Intermittent Fasting is a powerful tool for improving your health and vitality.  Not only can Intermittent Fasting help you achieve your weight loss goal but it has additional benefits to improve inflammation, slow down ageing and optimize gut health.

To get the most benefit from intermittent fasting, you have to do it the right way.

Here are a few tips to help you achieve your goals with intermittent fasting:

1. Make sure your ‘break-fast’ meal (no matter what time of the day that is) is packed with vegetables, healthy fats like olive oil, nuts, seeds and avocado, and protein. Try to avoid or limit carbs when planning your meal that will break your fast.  That way, you stay in fat-burning mode for longer.
2. Don’t get into a routine of fasting. Many people skip breakfast every day but if you do this, your metabolism will get used to this schedule and adapt to it.  It is better to fast in an unpredictable or irregular way.  For instance, skip breakfast 3 days a week and perhaps skip dinner on another day.
3. When you first start out with intermittent fasting, get used to fasting slowly so you don’t suffer from unwanted side-effects like hunger, headaches and irritable moods. First start with 12 hours, then extend to 14 hours, 16 hours and so on until you feel comfortable fasting for 16 or 18 hours.  Many people fast for extended periods (more than 24 hours), but you should check with your doctor that this is safe for you, especially if you have any underlying health conditions or if you are taking chronic medications.
4. Take a multi-vitamin / multi-mineral supplement if you plan to fast regularly. This helps to avoid effects like muscle cramps and fatigue and ensures you have adequate intake of essential micro-nutrients.
5. Focus on hydration. All food contains water.  When you skip meals you also reduce your total fluid intake.  Be sure to keep drinking throughout the day to make sure you maintain good levels of hydration.  Black coffee (without milk and sugar), black tea, herbal infusions, sugar-free carbonated drinks, clear broths and plain water are all acceptable fluids that won’t break your fast.

I partnered with Lindsay Kassem (nutrigenomics expert and professional health coach) to create the ‘Fasting for Vitality’ online programme.

If you are new to fasting:  This course is designed to gradually get you comfortable with fasting so that you can fast for 24 hours and feel the benefits.

If you have been fasting for a while:  It can help you get the most out of fasting – perhaps you need to break through a weight loss plateau, or you would like to know more about how to activate autophagy, or you would like to feel the anti-inflammatory effects?  Learn how to fast in the most optimal way.

Visit:  https://www.healthuptoday.com/fasting-for-vitality-group-masterclass-coaching/ for more information