Fasting Guidlines

When fasting, it's important to stay hydrated.

Drinking plenty of water, herbal tea, and even black coffee can help keep you feeling full and energised throughout the day.

It's also important to ease into your fast by gradually reducing your food intake and choosing nutrient-dense foods.

Listen to your body.

If you're feeling dizzy, lightheaded, or fatigued, it's time to break your fast and eat something.

Fasting should never feel like punishment or cause harm to your body.


One common mistake people make when fasting is overeating during their eating window. This can lead to weight gain and other health problems.

It's important to stick to a balanced diet and not use fasting as an excuse to indulge in unhealthy foods.

Don't is push yourself too hard. Fasting can be challenging, especially if you're new to it.

Don't feel like you need to fast for extended periods of time or do it every day.

Fasting should be done in moderation and according to your own personal needs.

Don't forget about the importance of self-care during fasting. Taking care of yourself through activities like meditation, yoga, or even just taking a relaxing bath can help reduce stress levels and make fasting easier.

Remember, fasting can be a great way to improve your health and well-being when done correctly and in moderation.

There are several different roads you can take on your intermittent fasting journey. Pick the right one for you depending on your lifestyle and goals.
Let's look at the most popular approaches.

5:2 Fasting
With this approach, you eat normally for five days a week and for the other two, you cut back to 20% of your normal daily calorie intake.

16:8 Fasting
The 16:8 method involves fasting every day for 16 hours and restricting your daily eating window to eight hours. Typically, this means not eating anything after dinner and skipping breakfast, eating between noon and 8 pm, for example.

14:10 Fasting
This method is remarkably like the previous method but involves fasting for a 14-hour window and eating for 10. It's a little easier to stick to because the eating window is longer.

Eat-Stop-Eat Plan
With this method, you fast for a full 24 hours a couple of times a week, however, the fasting days shouldn't be in a row.

Alternate Day Fasting
As you can imagine, this method involves fasting every other day. There are different versions of this plan, some allowing five hundred calories on the fasting days while others encourage you to eat fewer or close to zero calories on your fasting days.