8 Hours for 8 Days — Eating Window Event

I'm excited to share our first "8 For 8" virtual fasting event. It's really simple! Just limit your personal eating window to 8 hours for 8 days.

Everyone can set their own individual eating window hours, based on their individual schedule. Just avoid eating for a minimum of 16 hours out of every 24 hour period, and eat within an 8 hour period or less.

Let's give it a try together and see if we notice any positive (or unexpected) effects. I also encourage you to share with the group via discussions so we can all learn from others experiences.

It's up to each individual to figure out what works best for themselves. For example, do you drink caffeinated coffee or tea in the morning? If your morning beverage includes cream or some added caloric substance, you should begin an eating window earlier (and ending earlier in the day). Alternatively, you might have a later dinner scheduled with friends or family — in that case, drop the cream and have black coffee, tea or just water in the morning. You can even try to fast from caffeine as well — it's all up to you. And remember that unflavored mineral/sparkling water can always be consumed along with still water during your non-eating windows.

It’s important to master the defined eating window for yourself before experimenting further with more extended fasting. Metabolic flexibility is a key concept that we often lose sight of when eating over long windows each day.

In a New England Journal of Medicine meta analysis in 2019, it was determined that intermittent fasting (specifically a 6 hour eating window) has major beneficial impact on healthy aging and disease, and it should be considered a first step in treating obesity, Alzheimer's, MS, diabetes, pre- and post-surgery, etc. So I'm sure we can all benefit from this!

Hope you can participate and don't forget to share!