Fat Fasting A Guide to Fat Fasting A fat fast is a useful method to help you start fasting, get back on track, or to extend your fasts beyond what you are currently able to do. The general idea is to consume a high fat diet for a short time. You won’t need to pair …
Fasting Mistakes 6 Common Fasting Mistakes Here are some of the common fasting mistakes I hear when people have told me “I’ve fasted before, and it didn’t work for me” Mistake: Inconsistency One of the most common fasting mistakes is inconsistency. You don’t have to stick to a strict 18:6 eating window and the same …
4 Fasting Myths! Common Fasting Myths Myth – Fasting is Unhealthy For Me Fasting is just another natural part of our life cycle. Feeding and fasting is the natural rhythm our bodies ricochet between to keep us alive. When we eat, we store food as body fat. When we fast, we burn body fat. Fasting …
break fasting plateaus How Do We Break a Fast and Fasting Plateaus? How Do I Break a Fast? The word breakfast literally means the first meal of the day that “breaks” your fasting period. In the 15th century it came to mean the meal consumed soon after waking up. However, you may break your fast …
A Brief History of Changes in Eating Behaviour Is Snacking Behaviour Healthy? Prior to the 1970s Western society believed that daily food intake should be divided into three solid meals: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Snacking between meals was seem to be unfavourable because it would ruin your appetite. Nowadays, dieticians often suggest adding 2-3 snacks …
fasting track Should I Ease into Fasting or Jump Straight In? I’ve noticed that with every client I work with, there are people who want a slow and steady journey, where others want to dive right in to the challenging stuff. It’s my job to make sure what you’re doing is sustainable and that you …
Dietary Fats Understanding Dietary Fats: What’s Healthy and What’s Unhealthy? (Part Two) Although saturated fats are often described as the “bad” fat or “unhealthy” fats, new science and deeper research into this topic has shown us that is NOT the case. Unhealthy fats do exist; however, they are the industrially produced ones that are designed …
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saturated vs. unsaturated fats Understanding Healthy Fats : Saturated vs Unsaturated Let’s start from the beginning, shall we? Healthy fats make up one of the three essential macronutrients that we consume every day. They come in many different shapes, sizes and forms, and are an important part of a healthy diet. Dietary fats are made …
food and drinks during fast What Can I Eat and Drink While Fasting? People often ask me “Can I have fruits when I fast? How about juice, an iced latte, or a handful of nuts?” The answer is please don’t! Although these are all good food choices, the goal of fasting is to reduce the …
What to Expect: Weight Loss What Should I Expect When I First Begin Fasting? If your goal for fasting is weight loss, one of the common questions I get asked is, “How much weight can I expect to lose?” The calculation roughly is: the average fat loss for 1 full day of fasting is …
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