De gusto and well - Intermittent fasting - Fashion or recipe for health?
We hear a lot lately about intermittent fasting: is it just a passing fad or does it have real health benefits?
real health benefits? Let's first see what it is.
"Intermittent fasting is a variable period of time (of hours or even days) during which no food is introduced into the body".
Intermittency is determined by alternating time windows in which one eats with periods of time in which when no food is taken in. Normally, we all already practise intermittent fasting.
When?
During the night: about 10-12 hours pass from dinner to breakfast the next day. Furthermore, abstaining from food is a very common practice from antiquity,[Segue]