Why Should You Rotate A Fast

Why Should You Rotate A Fast

When starting a fasting lifestyle, it can be really easy to stick to a certain schedule. However, your body starts to get comfortable when you feed it the same stimulus.

So when you stick with the same fasting window, it expects food at the same time and will elicit certain hormones like cortisol, insulin, ghrelin, and leptin.

For optimal health and ongoing fat loss, we can vary our fasts to increase metabolic flexibility.

Should you rotate a fast?

If you fall into any of the below, you may benefit from rotating a fast.

  • Insulin resistance

  • Elevated glucose levels

  • Difficult sleeping

  • High stress

  • Weight loss plateaus

  • Increased belly fat