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Benefits of Fasting
We put so much attention and focus on choosing the right foods to eat that we often forget the benefits of not eating. All too often we hear, ‘you have to eat every 2-3 hours to keep your metabolism going,’ or ‘breakfast is the most important meal of the day.’ The media and food companies have done such a good job of marketing that we believe these statements as true.
Far before we had convenient breakfast cereals or drive thrus or refrigerators, man not only learned to withstand periods of time without food, but man also learned to thrive as a species.
Here are some of the benefits that fasting has:
- Blood Sugar Stabilizes
- Insulin Levels Lower and Insulin
- Resistance is Improved
- The Gut and Immune System Get a Chance to Rest
- Ketones are Produced
- Metabolic Rate Increases
- Damaged Cells are Cleared Out
- Hunger Lessons
- Excess Body Fat is Shed
- Reduces Levels of Hormones Thought to Promote Cancer
- The Rate of Aging Slows
- Protects Brain Function