EP 35 ALTERNATE DAY FASTING (ADF)

Ep 35-ADF

Alternate-day fasting (ADF) is a type of intermittent fasting that involves alternating between days of eating normally and days of fasting or eating very little:

• Fasting days: On fasting days, you either completely fast or eat a small meal or less than 500 calories. 
• Feeding days: On your eating day you would eat as you normally. 

Why would a person practice ADF?

ADF is often used by people who are overweight or obese, but it may also help with other conditions like type 2 diabetes, asthma, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Some potential benefits of ADF include: Weight loss, Lowering cholesterol, Improving body composition, and Reducing risk factors for heart disease and type 2 diabetes. 

ADF example: last meal on Monday at 7p- fast on Tuesday- eat at 7am on Wednesday and eat as you would normally. This would give your body 36 hours of fasting/healing. 

The pubMed article on the effects of ADF is attached in the show notes below for your review.  

I hope this information that I have provided helps you with your health and weight loss journey.

I’m not a doctor so please don’t use anything that I say as a substitute for medical advice. 

If you would like to share your Intermittent Fasting story, please email me at TraceyMackif4life@gmail.com

Intro/outro music: I Feel You by Keven MacLeod

Effect of alternate-day fasting on obesity and cardiometabolic risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis - PubMed Oct 2020 article