Imagine a diet where you can eat whatever you want. That’s probably exactly why it’s become so popular, and you’ll find it under the name intermittent posts. As strange as it may sound, within this diet, you can eat all sweets, even white bread and other “naughty” things. You’re probably wondering, so how do we even lose weight then?

If you’ve already tried several diets and none of them really worked, then you probably agree that the secret of a successful diet lies elsewhere than it seems at first glance. As the name itself reveals how this diet works: you need to stick precisely to intermittent fasting, and this leads to weight loss.

Today, we attempt to copy all sorts of eating patterns, and it seems that mimicking the diet of the cave man is closest to a diet that doesn’t make us gain weight. Scientists didn’t believe this for a long time, but then Hollywood actors came to their aid, and then things snowballed. Actually, many say the herd instinct kicked in... if they can do it, so can I...

The diet that more and more people have been following lately is not a classic diet, but rather a way of eating. Once you get into this rhythm, you’ll need to stick with it all the time.

The entire secret is, you eat whatever you want for 8 hours, then for the next 16 hours, nothing. The diet thus teaches you to digest properly.

The key thing is that for 8 chosen hours, you eat whatever you want, then you give your body enough time to digest the intake of fats, proteins, as well as vitamins and minerals. A regular eating rhythm slows the aging process, strengthens the immune system, and in a few weeks, you’ll lose a lot of weight.

A side product of this way of eating is a more stable breakfast. Namely, when you know you won’t be allowed to eat for a few hours, breakfasts also become more abundant, which positively affects digestion.

But that’s not all!

When you know you have limited access to food, you try to eat a more diverse range and such foods that keep you full for a longer time. Foods that lose their potency quickly, you’ll get rid of in just a few days, and these are mostly processed foods. You’ll end up eating more vegetable soups with healthy fats.

Finally, this... fasting for 16 hours is not easy to maintain. Especially not for several days in a row. Following an 8-hour diet in real life is very demanding; however, it is actually closer to the diet of the cave man, who didn’t have food available whenever he wanted it. There were no fridges or electricity back then, and unlimited amounts of food have only been available in the last few decades.