I remember back when I first came upon fasting in 2014 (yes, I’ve been doing it that long).

I had heard of it but it wasn’t something I was ready to embrace nor did it have much of a following at that point.

I had bought into all the myths that still abound: you’ll go into starvation mode, you’ll lose muscle and on and on.

The only reason that I decided to give it a try was because I was getting ready for 2 more bodybuilding contests and I wanted to be the most ripped that I had ever been.

In my constant quest for knowledge, as I was researching and reading more, I read about how our stubborn fat cells have a different type of receptor.
These receptors have a very poor blood supply, which makes it almost impossible to lose fat in those areas.

Lo and behold, one of the only ways to increase the blood flow to those areas is through fasting.

And as the old saying goes, ‘When the student is ready, the teacher will appear’, I was ready and despite shunning fasting previously, I dove in.

Make no mistake, my only reason at that point was purely cosmetic.
I wanted to drop body fat.

But within a week, I started to notice other things.

For one, my hunger was much more manageable.
This was a HUGE thing because when you are doing something to such an extreme level such as bodybuilding, the biggest obstacle is managing your hunger.

There had been previous contest preparations where I literally broke down in tears because of how hungry I was, no joke.

Then, within a few more weeks, I noticed that I was able to come off HCL (hydrochloric acid), which is one of the main digestive enzymes, which is often deficient due to stress.
This meant that my digestive process was reaping benefits too.

And that led me further down the path of research.