Intermittent fasting turned me from a night owl to an early bird

This summertime, I found later sunsets meant later meals — and that meant a later bedtime.

Visiting my family also meant dining out late into the evening, which not only caused major social jetlag but also difficulty falling asleep after finishing dinner around 10pm.

I felt uncomfortable and stuffy while trying to fall sleep, and I experienced frequent awakenings when I eventually did.

Determined to improve my sleep, I decided to finish dinner at 5pm for a month by following the 16:8 method of intermittent fasting (eating within an eight hour window and fasting for 16 hours). And it worked.

But what is intermittent fasting, and why did it improve my sleep? I called on Lena Bakovic, MS, RDN, CNSC, a registered dietician at Live It Up, to find out...

What is intermittent fasting?

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