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But an often-overlooked benefit of IF and weight loss is gut health.
You win on every level: You look and feel better.
And lower inflammation scores reduce your risk for nearly every disease.
I find many patients eat gut-unhealthy foods before bedtime.
Fasting makes a great way to eliminate that bad habit.
In other words, you eat a gut-friendly dinner then close up the kitchen for the night.
Among its benefits, fasting gives your overworked gut a break from energy-intensive tasks like digesting and assimilating food.
Studies3show that restoring gut balance can help you lose weight and become healthier.
“We say that fasting is very similar to rebooting the hard drive in a computer.
Sometimes, the computer gets corrupted, and you do not know exactly where the problem is.
“The same thing happens in the human body.
Fasting can also eliminate food sensitivities, the delayed reaction many people have to particular foods.
“Many of the patients I work with have severe food sensitivities even though they have very healthy diets.
For these patients there is usually some underlying inflammatory or infectious issue.
Fasting can provide instantaneous relief of symptoms and aids in supporting recovery from the underlying issue.”
To optimize fasting and get all these benefits, you must incorporate a healthy-gut diet.
Unfortunately,researchers believe6weve lost that diversity during the past 50 years.
The next generation may be the first starting with a markedly diminished variety in gut flora.
5 strategies to consider when implementing IF for gut health:
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These are clues about whether the foods were actually fueling the fire in your gut.
Doing keto incorrectlyread: lots of meat with few plant-based foodscan mess with your gut microbiome.