INTERMITTENT FASTING

 

  Intermittent fasting. Nutritionist cautious       advice.

Fasting is incredibly popular right now, with plenty of women jumping on to this ‘band wagon’ for many issues including weight loss, inflammation, chronic illnesses and so forth. Intermittent Fasting basically means switching between fasting and eating on a regular schedule. The common fasting techniques are 16:8, 18:6 and 20:4. The ratios are the number of hours fasted versus the hours for eating.

Intermittent fasting as a nutrition recommendation is being misused and many clients do not have the clarity on how this technique can help them in their healing journey or generally their lifestyle. Currently it is like a ‘blanket recommendation’ for health and wellbeing for everyone which goes contrary to the practice of individualizing nutrition support to each client depending on their specific health concern and putting into consideration different factors.

The key take away is that intermittent fasting is not for everyone. As a nutrition and health provider you need to base your recommendation after thoroughly taking client history, dig deep whether there are other underlying conditions, ask about their symptoms like irregular periods, anxiety and stress levels, fatigue among others.

The term intermittent fasting sounds exciting and something new to try, especially for clients who have tried ‘everything’ to navigate through their health issues but my advice is that you need to make an informed decision. The danger is that one can go down the rabbit hole, get into restrictive dieting and take all manner of supplements just by a search on google, then on the long term their symptoms gets worse, stress levels are heightened and confusion jets in and you get to square one.

Remember, eating enough nutrient-dense foods and consistently is better than eating perfectly.   

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