early dinner, or “linner” as we say in my house. Then, the next day, I’m back to my usual routine. This is how it becomes a lifestyle. Don’t try to count how many calories you ate and then excessively over-exercise. That just sets you up for disordered eating behaviors, not to mention its futility. Worry more about getting your hormones back in

I will do intermittent fasting, not to restrict calories because I have no idea how many calories I consume daily, but to give my poor pancreas a break after a night of indulging. My Morning After Plan is to wake up and go for a long walk, drink a lot of water, and break my fast with a healthy late lunch/

I like to use the science and concepts behind intermittent fasting to explain what has become a popular diet myth—“eating too late at night will lead to weight gain.” It truly doesn’t matter when you eat, it matters what you eat.

An overwhelm-ing amount of research has come out on the benefits of intermittent fasting, largely due to its ability to lower insulin levels,

remember beating myself up about eating a cube of pineapple. Never again. One of the most important parts of any healthy diet plan is the ability to sustain it and keto has shown us for the last several decades that it’s not sustainable.

In an insulin lowering diet that isn’t as extreme as keto, the “keto flu” doesn’t exist because there’s still carbohydrates from non-starchy vegetables and fruits that the brain and the body can use.

When insulin levels lower (again, this doesn’t always mean ketosis), the body is better able to use stored body fat for energy, which helps improve energy levels.

The nutrient and antioxidant properties in non-starchy vegetables and fruits are known to have beneficial effects on inflammation, cancer, and heart disease and shouldn’t be limited in any healthy diet.

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