised to do longer fasts due to potential hormone damage that it can cause, but 14-15 hours is perfectly fine. Men have an advantage in this regard.

BRIEF HISTORY OF INTERMITTENT FASTING

Intermittent Fasting is not new and has been around for a long time. Cave man days long time! It started with our ancestors who would go through periods of food abundance and scarcity. They would fast during periods of scarcity and eat as much as they could during periods of abundance. This is why it takes 20 minutes for our brains to know that we are full from eating. Many famous and key figures in the world have partaken in the practice such as Hippocrates, Plutarch, and Benjamin Franklin. In addition, all major religions have some aspect of fasting built into their own belief system.