The Top 10 health benefits of eating one meal a day.
OMAD is a very simple diet practise that has some tremendous health benefits for the human body.
This involves eating all of your calories for the day
in one sitting, rather than spacing out your meals through the day.
It's a type of fasting, called intermittent fasting.
You simply eat your daily calories in a 1 hour window,
and allow your body the other 23 hours of the day to fast.
Although this sounds extreme, It's actually used by the top athletes in the world
to build a healthier and stronger body. Eating one meal a day triggers a deep state
of fat burning in the body, helping people to lose weight very quickly and healthily.
It's also being used by doctors and nutritionists
to help lower inflammation and reverse conditions like diabetes.
Fasting has actually been used for thousands of years by many ancient cultures,
as a means of purifying and healing the human body.
What happens is, when you stop eating, your body goes into a state called 'rest and digest'.
Energy that is usually being used to break down your food,
is diverted to healing processes in the body,
which provides some enormous health benefits,
such as increased brain function, a stronger immune system and the production of stem cells.
In today's video I'm going to share with you the
top 10 benefits of eating one meal a day and intermittent fasting.
I'll also highlight some simple tips on how to follow this diet yourself.
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Top 10 Benefits of Intermittent Fasting & Eating One Meal A Day (23:1)
1. Reduced Hunger One of the main benefits of
eating one meal a day, is that your blood sugars start to stabilise and you feel less hungry.
Your body starts tapping into your fat stores to make fuel,
helping you to lose weight and have a smaller appetite.
2. Higher Energy After following this eating plan for 1-2 weeks,
your body adapts and becomes very efficient at burning fat as a fuel, instead of glucose.
Fat is converted into ketones which provide high energy,
making you feel energised, alert and more vibrant.
3. Brain Function People who eat 3 meals
a day with/without snacks often feel tired, with brain fog, poor mental focus and mood disorders.
However, fasting for 23 hours between your meals,
stimulates a protein called BDNF in your brain by up to 400%.
This helps your brain to grow new brain cells (neurogenesis).
Fasting is incredible to make you to think more clearly,
with better memory, focus and concentration levels.
Fasting also helps you to enjoy a deeper sleep at night, improving neurotransmission during the day.
4. Neuroprotection Another benefit of eating
once a day, is that it reduces oxidative stress in the structure of your brain.
This reduces the risk of Alzheimer's disease, dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Fasting also helps your brain to make new connections in the synapses
to help protect your memory with age.
5. Anti-Aging When you cut down to one meal a day,
your body activates certain genes that can have an anti-aging effect.
Fasting or not eating for long periods of time triggers your body to make more antioxidants
which help repair and protect your cells from damage.
Fasting can help protect you from loss of collagen with age,
giving you healthier looking skin, stronger arteries, cells and internal organs.
6. Immunity By boosting your antioxidant network, fasting
also reduces inflammation in the body, making you more resistant to infections and diseases.
When you don't eat for around 18 hours or more, your body enters a state called autophagy. This
is where your body starts to recycle old waste, viruses, bacteria, fungus, mould, and old protein.
In turn this strengthens your immune system making you healthier and more protected from pathogens.
7. Stronger Joints Fasting for at least 12 hours a day
also boosts growth hormone in the body. This hormone helps to repair the joints, tissues,
bones and ligaments by raising collagen. So if you suffer with joint pain, arthritis or tendonitis
then fasting is the #1 tool in your arsenal to help relieve these problems.
8. Blood Pressure High blood pressure
is usually caused by high amounts of insulin in the body, due to eating too many carbohydrates.
Fasting helps to normalise your blood sugars and insulin levels, which in turn can bring
your blood pressure back within a normal range, and lower the risk of heart attacks.
9. Saving Money When you cut back and start eating
only one meal a day, your body adapts and begins to recycle nutrients and proteins. This means that
you simply don't need to eat as much food and can therefore save some money in the long run.
10. Healing The Liver If you have a lot of
belly fat, it's likely that you also have a fatty liver.
Fasting and eating less is the number 1 thing you can do to help heal your liver,
and remove excess fat from this organ.
As you fast, your liver can start to release its' stored sugars, fats and energy to burn as fuel.
This increases liver function and lowers inflammation so that it can heal.
How To Do OMAD Correctly
Remember that one meal a day (OMAD) is simply a type of intermittent fasting.
You can start by cutting down to 2 meals a day, and then trying one meal a day.
Your body will start to adapt to this new eating pattern,
and you will begin to experience the health benefits I just mentioned.
It's also very important that you eat nutrient dense foods in your 1 hour eating window,
avoiding starchy and processed foods like sugar, bread, cereal, cakes etc…
You want to eat high quality cruciferous vegetables, grass fed meats, wild caught
oily fish like salmon, pasture raised eggs and healthy fats like avocado,
extra virgin olive oil and raw coconut oil.
Supply your body with the nutrients that it needs,
by making your meal as healthy and nutritious as possible.
Supplements
When intermittent fasting the need for B vitamins, and electrolyte minerals goes up
because your body uses them to burn fat.
We recommend drinking a cup of bone broth daily to boost your electrolyte minerals,
and 2 tablespoons of nutritional yeast along with your daily meal to boost your B Vitamins.
Summary
One meal a day is a type of intermittent fasting that triggers the expression of genes
and protective processes that heal the human body.
By eating all of your calories in a 1 hour window, and fasting for the remaining 23 hours,
your body becomes a recycling machine, turning old dead particles into new usable parts.
Eating lots of healthy fats in your 1 hour window,
helps you to stay energetic and full until your next meal.
You can also take B vitamins and electrolytes during your fast,
to support the fat burning and healing processes that take place.
In tomorrow's video, I will share with you the best supplements to take
when following an intermittent fasting plan. These will help your body switch over to fat burning
and support your metabolism. Thank you very much for listening,
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