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It goes by many different names: “Intermittent Fasting”, “Alternate Day Calorie Restriction”, “The 5:2 Plan”, etc., but it all boils down to this: one, two, or three times a week, you have a fasting or very low calorie day (VLCD < 500 kcal).  The overall caloric intake isn’t necessarily reduced, the frequency of food consumption is altered. It is a relatively painless way to reap enormous health and weight loss benefits.Intermittent Fasting is how we are genetically designed to eat. Our Hunter-Gatherer ancestors did not sit down to 3 square meals plus 2 snacks, their caloric intake varied from day to day

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Obesity markedly increases risk for diabetes, heart attacks, strokes and many cancers, all of which can lead to premature death. Once a person becomes obese, it is very difficult to return to and maintain a normal weight. All of the widely-promoted diets (low-fat, low-carbohydrate, calorie-counting and so forth) have failed to stop the incredible increase of obesity in North America over the last 50 years.Eating regular meals five days a week and markedly reducing calories for the other two days may be the best way to lose weight and keep it off. This approach to weight loss is called “intermittent fasting.” We have some good data on how effective this diet regimen is for animals, but we are just starting to see the results of research on humans. Most of the studies on humans do not ask participants to avoid all food on their “fast” days.

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LONDON — For the past year, Stuart Adams has been fasting twice a week. While he has lost 15 pounds, the real reason he’s depriving himself is to stave off brain disorders including schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease.“There’s a virulent strain of madness running through my family, and I reckoned my chances of going down that route were pretty high,” said Adams, 43, a freelance translator and interpreter in London who learned of a possible link between Alzheimer’s and diet while watching a BBC documentary last year. “Anything that could help with that was of great interest.”Fasting two or more days a week is catching on as people seek ways to avoid a range of ailments linked to obesity, from dementia to cancer. Building on promising findings in studies of mice by the U.S. National Institute of Aging, researchers are planning the first studies in humans of fasting’s potential to stave off the onset of Alzheimer’s

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Farm to Gym Challenge: Liberation from the Industrial Food System 2 Comments Thursday, August 15th, 2013 Hey folks! I’m really excited to try to charge you all up about this idea I’ve got at the end of this post. As part of the Ancestral Health Symposium for 2014, nutritionist, farmer, and author Diana Rodgers and I did a presentation called, “Liberation from the Industrial Food System”. We’ve got a short recap of the talk here and will post the video link as soon as it’s available

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 What if I told you that by spending 30-45 minutes at the gym running intervals would help you lose fat faster than walking on the treadmill for four hours?Welcome to the wonderful, time-saving world of high intensity interval training! What is High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)?It’s a kind of exercise that aims for maximum fat loss in a short period of time, and it combines two kinds of training:High Intensity Training. Working out at maximum effort in order to reach VO2 max, which triggers the afterburn effect that makes your body burn calories up to 48 hours after your workout ends.  Interval Training. Alternating periods of low-intensity with moderate-intensity.

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I’m sure by now you’ve heard of Tabata Training, or some version of it.Tabata training was designed in the 90’s by a Japanese scientist, Izumi Tabata and his colleagues, at the National Institute of Fitness & Sports in Tokyo. They compared the results of moderate high intensity training and high intensity interval training (HIIT) among athletes. They concluded that the athletes who performed HIIT saw increases in their aerobic (cardiovascular) system as well as anaerobic (muscle) system capacities, whereas athletes who did moderate high intensity training only improved their aerobic system, but had little to no increase in their anaerobic system.So what does that mean for you? Tabata training is an excellent training method to add to any fitness program. You can throw it in at the end of your regular exercise routine, supplement your usual cardio with it (I do- you’ll almost never see me on an elliptical or treadmill.

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5:2 intermittent fasting diet – The Pros and Cons scrolling=”no” frameborder=”0? style=”border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100px; height:27px;” allowTransparency=”true”>ShareEarlier this year, we posted about the 5:2 diet, and how our DietAssist programme can make intermittent fasting diets like the 5:2 much easier and longer lasting.In the article, we also cautioned that whilst intermittent fasting has many reported health benefits, it is not safe for everyone, especially pregnant women and diabetics.Well, the kind folks at Holland and Barrett have sent us a handy infographic which summaries the pros and cons of the 5:2 intermittent fasting diet. It’s got information collated from the UK National Health Service (NHS), US National Institute of Health (NIH), the BBC and various other sources.It even has this quote from our article Like other diets, it doesn’t address the underlying eating habits which caused weight gain initially. As a result, weight usually piles back on when a person stops fasting.If you’re concerned about how long you can keep your 5:2 intermittent fast going, or are worried about putting the weight back on when you stop, then why check out DietAssist too?Anyhow, here’s the infographic – which we hope you’ll find useful in deciding if an intermittent fasting diet such as 5:2 is right for you.Was this useful? Comment below! scrolling=”no” frameborder=”0? style=”border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100px; height:27px;” allowTransparency=”true”>Share By Rob Woodgate|NewsLeave A CommentAbout the Author: Rob Woodgate Rob Woodgate is the co-creator of the DietAssist programme, and is passionate about helping people understand how their mind works so they can use it to enrich their lives

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Glenn Cardwell: Intermittent Fasting Intermittent Fasting When was the last time you were on a fast, eating a lot less than normal? The time you had the flu? That medical procedure that required a 12 hour fast, but delays extended it to 16 hours?

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Being physically fit and healthy is not something that can be achieved instantly. If your goal is to have a perfectly toned and sculpted body, you may need to undergo rigorous training and workout programs. You may already have heard of the Tabata training program, or know someone who is undergoing one. If so, you would know of its claims as one of the most effective weight loss and fitness programs ever developed.

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The Tabata drills we’ve been adding into classes and private sessions lately elicit a lot of “OMGs” and “holy cows!” (or words to that effect). So while we’re adding them to our sessions, clients are still wondering things like if I’m saying ciabatta, or if Tabata is pronounced like Tabitha without the “th”. So I said I’d write up a little Tabata 101 low down to give everyone some background. Here we go

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