Intermittent fasting is a popular health and fitness trend these days. It is not a diet but an eating pattern that cycles between periods of fasting and eating. It’s used to lose weight, improve one’s health, and simplify one’s lifestyle. It doesn’t dictate what you should eat but when you should eat.
Intermittent fasting is safe for most healthy individuals but may not be for those with a medical condition.
The first step to intermittent fasting is to determine your goal. It may be to lose weight, improve overall health, or improve metabolic health.
Once your goal is established, this will help determine which method of fasting is best.
There are four methods of fasting. Anyone considering intermittent fasting should pick a plan that suits their needs.
To determine which plan works best, it’s important to stick withone plan for a month or longer before trying another. Keep reading to learn about the four intermittent fasting plans and how they work.
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Leangains or The 16/8 Method
This involves skipping breakfast, restricting your daily eating period to 8 hours, then fasting for 16 hours in between. For example, after skipping breakfast, you’d be free to eat between 12-8 p.m. You would then fast for the next 16 hours and repeat the following day.
Females fast for 14 hours and then eat what they want for the remaining 10 hours. This method seems to be the easiest to start with and stick to.
Eat-Stop-Eat
This involves fasting for 24 hours once or twice a week. For example, not eating from breakfast one day until