{"id":989,"date":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","slug":"intermittent-fasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/?p=989","title":{"rendered":"Intermittent fasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 102, 153);\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Intermittent Fasting (IF)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"280\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KVmSxe5tYKg\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Changes the Function of Cells, Genes and <a href=\"?p=990\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Hormones<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">When fasting, several things happen in your body:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">IF is not a diet, it&#8217;s a pattern of eating. Your body initiates important cellular recycle and repair processes, plus hormonal changes that make stored fat more accessible,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">human growth hormone levels can increase, which has implications for fat burning and muscle gain and there are beneficial changes in several genes and molecules related to longevity and protection against disease.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Can Help You Lose Weight and Belly Fat<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Lower insulin levels, higher growth hormone levels and increased amounts of norepinephrine (noradrenaline) increase the breakdown of body fat and facilitate its use for energy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">IF works on both sides of the calorie equation. It boosts your metabolic rate (increases calories out) and reduces the amount of food you eat (reduces calories in).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Research shows IF causes weight loss of 8% over 24 wks. Some also lost up to 7% of their waist circumference, which is belly fat, the harmful fat in the abdomen that causes disease.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2022%20pics\/IF-tips.jpg\" width=\"182\" height=\"194\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Reduces Insulin Resistance,<br \/>\nLess Risk of Type 2 Diabetes<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">IF reduces insulin resistance, helping lower blood sugar levels and protecting against kidney damage in type 2 diabetes. Studies showed blood sugar reduction of 3-6%, and insulin reduction of 20-31%.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">May Extend Your Lifespan<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Considering all of the above, it makes sense that a daily 16 hrs IF will result in a longer and healthier life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2022%20pics\/I-Fasting.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"267\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"?p=990\"><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">read more &#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intermittent Fasting (IF) Changes the Function of Cells, Genes and Hormones When fasting, several things happen in your body: IF is not a diet, it&#8217;s a pattern of eating. Your body initiates important cellular recycle and repair processes, plus hormonal changes that make stored fat more accessible, human growth hormone levels can increase, which has&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1954,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}