 What's up guys Isaac here and in today's video I want to discuss intermittent fasting Which is something I've actually experimented with in the past for about a year last year So I'm gonna give you a no bullshit rundown of the main benefits I experienced with it and of course everyone wants to see a transformation So that's what I look like beforehand and that's what I look like afterwards But I've been by the boom by the bam, but let's let's get into this So for those of you that don't know what intermittent fasting is this is basically a eating schedule It's not a diet. A lot of people have been running around since it died It's not a diet because it doesn't tell you how many calories you should eat per day It doesn't tell you what type of foods you should eat it basically you just choose how many hours you're gonna fast How many hours you don't eat that's all IF is so the typical split that people have is they have a 16 hour Eating wind fasting window and the eight hour eating window and people can change this up so some people have an 18 hour fasting window and then a Six hour eating window 20 hour fasting window for our eating window you change up basically depending on your goals and how your body reacts I typically use the standard 16 hours fasting eight hour eating, but sometimes used 18 hours fasting and six hours eating so Doesn't make you lose fat. Well it does But I don't necessarily think it enhances fat loss to Any significant amount over other diets because I've done other diets in the past where I have lost fat Just as much fat as IF and the reason I think most people lose felt IF is because of how small the eating window is So naturally if you're going out throughout your day eating, you know cupcakes and Cheetos and things like that 24 hours a day or if you're awake 24 hours You're gonna Take in more calories, but if you have a limited eating window, even if you try to eat a lot Chances are that big amount you're gonna eat is not gonna be as much as the small amounts added up throughout the day And what tends to happen is if you eat a big amount after a long fasting period You start feeling full and as a result you don't actually even eat that much throughout So I feel like that's the main reason why people lose fat with intermittent fasting Now there's a whole bunch of scientific studies. I'm just looking at some right here people say that fasting helps you prolong your life Reduce the likelihood of you getting sick promote cardiovascular health decreases cancer risk. I don't know about all of that I'm not sure how valid these studies are. I feel like some of these other benefits that people often talk about are for Longer prolonged fasting periods not just the typical 16 hours fast 8 hour eating window I feel like that's kind of not really that much to begin with it's just that as a society where Conditioning we're used to eating every single day. So it seems like something dramatic when we fast for 16 hours, but it's not really the next benefit I actually got from IF was Focus When I wake up in the morning, right? When I'm not doing IF and I have a big breakfast with sausages, bacon, eggs, scones, baked beans, toast and You know oats and all that what tends to happen is after having that epic meal I feel groggy and Lactologic and just want to take a nap So this feeling that you get as your food is breaking down as your body is actually breaking down if you just ate Kind of reduces your capacity to do meaningful work a lot of times You kind of feel a bit lazy not as focused when you're fasted when you're in a faster state your concentrations like Razor sharp. I found myself doing lots of work Editing videos doing neither my engineering work For prolonged periods of times while doing IF. So it is definitely a hack in our regards Well, at least for me, I'm not sure how you respond to about a lot of people have been saying the same thing about how it improves concentration I'm moving on the main benefits that I Got from IF that I actually The reason I do it the reason I tell people to do it not so much the fat loss not so much concentration is the discipline aspect On this channel, you know, I'm always talking about discipline I'm always talking about stoicism and voluntary discomfort Building your grit putting yourself through kind of like these minor hindrances in order to Improve your mental toughness improve your grit fasting is probably one of the best ways you can do this, right? because you take someone who's growing accustomed to eating candy canes and Cupcakes every single day and eating whenever they feel like it whenever the urge comes up and you tell them, okay You can't eat until this set time and you have to stick to it That act of having a set time a schedule and sticking to it Builds your discipline. It builds your grit. It builds your willpower So I advise everybody to try IF at some stage mainly because that it really does transition over to other areas Just in the same way as building your discipline for going to gym transitions over to other areas You need the whole holistic approach in order to become a mental jogger Not in order to have that psychological warfare what I was talking about. Anyway guys Those are my non bullshit benefits of fasting. I might make videos on the protocol I used if people are interested in it and More these fitness nutrition type videos perhaps in the future just to mix it up who knows I'll be seeing you guys next time. Peace