{"id":7905,"date":"2025-03-10T23:02:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T23:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thrivewithnutrition.co.uk\/home\/?p=7905"},"modified":"2025-11-23T16:23:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T16:23:24","slug":"elementor-7905","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thrivewithnutrition.co.uk\/home\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/elementor-7905\/","title":{"rendered":"Fasting: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Wellness"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7905\" class=\"elementor elementor-7905\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1641805 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1641805\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41b737a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41b737a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fasting isn\u2019t just a wellness trend\u2014it\u2019s deeply rooted in many cultures and religions. From Lent in Christianity to Ramadan in Islam, Yom Kippur in Judaism, and various Hindu fasting rituals, the practice of abstaining from food has long been associated with reflection, devotion, and healing.<\/p><p>But beyond its spiritual significance, fasting has powerful health benefits too. Techniques like intermittent fasting can activate SIRT1, a gene linked to longevity, and trigger autophagy, your body\u2019s way of clearing out damaged cells and recycling nutrients. It\u2019s a natural reset button for your system, giving your body time to rest and digest, while also reducing inflammation and improving insulin sensitivity.<\/p><p>We all fast overnight (unless you\u2019re a midnight snacker!) and simply extending that window can be a gentle way to begin. However, fasting isn\u2019t suitable for everyone.<\/p><p>If you do choose to fast, then gradually reduce your feeding window to 10 or even 8 hours for great benefits. Just remember to make nourishing and nutritious choices in between.<\/p><p>If fasting isn\u2019t for you, then maybe consider the \u201chara hachi bu\u201d approach, eating until you\u2019re 80% full. It\u2019s a gentler way to support longevity without the extremes.<\/p><p>Want to know more about how you can look after your health?\u00a0Then why not buy my book today, \u201cThrive With Nutrition\u201d, available on Amazon or\u00a0via the links on this website.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1705ce e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b1705ce\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55e2446 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55e2446\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Image by user14908974 on Freepik<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fasting isn\u2019t just a wellness trend\u2014it\u2019s deeply rooted in many cultures and religions. From Lent in Christianity to Ramadan in Islam, Yom Kippur in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,65,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diet","category-gut-health","category-health"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thrivewithnutrition.co.uk\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thrivewithnutrition.co.uk\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thrivewithnutrition.co.uk\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thrivewithnutrition.co.uk\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thrivewithnutrition.co.uk\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7905"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/thrivewithnutrition.co.uk\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7930,"href":"https:\/\/thrivewithnutrition.co.uk\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7905\/revisions\/7930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thrivewithnutrition.co.uk\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thrivewithnutrition.co.uk\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thrivewithnutrition.co.uk\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thrivewithnutrition.co.uk\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}