Utilising Intermittent Fasting to help realise your goals

I am a big advocate of intermittent fasting, which is where you would consume all calories for the day within an set period and fast for the remainder of the day, consuming only water or herbals teas. 

There are numerous benefits to intermittent fasting. Restricting the window in which you eat kick-starts some beneficial changes in your body, such as increasing the levels of Human Growth Hormone (HGH), which has benefits for fat loss and muscle gain, and accelerating cellular repair. Fasting also increases the release of a fat-burning hormone called norepinephrine, which can boost your metabolism. 

In addition to the hormonal and cellular changes, the behavioural changes will have a positive impact. Restricting the hours in which you can eat will normally automatically reduce calorie intake by eliminating snacking and condensing meal times, which means that you are often breaking your fast each day due to earned hunger, rather than simply due to the conventions of meal times. 

Intermittent fasting has been a valuable tool for myself and for many of my clients. If your lifestyle allows for it, I'd always advocate for a 16/8 fast (where you are fasting for 16 hours and eating your daily calories within 8 hours, e.g. between midday and 8pm), but we can still see a positive impact from 12/12 fasting.