Intermittent fasting and time restricted eating is a diet trend that continues to appeal to a huge number of people hoping to change their health and fitness. But is this the magic bullet to all your health problems or is it a gimmick that is leading people astray? As is often the case, the truth is somewhere in the middle. Today, I wanted to talk about the pros and cons and simply weigh in on this topic which feels like it is just getting louder and louder In this episode I share:   -      How I've seen some people using fasting -      What IF and TR actually is and what it does -      The gut health benefits to fasting -      Why time restricted eating is not the answer to fixing your gut health -      Why these trends can be a band aid measure for some people -      Who can benefit from using this -      Who wouldn’t actually benefit from using fasting and why -      An example of how fasting helped an afl player short term but not long term -      What I require from clients before I consider fasting for them -      The work out routines that fasting won’t work with   Key Quotes “I'm seeing a lot of people subscribing to intermittent fasting as a way to put a band aid on their poor lifestyle choices.” “If you are someone training like an athlete, at a high intensity, maybe intermittent fasting isn’t the thing for you to be doing all of the time.” If you don’t address your nutrition and what you are eating, please don’t kid yourself and think, I'm intermittent fasting so I'm all good here.” Take the high-performance profile quiz here   https://jessica-spendlove.mykajabi.com/Elite-Energy-Blueprint-Quiz    More about the podcast and me Everything about me can be found here: www.jessicaspendlove.com  If you’re interested in having me as a speaker you can find out more here: https://jessicaspendlove.com/speaker-kit/  Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jess_spendlove_dietitian/?hl=en You can find me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-spendlove-64173bb8/ See my range of current services here https://jessicaspendlove.com/services-guide/  Transformations - real-life success stories that you could have as well https://jessicaspendlove.com/testimonials/ If you want to contact me directly, send me an email here: [email protected]   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.