Intro

Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern that cycles between eating and fasting, exactly how it sounds. It’s not necessarily a diet, just a window of time you choose to eat and time you don’t. Typically, most follow either the 14-16:8 method which is where you eat your daily meals within an 8 hour period or the 5:2, which is 5 days of eating normally, 2 days of fasting.

Blood sugar + Insulin

Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that allows your body to use sugar (aka glucose) from carbs in the food that you eat for energy now or to store for future use after you eat. It makes sure your blood sugar levels don’t get too high or too low. *Key example

How do you know if you have insulin resistance? How this can benefit you is that if you feel like you are starving all the time, having mood swings around meals times, or can’t quite get ahold of your appetite, this could be a good time to try this style of eating. One of my great friends is an RD who proofread this episode and provided insight, so you’ll have to listen to find out! S/O to YOU Meg Wolf.