Source: The Stages of Fasting: What Happens To Your Body When You Fast? by Dr. Edward Group While fasting is nothing new, it is experiencing a resurgence in popularity as many discover its potential health benefits. If you are planning your first fast or looking for ways to improve your next one, there are a few … Continue reading The Stages of Fasting: What Happens To Your Body When You Fast?
Reversing Type 2 Diabetes Through Fasting
Source: Reversing Type 2 Diabetes Through Fasting by Dr. Edward Group Type 2 diabetes, sometimes referred to as adult-onset diabetes, doesn’t have to be permanent. Fasting and calorie restriction can help you get control of your blood sugar, lower your blood pressure, and even help reverse type 2 diabetes. But, before we get into how fasting can undo the … Continue reading Reversing Type 2 Diabetes Through Fasting
How a 3-Day Fast Resets Your Immune System
Source: How a 3-Day Fast Resets Your Immune System by Dr. Edward Group The benefits of fasting are many and various. Fasting supports good health by promoting a healthy body weight, encouraging normal cognitive function, and even facilitating detoxification. Now, research has also shown that fasting may help reset the immune system. How Does Fasting Reset the Immune … Continue reading How a 3-Day Fast Resets Your Immune System
Everything You Need to Know About Ketosis
Source: Everything You Need to Know About Ketosis by Dr. Edward Group Ketosis is a metabolic state in which your body uses fat, rather than sugar, for energy. Your body shifts into ketosis when your blood sugar is low, and the glycogen in your muscles has been depleted. Typically, this happens when you eat a low carb … Continue reading Everything You Need to Know About Ketosis
How to Fast Safely: Considerations Before Starting a Fast
Source: How to Fast Safely: Considerations Before Starting a Fast by Dr. Edward Group If you haven’t done the research, you might find yourself wondering if fasting is safe. You may have heard from people who’ve never even tried it that it’s crazy, dangerous, or just pointless. And yet, for thousands of years, many cultures have … Continue reading How to Fast Safely: Considerations Before Starting a Fast
The Fasting Diet: Tips for a Successful Fast
Source: The Fasting Diet: Tips for a Successful Fast by Dr. Edward Group A fasting diet is a nutritional therapy involving either full or partial caloric restriction. It can be a challenge if you embark on one unprepared and unaware. There are many ways you can prepare yourself for a fast. In this article, I’ll give … Continue reading The Fasting Diet: Tips for a Successful Fast
What Is Alternate Day Fasting?
Source: What Is Alternate Day Fasting? by Dr. Edward Group Alternate day fasting (ADF) is a type of intermittent fasting in which you alternate between “fast days,” when you consume very few or zero calories, and “feed days” when you eat as much as you like. When done correctly, ADF is a powerful tool for weight … Continue reading What Is Alternate Day Fasting?
The Health Benefits of Water Fasting
Source: The Health Benefits of Water Fasting by Dr. Edward Group While fasting has been part of human culture for thousands of years, only recently have we begun to investigate the therapeutic benefits of the practice. Interestingly, modern science has found a variety of verifiable positive effects fasting has on human health. What Is Water Fasting? … Continue reading The Health Benefits of Water Fasting
5 More Popular Weight Loss Diets Explained
Source: 5 More Popular Weight Loss Diets Explained by Dr. Edward Group In my previous post we looked at 6 common weight loss diets, here are another five I felt deserved consideration. 1. The Pritkin Principle Diet This diet has been around since the 1970’s and was originally aimed at those with hypertension and diabetes. Fruits, … Continue reading 5 More Popular Weight Loss Diets Explained
6 Popular Weight Loss Diets Explained
Source: 6 Popular Weight Loss Diets Explained by Dr. Edward Group Here’s a look at some of the most common diets people are using. I am not endorsing any of these but I’ve received a lot of questions about them and wanted to provide a brief overview. Fundamentally, I usually recommend a mostly vegetarian diet but … Continue reading 6 Popular Weight Loss Diets Explained
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