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Essential Fasting

Essential Fasting

By Jordan Rubin & Josh Axe

12 Benefits of Intermittent Fasting and Other Fasting Plans for Accelerating Weight Loss, Crushing Cravings, and Reversing Aging. Destiny Image Publishers Inc., 2020.

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Summary of Essential Fasting book by Jordan Rubin & Josh Axe

Explores the ancient ritual of fasting and teaches simple, step-by-step methods for losing weight, getting fit, and feeling good that are easy to implement and cost nothing to maintain.

Chapters in Essential Fasting book summary

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What do you get from this book? Fasting methods for improving your health and increasing your lifespan

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Fasting is an ancient tradition that can improve health as long as you do it safely

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Spikes in glucose are the driving force behind poor health, but fasting-induced autophagy encourages the healing process

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Time Restricted Eating offers a range of schedules that can be easily adapted to any lifestyle

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Modified fasts such as the crescendo, bone broth diet, and juice cleanse allow you to consume limited amounts of calories

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The Daniel Fast focuses on vegan foods that increase your health and theological awareness

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Giving our body time off from food allows it to detox, burn fat, and improve cognitive function

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Fasting helps us live longer, healthier lives free from type 2 diabetes and heart disease

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By abstaining from food, our bodies can break addictions and normalize hormones

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Clean eating and satiety eating are important for any fast you decide to undertake

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Eliminating food alters both your physical and mental states, so give yourself a break if you go astray

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It’s normal to feel a little lethargic while fasting, but there are simple remedies for combating this

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Combining diffused fragrances with meditation and prayer will help you get the most out of fasting

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Summary of the key insights

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Selected critiques in brief

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Who should read Essential Fasting book

  • Medical professionals
  • nutrition counselors
  • fitness instructors
  • health-conscious individuals
  • anyone interested in natural healing practices

About the author of Essential Fasting

Jordan Rubin

Jordan Rubin

Jordan Rubin is a natural health specialist and bestselling author. He is the founder of Garden of Life, a leading vitamin and supplement company. Josh Axe is a chiropractor, clinical nutritionist, and certified doctor of natural medicine. He and Rubin are the co-founders of Ancient Nutrition, which explores early health principles in the modern world.

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