What Is Intermittent Fasting And How It Works?
By: Nimba – October 16, 2021
Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern where you cycle between periods of eating and fasting. It does not specify which foods to eat but recommends when to eat. There are several intermittent fasting methods, each of which divides the day or week into eating and fasting window.
The premise of intermittent fasting is simple: when our insulin levels fall far enough, as they do during a fasting period, we can burn fat. In simple words, when a person does not consume food, insulin levels fall, and fats begin to burn.
Holistic medicine is a healing method that focuses on the whole person rather than just treating a specific health condition. So, the connection between intermittent fasting and holistic healing is the detoxification of waste in your body before any other disease sets up its home in the body.
The goal of a holistic cleanse is to clean out the digestive tract whereas the goal of a