

Producing ghrelin makes you want to eat, and eating produces ghrelin…which makes you want to eat more. The abbreviated version of why this happens: there’s a hormone called ghrelin that controls hunger the production of ghrelin is dependent on when you eat. And, the longer you fast (as in, practice the habit of fasting, not maintain one single fast), you’ll find that you don’t get as hungry as often. This is normal, and it’s nothing to worry about. Your first foray into intermittent fasting can certainly bring with it a certain degree of discomfort.

But probably not as a result of starting an intermittent fasting practice. On General Intermittent Fasting 1) Fasting for 16/24/36 Hours Seems Hard–Will I Die? My articles Intermittent Fasting 101& Intermittent Fasting 201 should be enough to get you started. If you’re a complete neophyte to the idea of intermittent fasting, you’ll get a lot out of this article, but you really should check out the basics first. If you’ve read a lot about intermittent fasting, you may know the answers to a few of them. If you’ve recently begun an intermittent fasting practice, then you’ve probably asked yourself a few of these questions or at least been curious.

What’s okay? What isn’t okay? Can I drink coffee still? It’s even less surprising that the same questions get asked over and over and over. Given how prominently Intermittent Fasting is featured in my programs, and how often I discuss various Intermittent Fasting protocols it’s not surprising that I get a lot of questions about the practice. Does Intermittent Fasting Pair Well With a Ketogenic Diet?.5) Does Coffee Break a Fast? (Or Does Stevia Break a Fast, Or Whatever).Should I eat after? How do I handle this? 4) I can only train in the morning, before work.Should I wait until then to break my fast? 3) I can only train in the evening, after work.2) But Wait! Is Intermittent Fasting Bad For My Metabolism?.1) Fasting for 16/24/36 Hours Seems Hard–Will I Die?.Oh look, a neat little table of contents.
