Your ultimate guide to effective fasting

Is it really that difficult to fast?

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Ramadan recently ended for the Islamic community, and now the Christian community is anticipating Holy Week. Many of us are reminded to fast around this time for the observance of spiritual practices. Some avoid eating meat on specific days. Others go on a more restrictive fast that can range from one meal a day to a water fast.

Fasting as a spiritual discipline has been observed since ancient times. But did you know that fasting has tremendous benefits on your overall health? Intermittent fasting has gained so much popularity. Science proves that it has health benefits. Unfortunately, many are misguided as to how to healthily fast intermittently.

Fasting from food will not only make you lose weight and body fat through caloric restriction. It will also reduce inflammatory markers in the body that are related to chronic illnesses like insulin resistance and diabetes, cancer, autoimmune disease, and more. Fasting for 24 hours can make your body, specifically the cells in the intestines, produce stem cells naturally. Stem cells play a huge role in repairing damaged tissues in the body. Therefore, fasting can help in rejuvenation.