If you are intrigued by intermittent fasting or currently practice it then you might want to try reverse fasting.
Reverse fasting is when you start your day off eating and stop by 5 or 6pm and fast 12-15 hours from there.
Reverse fasting takes into your circadian rhythm to inform your eating and sleep-wake schedule. Each of our cells and organs have a circadian clock. This clock determines when your genes should be turned on and off. An example of this is our digestive system. When the sun goes down our digestive system’s actions get turned off and it begins to repair and restore. If you decide to eat a late dinner, your digestion may be slower and won’t produce the necessary acids and create insulin resistance (when your body doesn’t respond to the hormone insulin resulting in increased blood sugar). Studies have shown food consumed late at night tends to get stored as fat rather than burning as energy. Once the sun rise’s your digestive genes are active and read for your first meal of the day. It can then properly digest your food.
A typical day would look like this
8am breakfast
12 pm lunch
4pm dinner
5pm you would start your fast all the way through 8am the next day.
Most people are still at work at 4pm or out rushing around to take the kids to practices, etc. What you can do is prepare a smoothie to bring to work with you or a soup to warm up. Another option is pushing dinner a little later. A 12 hour fast is still beneficial.
Is this something you are willing to try out? Let me know how it goes!