Intermittent fasting (IF) is a form of dieting which allows you to control your eating hours. The most popular fasting strategy is time restricted fasts. There is a fasting period during which you cannot consume any calories, followed by an eating window of at least 8 hours (6 hours for beginners). For whole day fasts, you usually fast 1 or 2 day(s) per week, consuming only 400-600kcal daily.
For alternate day fasts, as its name implies you will fast every two days (for example Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) with calories restricted to 25% of your usual daily caloric needs. There will be no calorie restriction for non-fasting days (Tuesday, Thursday, and the weekend).
The keto diet and IF can be combined. IF can help you deplete your glucose reserve faster and speed up the transition to ketosis. However, remember that fasting alone is not enough to maintain ketosis. Even eating moderate amount of carbs could switch your body’s fuel back to glucose.
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