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Fasting has been a part of humanity for thousands of years. It’s likely safe to say that early mankind did this out of necessity. Food sources weren’t always readily available for purchase in stores and there were certainly times where eating just wasn’t an option. Fasting can be instinctual as well. In times of stress or illness, our body's natural inclination is to conserve energy and we often lose our appetites. Later the practice was adopted into many religious and spiritual groups as a way of connecting with a higher power.

While there are many different types of fasting, our focus for this episode will be on intermittent fasting (IF). The beauty of IF is that it’s incredibly easy to implement and track. Intermittent fasting is simply abstaining from eating for a length of time. It allows the body and digestive system time to reset in a manner of speaking and can affect our health down to a cellular level. It’s a very popular practice right now, but like with most trends there is plenty of misinformation floating around on how to do it correctly.

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