the goal of intermittent fasting is to reset your insulin resistance and reduce the insulin made by the body by stretching out the time between the last meal and the first meal the next day.
Different Protocols
16/8
24
3-3-1 (3 days 16/8, 3 days 20/4, 1 day 36/12 (works out to a week Fasting Routine))
6 Types of Fasting
12-16 hours:
Producing Ketones
Testosterone increase by up to 1300%
Most common
17 hours: Autophagy
Cells start to heal themselves
Survival
24 hours: Gut Reset
Intestinal Stem cells in your gut - reset/reboot
36 hours: Fat Burner
12 hour feast
Body targets visceral fat as no blood sugar is coming
Unsticks weight loss and starts with belly weight
48 hours: Dopamine Reset
Whole dopamine system will be rebooted
Food addictions - dopamine regions are saturated - this resets the cycle
72 hours: Immune Reset
How to start
Change bad oils for good oils (Canola for olive)
Cut out refined carbs like Bread, Pasta, etc.
Push back eating 30min per day, if stuck, stay there for a week