During this pandemic Covid-19, surely most of us have to stay at home especially students and workers that work from home, so high probably of being hungry and always in and out from kitchen. This thing may gain weight and make us worry how to set up healthy life in a daily life. So how to lose our body weight? Do you even hear about ‘intermittent fasting’? Here this article is introducing to you about one of the world’s most popular health and fitness trends. What is Intermittent Fasting (IF)? Intermittent Fasting or IF is an eating that cycles between periods of fasting and eating, it doesn’t specify which foods you should eat but rather when you should eat them. It like fasting during Ramadan but the differences is the period of time and intermittent fasting allow its practitioners to drink water during fasting period to avoid dehydration. Dr. Siti Aniza Basir sharing in her Facebook page, it has been proven in studies that fasting is the best diet like sunnah Rasulullah S.A.W fasting for healthy, not just in Ramadan but in other months as well. Intermittent fasting is the best way for our bodies to rest well with healthy style. Common intermittent fasting methods involve daily 12-14 hour fasting and the rest time to eat. For examples, if you start your intermittent fasting at 6.30 p.m., tomorrow at 9.30 a.m. you take your breakfast. As we can understand, intermittent fasting also known as ‘Closing Your Kitchen Early’. How to Practice Intermittent Fasting? From article by Kris Gunnars, there are several methods of doing IF, during the fasting periods, we will allow to drink but please don’t add sugar or milk. These are the most popular methods for intermittent fasting: 1. The 16/8 Method: This method also called as the Lean-gains protocol, it involves skipping breakfast and restricting your daily eating period to 8 hours, then fasting for 16 hours in between. But for beginner, Dr Siti Aniza suggested to start with 12 hours fasting and 12 hours daily eating. As examples we start fasting at 7 p.m. and take breakfast tomorrow morning at 7 a.m. 2. Eat-Stop-Eat: This involves fasting for 24 hours, once or twice a week, for example by not eating from dinner one day until dinner the next day. 3. The 5:2 Diet: By using this methods, we consume only 500-600 calories on two non-consecutive days per week, and you can eat normally the other 5 days. The best method and most people use in Malaysia is the first method, because it not hard to try and suitable with our condition and country. Lisa Surihani Practicing IF for Her Health and Beauty. Do you know that intermittent fasting start popular in Malaysia after one of celebrities in Malaysia, Lisa Surihani shared her tips for have good body weight? Lisa Surihani also practice this intermittent fasting as a practice for lose weight after giving birth to second child and keep healthy life. She shares 4 tips for diet that her practice in Instagram, one of that tips is intermittent fasting and that attract most her followers. Lisa managed to lose her body weight from 64kg to 53kg. The best part of intermittent fasting is it will help us to energized, improve brain health, anti-aging and craving to sweet food. However, intermittent fasting is not necessarily effective for everyone because everyone have their different body type. Therefore, before intending to do IF, seek advice from nutritionist first.
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