Fasting has been practiced since a lot many years and in many ways according to different religions and regions. It's when a person completely or partially chooses to not eat the usual meals of the day. Fasting sure comes out as a difficult thing to do. But in real, it does a lot of benefit to your body including purifying your body and also gets you closer to a healthy living. So here's what more the fasting can do to your body.
- It facilitates weight loss. Intermittent fasting is when you eat in short periods of time. It's when a person chooses to not consume any food between 11 pm to 5 pm. Says a study of 2015, that intermittent fasting contributes to weight loss. People who fast for alternate days up to 3-4 weeks will observe a decrease in their body weight and body fast as well.
- Fasting helps reduce the risk of diabetes. It regulates the glucose levels, facilitates weight loss and also boosts insulin efficiency. Losing weight is a very important way if you wish to fight diabetes. And hence, you should be concentrating on fasting to achieve both.
- It improves your sleep. If you have troubles sleeping, it mostly is because you tend to eat during wrong hours before bedtime. And a study says that intermittent fasting can help you fix this issue. It prevents insomnia and also improves the quality of your sleep.
- Fasting helps lower blood pressure. Short-term fasting also reduces the risk of heart diseases.
- It also energizes your brain. It might be misinterpreted that fasting makes you feel lethargic but it actually does the opposite. It alerts your mind and energizes your brain quite well.
- Fasting can also slow down the aging process. A study says that intermittent fasting is quite capable of slowing down the process of aging and also increases the lifespan.
We think these wonderful reasons are enough for you to get going and start your way to healthy living by fasting.
