
Fasting, but not really?
There is a bunch of research out there about the benefits of fasting. Juice fast. Water fast. Intermittent fasting. What is a person to do?
Fasts are really hard. Like, really hard. Unless you have resolve of steel and just don't like food at all, a fast is a true sacrifice and hardship.
Could there be a new way? The researchers out of University of Southern California and a company called Prolon have developed a 5 days Fasting Mimicking Plan which is designed to provide targeted calories and supplements so you get the benefit of fasting without the pain and hunger of fasting. This type of fast done intermittently has been linked to all kids of health benefits. I will talk about these benefits in a later post. Stay tuned!
This all seems great, but I really wanted to try it myself before recommending it to my patients.
