3 ways to do intermittent fasting
Elise Matthews Elise Matthews

3 ways to do intermittent fasting

Let’s start with the beginners fasting protocol: 16:8 intermittent fasting. In this protocol, you go 16 hours without eating a meal then eat your day’s meals in an 8 hour window. During a 16:8 intermittent fasting protocol your body will be depleted of it’s blood glucose (regularly available fast fuel) and your insulin levels will drop triggering the body to stored energy (fat). As you begin to play around with the 16:8 intermittent fasting you may notice that you feel

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Can Fasting increase your lifespan?
Elise Matthews Elise Matthews

Can Fasting increase your lifespan?

Three meals a day is a relatively new trend in the broad spectrum of human life and while it is commonplace today, we did not eat like this until the industrial revolution. But are there benefits to eating a different way?

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Intermitting Fasting Explained
Elise Matthews Elise Matthews

Intermitting Fasting Explained

Humans have been fasting since the beginning of time and yet, fasting is one of the new fads in a long line of fads. This month we’ll spend time learning a bit more about fasting, what it is, what the benefits are, how to do it, some hacks that allow you to fast and not feel hungry. For those of you who are interested in trying intermittent fasting, I’ll also give you the protocol to follow that will ease you into intermittent fasting and help you learn which type of intermittent fasting protocol works best for you.

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What are exercise snacks?
Elise Matthews Elise Matthews

What are exercise snacks?

No, not the kind of snack where you consume energy. We are talking about the kind of snack when you expend energy.

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