The essential guide to intermittent fasting
Over the last decade, intermittent fasting—restricting calorie intake for a proscribed number of hours for a set number of days—has become increasingly popular. The New England Journal of Medicine recently noted that therapeutic fasting can be an alternative to insulin for some diabetes patients, and the University of Michigan Journal of Obesity Medicine found that 72% of female physicians use intermittent fasting themselves for weight loss. Numerous other studies have found that intermittent fasting has wide-ranging health benefits, including lowering blood pressure; reducing risk factors for diabetes, cancer, and other diseases; encouraging weight loss without the loss of skin elasticity; promoting longevity; and increasing cognitive function.
However, many people aren’t sure how to incorporate fasting into their daily routine. What are best practices? How do you start? What do you do when you’re hungry? Does “simple fasting” really exist? Life in the Fasting Lane: How to Make Intermittent Fasting a Lifestyle—and Reap the Benefits of Weight Loss and Better Health (Harper Wave/ April 7th, 2020/ Hardcover/ ISBN: 9780062969446/ $28.99) by Dr. Jason Fung, Megan Ramos, and Eve Mayer answers these questions and offers practical advice for integrating food restriction into daily life.
Every person’s physiological and psychological response to food restriction is different, and Life in the Fasting Lane is the essential and comprehensive guide to helping you find the tools and strategies that will work best for your life, offering support, troubleshooting, and practical strategies. Together, Fung, Ramos, and Mayer answer every uncomfortable and embarrassing question you’ve ever had about fasting and couldn’t bring yourself to ask, and provide ten manageable steps in order to make food restriction as accessible as possible.
As more research is reported and interest continues to grow, people are looking for the singular authority on fasting. Life in the Fasting Lane takes the guesswork and fear out of fasting with real-life and expert advice about this number-one diet trend. Dr. Jason Fung is the author of three bestselling health books and is one of the world’s foremost experts on intermittent fasting. Combining Mayer and Ramos’ years of personal experience with Dr. Fung’s clinical experience and scientific rigor, Life in the Fasting Lane is a unique, accessible, and life-changing guide to developing a sustainable and beneficial fasting routine.