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Intermittent fasting is a method to take control of our diet. It is about dividing our dietary plans into two separate stages that is named fasting and eating stages. Fasting stage force the intermittent faster to not eat anything for a certain period of time whereas they can drink water, tea, coffee etc. considering no use of sugar. During eating time, the person is allowed to eat and drink anything till they run out of time. Unlike other dietary plans, Intermittent Fasting barely has any restrictions or demans the person to count calories. That is why it is preferred by many people all around the world.

Types of fasts
There are many fasts available in Intermittent Fasting, in fact, a fast can be customized to a person's needs and time. One of the most widely preferred fast is 16:8 Fast. It means that the faster have to spend 16 hours of the day fasting, and the rest of the day eating freely. As the fasting time increases the plan becomes more effective for the purpose of losing weight. It is possible to create a custom plan by calculating the two stages considering they either sum up to 24 hours or to one week. Intermittent Fasting communities have created standart fasting plans such as 16:8, 18:6, 20:4, 2:5.

Beginner level
Apart from benefits, Intermittent Fasting(IF) is in fact difficult for beginners. If a beginner had been on a diet which took many frequent meals to complete the day, it will be more difficult to adapt to changes that IF causes. The main reason behind the initial barriers of IF is ''insulin hormone which is the main trigger of appetite. Other additional hunger hormones are leptin and ghrelin. If the person has high insulin level it will take some effort to adjust to a new type of feeding.''