British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak raised eyebrows after he revealed he fasts for 36 hours between Sunday night and Tuesday morning each week. His decision is partially a nod to his Hindu faith, but it’s raised questions on whether observing an intermittent fasting routine is healthy.
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00:29generally well I do some intermittent fastings on those days nothing
00:33otherwise I probably have Greek yogurt and blueberries during the week and
00:37then I have a second breakfast mid-morning which is either the Gale
00:40cinnamon morning bun or a pain au chocolat or a chocolate chip muffin so I
00:44have one chocolatey sugary pastry at some point.
01:03Intermittent fasting can help fuel fat loss but it also can improve interpersonal
01:09relationships and self-esteem. Eating all day long overtaxes our pancreas and
01:15our digestive system. It overtaxes it so much that it cannot work properly and if
01:22it cannot work properly we cannot absorb our food or the nutrients in that food.
01:26So when you eat insulin is secreted by the pancreas to move sugar into the
01:32cells. We store the bulk of our sugar in our liver and our skeletal muscle but
01:39when we exceed those storage sites we store it as fat. When we're fasted
01:46insulin levels are low and we can tap into fat stores for energy.