Instructional monologue advising how to approximate metabolic benefits of intermittent fasting by ordering food across the day: begin morning meals with protein, avoid carbohydrates at breakfast and through lunch, and reserve carbohydrates, sugar, and treats for dinner. The goal is to prolong periods of low blood sugar and insulin exposure to reduce inflammation, mood swings, irritability, and cravings.
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If you cannot intermittent fast and you want to try to attain a similar response, a powerful way of doing that is ordering your food throughout the day, not just your meals, so that you go to sleep overnight. While we sleep, it is our longest window without raising our blood sugar. We want to harness that, y'. All. So when you wake up, let's start your day, even if it's breakfast and you're not fasting with protein, okay? Lay the foundation of really good blood sugar regulation. Then if you want to incorporate some low glycemic index, micronutrient dense foods, you can do that at breakfast. Do skip carbs for breakfast. Keep your carbs, keep your sugar for later in the day. So we are now prolonging again, low blood sugar, low insulin. We are keeping our blood sugar lower longer. We are not exposing our body to excess insulin and sugar, creating inflammation, creating moodiness, creating irritability, blood sugar swings, cravings, et cetera. So do that through lunch too. Now you've kept your blood sugar low even though you aren't fasting for a solid 18 to 20 hours. Save your carbs and your sugar and your treats and things for dinner time.