
by William Cole, D.C., re-post from mindbodygreen.com
The research surrounding intermittent fasting (IF) is super exciting; it's been shown to increase autophagy (also known as cellular repair), decrease inflammation, and heal the gut. Sounds awesome, right? But depriving the body of food for longer stretches of time raises some concerns for our hormones—like insulin, stress hormones like cortisol, and female hormones like estrogen and progesterone... Read More