Intermittent fasting has officially gone to the mainstream. So many people are talking about it on a nearly daily basis now and so many people have also decided to give it a shot and see if it improves their health.
Whether you're looking to gain muscle mass, lose body fat or actually add years to your life by improving your body's efficiency, intermittent fasting is a relatively easy solution to these problems (especially compared to other methods).
Something that the mainstream seems to leave out of it's IF (intermittent fasting) recommendations is that you should not be consuming anything other than water while fasted.
If you drink a cup of coffee in the morning, then your fast breaks the second you start drinking the coffee. Same goes for tea. Anything other than water breaks your fast.
Many people don't know this or understand it. I actually didn't come to know it until about a year ago (after I had been doing IF - or what I thought was IF for over 2 years).
Intermittent fasting is such a fantastic way to manage certain issues like inflamation, weight loss, muscle gain, etc. but if you're not doing it properly then you may be missing out on it's fantastic benefits.
I also wanted to add this other personal note. When I started doing IF properly and restricted my coffee as well, I found that I almost went through something of a withdrawl from caffeine.
It's crazy how addicted our bodies can become to such a simple thing that everyone uses. Coffee is more addicting then you think.
When I was first waking up in the morning, I had headaches, fatigue, etc. because I didn't have my coffee. But like everything, those feelings subside overtime.
Now I wake up feeling alert and ready to go. I'm focused on the work that laysi n front of me and I'm ready to conquer the day with IF helping me lose weight!