Intermittent fasting is a periodic type of fasting. While Ayurveda recommends that everyone should not eat between dinner and breakfast, intermittent fasting suggests to not eat for at least sixteen hours. For example, if you finish dinner at 6 p.m., you would not eat breakfast until 10 a.m. Intermittent fasting could also mean fasting for one day every week. The idea is that fasting gives the body a rest from digestion so it can concentrate on healing.
In this episode, my friend describes how he replenishes nutritionally, so that calorie restriction has a detoxifying effect on his body and mind. He is on a one-meal-a-day plan for more than 2 years now and feels strong and energized, not depleted. He attests to the fact that fasting is more of a mental than a physical feat.
Before you make the decision to pursue intermittent fasting, you must consider your Ayurvedic constitution and other factors. We will discuss customized fasting in our next episode and I will share how I am faring, after building up momentum in eating mindfully while observing Ramadan this spring. Meanwhile, I look forward to hearing your feedback and your thoughts at https://anchor.fm/omni-wellness/message