The Hourly Benefits of Fasting

4-8 hours

- Blood sugars fall

- All food has left the stomach

- Insulin is no longer produced

12 hours

- Food consumed has been burned

- Digestive system goes to sleep

- Body begins healing process

- Human Growth Hormone begins to increase

- Glucagon is relaxed to balance blood sugars

14 hours

- Body has converted to using stored fat as energy.

16 hours

- Body starts to ramp up the fat burning.

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