Intermittent fasting is a popular way to stay fit and healthy, but if you’re new to it, you may not be sure what to expect from the regime. Intermittent fasting is a practice where you completely eliminate food intake for certain time periods, like 12 or 16 hours a day. This may sound difficult at first, but it basically means that you start eating later in the morning and stop eating earlier in the evening. Here are three things you can expect from it.
Free Food Choices
Unlike many diets you’ve tried before, intermittent fasting doesn’t limit the type of foods you can eat in any way. You can pretty much eat anything you want, but be aware of the calorie intake depending on whether you want to lose, gain, or maintain weight.
When to Eat
The beauty of intermittent fasting is that you can adapt it to your own preferences. There are many different ways to fast. Some people choose to eat during a four, eight, or 10-hour interval and not eat during the rest of the day. Others eat for 24 hours (150% or 200% the usual amount) then fast for 24 hours. There are a few more regimes that are not as common.
Religious Fasting
There are many people who fast for religious reasons. Different religions have different fasting traditions, like fasting from dawn to sunset during Ramadan in Islam.
