This means you eat your first meal after 24 hours of fasting. Yes, you read that right. No food for 24 hours.
Benefits are monumental. Here are the reasons why you want to do this:
1 — At 13-15 hours of fasting you get growth hormones, which you need after the age of 30, prevent diseases, reverse aging.
2— At 17 hours you get autophagy which is the repair and clean up of cells.
3 — At 24 hours you get all of the above plus:
- Intestinal stem cells; your body starts to repair the inner lining of your gut and help heal IBS as your stomach, pancreases and gallbladder get a break! Improves & strengthens your immunity
- GABA is produced so you feel more calm; improves anxiety by 40%
- Dopamine is repaired; you feel more joy
- Regulates antioxidants
- Live longer
- No hunger
- No more cravings
- Better skin
- Increases energy
- Increases mood affected by sugar
- Increases memory, focus & concentration
- Decreases inflammation (bursitis, arthritis, tendinitis) caused by sugar
- Lowers blood pressure
- Decreases Heart Disease
- Improves dementia
- Decreases risk of diabetes and insulin resistance
- Decreases risk of fatty liver
- Your body becomes a fat burning machine
- Lose weight
- Fixes a slow metabolism
- Improves your muscles
The list of benefits of a 24 hour fast speaks for itself after practicing OMAD on a consistent basis.
Your preference on how often you want to do OMAD and you can fast lunch to lunch, dinner to dinner or breakfast to breakfast.
Ensure you eat to cover all your macros in that 1 meal and that you consult your doctor prior to embarking on a new health regimen or diet.
