Fasting is something me and my husband do about six times a year but it’s part of our faith. So I know I can do it because I have. But I wanted to investigate he ups and downs of it. So I was thrilled I found this book.
This book break down the different fast and what I can actually eat or not it. And it dispelled all the silly myths and there are many. I felt like this book gave a great overview and what happens to a women’s body while fasting. Very informative. It was realistic about how to start and why. And always stressed a healthy diet with exercise. It has quit many exercises (strength training ) and tips if you’re having trouble with the exercise. It even had treadmill yoga walking poses❣️
I think it a great book to starting intermediate fasting and I highly recommend it.
Thanks Healthfit Publishing via NetGalley.
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This book is a great beginner's guide to different types of fasting, as well as exercise suggestions. It is a "how-to" for fasts of several different types, clearly explained. If someone already knows a lot about fasting, then this book probably won't add much to their knowledge, but this book is perfect for someone just starting to learn about fasting!

1.5stars is my actual rating.

This book is a hot mess of common sense and contradictions. It flip flops both in meaning and what topic they are talking about. They'll hit on something and say one thing, put a few other paragraphs or pages of other info in there and than hop back to the first topic to give you more, but sometimes conflicting information.

If I handed this into one of my English teaching colleagues there would be a lot red ink used up on formatting and conflicting view points.

What do I mean by that? Well, it pendulums between “Not a fab diet. It’s a lifestyle change…” but almost comes out with “a diet that can be used for months, even years.” So is it a lifestyle change or a diet? Because those are two completely different things. It continues being an enigma when it first tells you that intermittent fasting “doesn’t concern what you eat, but when” only to continue a paragraph later with ”to reap the rewards-proper nutrition and calorie control are essential…effects are greatly diminished, if not negated altogether by making poor food choices and eating too much.” Boy this sure sounds like a diet rather than a lifestyle change now huh?

This contradictory trend continues when the book starts toting the traditional (and slightly more complicated) adage of, less calories in that out equals weight loss. Now anyone who has spent any amount of time dieting and/or researching intermittent fasting knows that this is slightly more complicated than that. Jason Fung, a well know doctor who uses intermittent fasting to help his pre-diabetic and diabetic patients lose weight and reduce/stop insulin use, has multiple free to watch seminars on Youtube about this and has several books out that hit on this fact too. So when the book started saying this, I started rolling my eyes. Only, it changed its mind several pages later. Make up your mind!

Between the over simplified calories explanation and the proper, more in-depth explanation (14% of the book later) comes a section on Ketosis, some key hormones involved with food processing and their effect on weight loss, and changes during intermittent fasting and who should and shouldn’t use this diet/lifestyle change…or whatever it is the Hormone section is actually useful and fairly apt. However, then there is the section saying who should and shouldn’t intermittent fast…and more contradictions.

For context. Jason Fung is a doctor, and author, who USES intermittent fasting to help his patients drop weight in order to help control or eliminate their dependency on insulin. All his patients are diabetic, pre-diabetic or insulin resistant. This guy is the reason intermittent fasting is coming back as a thing. However, this book says diabetic SHOULDN’T intermittent fast. Like, at all. However, if you keep reading through the who shouldn’t section and the not recommended section, you eventually get to the who should section…and there’s the people with type 2 diabetes. So, are you talking type one in the first section or what? It’s not clarified…

It also hits on the obvious people who shouldn’t intermittent fast and some I dare say are highly dependent on the situation. You know, people they just chucked in there for fun without any clause to clarify. Oh and “check with your doctor” is kinda tossed in there towards the end. After slugging your way through that bunch of contradictory information, you finally get to actual accepted forms of fasting. Book covers 16:8, 12:12, 14:10, 5:2, Fast 800, 500, Warrior, etc. This information is pretty basic but mostly correct.

The book then goes into some very fab diet language describing the first week as “Detox Phase”. They recommend clear broth, hard boiled eggs, juicing, etc for the first 20 hours…then salad and beans…for a week.
Phase 2 is “High-Fat,” only I fail to see where the high fat is when they tell you, you can swap out beans for lean meat…it’s basically week 2 of ‘detox’. Phase 3 is” maintenance”. But, oh wait, it’s more of the traditional style of dieting but on an intermittent fasting window. Interesting. At least I see the word “pasta” as acceptable food in that small paragraph.


Then we get into the women and fasting part, and more contradictions… ”It’s better for women to fast a few days a week as opposed to fasting every single day” turn the page, Actually, just as women do well on the 5:2 or Choose Your Day fasting methods where they are only fasting a couple of days per week, they also do much better on shorter fasting periods if they do want to try fasting more often then just a few days a week.” Uh what?
At this point I stopped writing things down and just read. Because it's all contradictions and topic flopping. I will say I did 'enjoy; the emotional eating section that basically went, are you an emotional eater? well figure out how to stop that! Figure it out! Try breathing. Very helpful...

At 68% you are given “bonus material” which is basically a lot of reading about walking for Yes. Walking. Other forms get a page or two…walking gets its own chapter, or at least it felt that way because the walking talk resumed after briefly talking about the other exercises and that trend seemed to continue.

.Anyhow, some how the bonus material makes up 40% of the book.. How it that bonus material?

conclusion?

I would not, in good conscious, give this book to anyone to read. It's formatting is messy. It's messages are often conflicting. It's a mish mash of info. It has some good stuff in there, but you really have to dig. You also need a decent background of research into IF to know what is good and what is garbage.

If you want good, clear information, please go read Jason Fung's IF material. The formatting makes sense and the messaging is consistent.

This book and plenty of good information and nutrional advice . It was easily explained and understood
The advice I will take on

Intermittent Fasting for Women by Healthfit Publishing was an interesting read. I have struggled with my weight all my life as I have an under-active thyroid and on medication. So this book was a great find. and was full of useful advice throughout and was easy to follow,

I found this book very informative about a subject of which I had no previous knowledge. I plan to put into practice some of the tips.

Many thanks to netgalley and Healthfit publishing for the advanced copy of this book. I agreed to give my unbiased opinion voluntarily.

I thought this book was very good at explaining fasting and how to do it. I have never tried but I know a lot of people that recommend. I found many helpful tips in this book, but have not tried out yet.

Like many, I've been hearing a lot about this lifestyle. This is a very informative, comprehensive book. I have a much better grasp on intermittent fasting after reading this. It's easy to understand and a lot of the information makes sense. I particularly like that it doesn't make outrageous claims.

Been thinking of doing the intermittent fasting diet for a while. This book helps you to understand what would be the best way forward for you, dispels myths around dieting and promotes a different way of life. Fab results would recommend

Thank you to Healthfit Publishing ​and NetGalley for providing me with an advanced copy of this book.
Woah! I have been intermittent fasting for the past couple of years but this book filled all of the gaps in my knowledge (which I didn't even realize were there!) Heavily research-based which I appreciated. I would highly recommend this to any woman looking to begin intermittent fasting for herself.

As someone who has struggled with weight all my life, I am interested in the latest and greatest, or so the hype always says. I liked the way this book did not come out and make wild unsubstantiated claims nor did it recommend courses of action that would be threatening to life and limb. After a lifetime of looking at the various plans, the old adage is true. If it looks too good to be true, it probably is.

Over the years, portions, choices and exercise have been the three anchors of any sustainable program. Even in the midst of explaining what intermittent fasting is and how to do it, the author still went back to the basics. Without those three fundamentals, nothing, not even intermittent dieting, will work long term.

It also looked at the fact that we all are different. We lead different lifestyles and we have different tendencies. The beauty of this program is it can be tailored to what works best for you. As someone who already does not snack after my final meal and likes to complete the day’s intake long before bedtime, the 16:8 would be no problem. Others might prefer a total fast day twice a week while others might like a short food window. Whatever suits is what has the greatest chance to succeed.

It may not be the panacea that we so often desire but it does provide some interesting information and some solid ideas of how to better manage your weight. Four purrs and two paws up.

Great book which gives practical tips and explains the different types of Intermittent Fasting which can improve various health conditions, with particular emphasis on what works best for women. Invaluable advice on getting started and developing the mindset to keep going.. Explains how to build a nutrition plan, with a bonus free download of low carb recipes. Also discusses how to get the most from exercise and includes several exercise plans with detailed instructions..

I have been wanting to learn about this type of diet and this book was very helpful in to understanding and getting started. Very happy!

One of the newest ways of eating is intermittent fasting. I have heard people talking about this but wasn't sure about it. On the podcast Feel Better Live More a renowned cardiologist spoke about his patients using intermittent fasting were living longer and better after suffering cardiac issues. He mentioned that fasting for women was different than men though and didn't go into detail. Leaving me confused and wondering what to do. Healthfit Publishing stepped into that gap and wrote a whole book called Intermittent Fasting for Women.

If you thinking of trying fasting this is a great place to start. The different types of fasting are explained and how to get started and what to do when you hit the maintenance stage.

A helpful resource for people who want to understand the benefits and details of intermittent fasting. As someone who is trying to make healthier choices, but not necessarily fast, I still found this very useful. Thanks to NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book is perfect for anyone who is interested in intermittent fasting. It has facts from experts. It explains how it works for your body. And goes into detail about each different intermittent fasting type.

This is the Bible of intermittent fasting. I loved how it not only explained various options but it also explained the why. It gave great information that is based on research. Honesty the only book on intermittent fasting you will need complete with ways to get more active

The book is a very fast read: straight and to the point. It lays out the different fasting types, why one might be better than others depending on your body's needs, and the health benefits you receive from that regimen. There is a segment on appropriate fitness for those fasting. The section covering women is fairly thin - the focus here is getting you up and running on fasting by providing the options in a very abbreviated (but understandable) manner.

The fasting sections are useful but the 'extra' exercise routines are pretty useless (ever try to exercise from written words?). The gist of the exercise section is that walking is your best friend. If you are looking for something quick and easy but not too in depth, this is a decent read.

I have tried intermittent fasting before for a short while but life got in the way. Now retired (and no need to eat inbetween working hours), I intend to try again. This book is the best companion, cheerleader and advisor I could have. Full of informative and sensible suggestions and tips.

I have been interested in intermittent fasting for a while so I enjoyed reading this book. The different types of fasting were well explored and the benefits of exercise especially walking made me refocus on trying to exercise more.

The metabolic differences between woman and men were outlined in a simple to understand way.

This book has helped me begin my intermittent fasting journey and I would recommend it to any newcomer such as myself .