Nutrition

Intermittent Fasting 101

Intermittent Fasting 101

What is Intermittent Fasting?
Intermittent fasting (commonly known as IF) is the practice of going for prolonged periods without eating. There are lots of ways to do it, including meal skipping, alternate day fasting, and others. 

There’s evidence that intermittent fasting—when done properly, in the right people—might help with the following:
  Regulate blood glucose
  Control blood lipids, like triglycerides
  Reduce the risk of coronary disease
  Manage body weight
  Help you gain (or maintain) lean mass
  Reduce the risk of cancer,   
……and more.

So, this makes IF a popular choice for lots of people!

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Jackie Davis, PNL1 & L2 Health Coach

Elimination Diet 101

Elimination Diet 101

Elimination Diets pretty much do exactly what the name suggests. They exclude certain foods for a short period of time—usually 3 weeks.  Following that period of time, you slowly reintroduce specific foods and monitor your symptoms for any reactions.

Why do an elimination diet?
Think of it as a science experiment to help you identify any food sensitivities and intolerances. Unlike food allergies—which involve the immune system—food sensitivities occur when the gut reacts poorly to specific foods and ingredients.

What are the benefits of an elimination diet?
Elimination diets help you to collect and analyze empirical evidence, using experimentation and observation based on what happens in your body as you change what you eat. 

Without an elimination diet, you can only guess about causes and their effects. 

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Jackie Davis, PNL1 & L2 Health Coach

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Intuitive/Mindful Eating 101

Intuitive and Mindful Eating 101

For starters, Intuitive Eating (see graphic below) takes all the typical eating rules and throws them right out the window. So, you can relax your brain right from the get-go. Sounds intriguing, yes? But does it work?

For many people, intuitive eating can be extremely transformative. By the time we hit adulthood, most of us are eating for many reasons other than actual hunger. Timeclocks. Habit. Boredom. Stress. Life’s emotional upheavals.

But, ever observe how a baby eats? That’s right. THEY eat intuitively. When they are full, they stop eating. (Imagine that!)  They don’t go into a mental battle with themselves thinking, “I want more. But, no, I shouldn’t. A little more won’t be so bad, right? What is wrong with me? Why can’t I stop?” They’re full…they stop eating. Intuitive eating brings people closer to this natural instinct and way of eating again.
Intuitive eating fits these goals:
✓ Improving your relationship with food
✓ Recovering from disordered eating
✓ Reducing guilt around food
✓ Letting go of diet culture
✓ Getting to know your hunger and fullness signals
✓ Living as well as you can for as long as you can

Mindful Eating takes intuitive eating two steps further. It incorporates all of the above and adds intentional weight loss and body composition changes. To me, that’s a win-win proposition!
Mindful eating adds these goals to the intuitive eating goals:
✓ Intentional weight loss
✓ Body composition changes

So, if you would like to learn how to eat both intuitively AND mindfully, go HERE to sign up for the Fueled for GOD Health Coaching (it’s FREE) and we will get you started!
Jackie Davis, PNL1 & L2 Health Coach