1. PROMOTES BLOOD SUGAR CONTROL

Cells rely on insulin to regulate how the body uses and stores glucose and fat. Individuals with insulin resistance cannot respond to insulin as they should and release more insulin than it needs. This can cause symptoms like weight gain, high blood pressure, and heart disease. Several studies have shown that fasting helps reduce insulin resistance.

2. REDUCES STRESS AND ANXIETY

Fasting helps create a regular eating and sleeping schedule. This in turn helps set a regular circadian rhythm of cortisol secretion. Cortisol is a steroid hormone that plays an important role in responding to stress. Giving your body a regular cortisol secretion rhythm will help reduce stress and anxiety.

Giving your body a break from everyday toxins from processed foods, high amounts of sugar and high-fructose corn syrup and alcohol gives your body an opportunity to naturally remove toxins and reset its body. This will help prevent your body from reacting to inflammatory agents.

4. IMPROVES SKIN HEALTH

Fasting improves the health of your gut. Most inflammation originates from the gut microbiome, so cleansing toxins from your gut also helps reduce inflammation in your skin, the largest organ in your body.

Controlling what you eat and when you eat directly impacts your weight. The body does not burn its fat until glycogen, stored form of glucose, is depleted. Fasting gives your body the opportunity to use up its glucose and glycogen so that your fat can be used., and multiple sclerosis.