Introduction to Intermittent Fasting

Why Consider Fasting

When you fast, several things happen in your body on the cellular and molecular level. For example, your body adjusts hormone levels to make stored body fat more accessible. Your cells also initiate important repair processes and change the expression of genes.

Here are some changes that occur in your body when you fast:

• Human Growth Hormone (HGH): The levels of growth hormone skyrocket, increasing as much as 5-fold. This has benefits for fat loss and muscle gain, to name a few , 7

• Insulin: Insulin sensitivity improves and levels of insulin drop dramatically. Lower insulin levels make stored body fat more accessible 

• Cellular repair: When fasted, your cells initiate cellular repair processes. This includes autophagy, where cells digest and remove old and dysfunctional proteins that build up inside cells 

• Gene expression: There are changes in the function of genes related to longevity and protection against disease 

These changes in hormone levels, cell function and gene expression are responsible for the health benefits of intermittent fasting.

Who Will Benefit?

Anyone desiring any of the following benefits:

• Weight loss

• Intermittent fasting can reduce insulin resistance which should protect against type 2 diabetes

• Intermittent fasting may reduce “bad” LDL cholesterol, blood triglycerides, inflammatory markers, blood sugar and insulin resistance — all risk factors for heart disease

• Animal studies suggest that intermittent fasting may prevent cancer

• Intermittent fasting increases the brain hormone BDNF and may aid the growth of new nerve cells. It may also protect against Alzheimer’s disease

• Possible Anti-aging benefits

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