Food & Fasting
Does What You Eat After Fasting Undo All Your Progress?
Total Life Sync Does What You Eat After Fasting Undo All Your Progress? This is a question that comes up frequently among people who are new to intermittent fasting: if you fast for 16 hours and then eat poorly, have you cancelled out the benefits? The concern is reasonable. It drives some people to eat…
Read MoreThe Worst Foods to Eat When Breaking a Fast (And What to Eat Instead)
Total Life Sync The Worst Foods to Eat When Breaking a Fast (And What to Eat Instead) After 16 or more hours of fasting, the temptation to eat whatever is in front of you is real. You are hungry, your eating window has opened, and the idea of being careful about what you eat first…
Read MoreFasting and Blood Sugar: What Diabetics and Pre-Diabetics Need to Know
Total Life Sync Fasting and Blood Sugar: What Diabetics and Pre-Diabetics Need to Know For people with type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes, the relationship between fasting and blood sugar is both more important and more nuanced than it is for the general population. The potential benefits are significant, but so are the considerations that require…
Read MoreHow Fasting Affects Your Metabolism. The Truth Behind the Fear
Total Life Sync How Fasting Affects Your Metabolism. The Truth Behind the Fear One of the most common objections to intermittent fasting is the metabolism argument. People worry that not eating will slow their metabolism, that their body will go into starvation mode and become more efficient at storing fat, ultimately making weight management harder…
Read MoreWhat Fasting Does to Your Insulin Levels (And Why That Matters)
Total Life Sync What Fasting Does to Your Insulin Levels (And Why That Matters) Insulin is one of the most important hormones in your body, and most people know almost nothing about it beyond a vague association with diabetes. Understanding what insulin does, how fasting affects it, and why that matters for your weight and…
Read MoreThe Real Reason Fasting Works When Calorie Counting Doesn’t
Total Life Sync The Real Reason Fasting Works When Calorie Counting Doesn’t Most people have tried calorie counting at some point. They track everything, hit their target, feel virtuous for a few weeks, and then one of two things happens: the weight loss stalls despite the deficit, or the hunger becomes unsustainable and the whole…
Read MoreYour Body Has a Set Weight. Here’s How Fasting Helps Change It
Total Life Sync Your Body Has a Set Weight. Here’s How Fasting Helps Change It If you have ever lost weight only to watch it creep back to exactly where it was before, you have experienced set point theory in action. Your body is not failing. It is doing precisely what it is designed to…
Read MoreWhy You’re Not Losing Weight Even Though You’re Fasting
Total Life Sync Why You’re Not Losing Weight Even Though You’re Fasting You started intermittent fasting with real commitment. You are hitting your fasting window every day, you are not eating breakfast anymore, and you are waiting until noon before your first meal. And yet the scale is not moving. Or it moved for a…
Read MoreWhich Fasting Method Actually Fits Your Life. An Honest Comparison
Total Life Sync Which Fasting Method Actually Fits Your Life. An Honest Comparison There is no shortage of intermittent fasting methods. 16:8, 18:6, 5:2, OMAD, alternate day fasting, the warrior diet. Each one has its advocates, its success stories, and its scientific backing. Choosing between them based on internet research usually leads to analysis paralysis,…
Read MoreOMAD: What Happens to Your Body When You Eat Once a Day
Total Life Sync OMAD: What Happens to Your Body When You Eat Once a Day Eating once a day sounds extreme. For most people raised on the conventional wisdom of three meals plus snacks, the idea that a single daily meal could be not just sustainable but beneficial runs against everything they have been told…
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