Not so Fast: What you need to know about 'intermittent fasting' before embarking on the journey
Without modern inventions such as
will result in losing weight, and
a mockery to everything that is
agriculture, markets, taverns,
many other potential health
spiritual and religious!
restaurants, vending machines, or
benefits. However, fasting also
Postmates - just to name a few - our
instills discipline and other forms
Okay... so, maybe it's not that deep.
ancestors did not have nearly as
of self-control, as it is (or at least it
But having a comprehensive
much access to food as we do today.
should be) accompanied by
understanding of something as
Not only this, but they typically had
introspection.
meaningful as fasting is important.
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to work harder to even get their
It’s amazing that fasting has reached a
food. Once upon a time, and even
This is why intermittent fasting is
wider audience. However, before
still today in certain parts of the
such a success and has become so
starving yourself in vain, remember
world, people hunt their food; kill it;
popular.
that intention is key to achieving
clean / butcher it; and then prepare it, all by themselves.
This alone would make many of us think twice about the things we ate, and how often we ate them.
Your diet is arguably the single most important thing to your
desired results.
"The idea is to become a more holistic, and better version of yourself"
physical existence; it’s how you fuel
In our interview with Tonya Gonzalez (page 18), she mentions that we tend to focus on the outer experience, while neglecting our inner experience - especially when it comes to the discipline and intentional thinking it takes to accomplish goals. Many “experts” and companies that sell
your body. Therefore, it is only
weight loss as the major benefit of
natural to know and understand
Through this experience,
intermittent fasting are nurturing this
your diet in terms of spirituality.
individuals are not only losing
problematic thinking. In fact, a recent
weight, they are giving their bodies
article published by Harvard’s School
Fasting, or intermittent fasting as
a chance to purge toxins - in more
of Public Health concluded that
culture vultures would say, has long
ways than one. Additionally,
research does not consistently show
been apart of human existence.
purging yourself of toxins (or
that intermittent fasting is superior to
Fasting is the act of abstaining from
fasting) isn’t only about food. You
continuous low calorie diets for
certain foods (or food all together)
can also fast from social media,
weight loss efficiency. Furthermore,
for an extended period of time, and
sex, drugs, etc. The idea is to
many nutritionist argue that fasting
is usually associated with religious
become a more holistic, and better
isn’t necessarily good for losing
practices of self-discovery and / or
version of yourself. So the fact that
weight, as losing weight is only a
penitence. Of course reducing the
fasting has been simplified to just
result of fasting, not the ultimate goal.
amount of calories you consume
another diet craze is insulting, and
