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From a health standpoint, intermittent fasting is useful - especially for the general population who are not very active and struggling with metabolic diseases. However, if you're adding intermittent fasting on top of exercise, you aren't gaining any extra benefits.

❗️ In fact, if you’re a woman, adding intermittent fasting on top of exercise can be harmful to both your performance and your health. ❗️
💥 The threshold for kisspeptin disturbance in women is more sensitive than in men (note: kisspeptin is a neuropeptide, stimulating 2 areas of the hypothalamus in women, but only one in men).

💥 When kisspeptin is downregulated from low nutrient status, the endocrine system takes a hit- there goes the menstrual cycle, and the thyroid starts to downregulate (Hello lowered resting metabolism!) Diets such as intermittent fasting and keto disrupt kisspeptin production.

💥 Adding exercise to the equation just adds to the stress of denying our bodies important nutrient signaling. PS - your body starts storing more belly fat.

💥 The long term effects of intermittent fasting with exercise for women athletes is endocrine dysfunction, increases in abdominal fat, more depression, and subsequent fat gain.
Pretty much the opposite of why you started the diet in the first place, right?
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