Twelve-hour Fast

This is a really easy health tip.......

Fast for half the day (the dark half when you sleep anyway!) From your last meal of the day until you "break" "fast" in the morning with breakfast. It takes 8 hours for your body to fully digest your food from the day. By adding another 4 hours to that the body actually goes into detoxification mode and has more time to remove dead and dying cells from the body.  During this “idle” time, the body also stimulates the development and regeneration of new cells.

There are several benefits of a 12-hour fast.

• This practice also burns up fat cells. When you fast for 12 hours, your body has to use up stored glucose for fuel, burning excess fat off your body. 
• Your brain can also deal with stress better. Twelve-hour fasts give the brain a chance to fight the chemical byproducts of stress.  They also help the mind to re-focus and improve memory and sensory perception. 
• It also promotes heart health. Twelve-hour fasts lower the body temperature, the blood pressure, and the heart rate and increase your good cholesterol.
• Your sleep improves because you are not going to bed on a full stomach. 

Here’s to breaking the fast and waking up feeling lighter, more rested and re-engerized in the New Year!