Intermittent Fasting Basics: Your Guide to the Essentials of Intermittent Fasting--and How It Can Work for You!

by Lindsay Boyers

Quick and easy tips to simplify intermittent fasting to fit better into your daily life!

Intermittent fasting has been taking the world by storm with its unique approach to health and weight loss. But with so many rules and restrictions, how do you know where to begin—and how to fast safely? Now, with Intermittent Fasting Basics , you don’t have to read a huge tome about what intermittent fasting is, how it works, and what you need to do to follow it. Your time is precious. Intermittent Fasting Basics provides you with find easy-to-understand explanations and tips, tricks, and advice for quickly adapting intermittent fasting to your needs. Are you just not ready to go without food for a whole day? That’s OK! Intermittent fasting is a more flexible diet than most and has many options that will work for you—no matter your needs!

Learn how easy it is to introduce intermittent fasting into your life—and see major results—with Intermittent Fasting Basics !

Genres: Nonfiction, Health

224 pages, Paperback

Published May 7, 2019

Reviews

[Laura✨ · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very limited in terms of information and practical tips.

[Tracy · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was such a poorly planned, written and edited book that it provides almost no value to the reader.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bare basics,, simple and informative with recipes .

[Marina · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read some others' reviews that indicated they felt this book was useless, but I disagree entirely! What a great little primer that pretty much covers every aspect of IF, from the emotional/spiritual to the physiological. I thought this was set up very nicely - each page like a tiny chapter unto itself, so you could skim/skip or refer back to a page if you wanted clarification on a topic. The sections on the physiological benefits of fasting were excellent - nice and tidy simplified descriptions of what it does to your body, which I thought was fascinating. This was a quick and easy read, concepts were easy to grasp. I literally finished in one night.

[Christian Selmek · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ok. A good fast (no pun intended) read that does a good job highlighting some key concepts. Good for a high level recap of other more in depth books.

[G Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good primer for those wading into the IF lifestyle. Not too hard to comprehend and easily digestible (no pun intended).

[Jackie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Things i like about this book include the short sections of content on individual pages and the way health is treated holistically. These features make this a good book for beginners, because it touches on information which some people may not have thought about before without overwhelming them or boring a reader who is well versed on issues like the importance of sleep, as an example.

Something i don’t like about this book is the relatively short shrift given to the book’s ostensible focus: intermittent fasting. There were relatively few pages devoted to the different methods, and i feel like some of the information was misleading. For example, even though the author encouraged people to mix and match approaches, she never comes out and says what i think is the most basic principle of intermittent fasting: once you get comfortable with how your body feels while intermittently fasting, go as long as you can without eating each day without relying so much on the 16:8 vs alternate daily fasting methods, etc. all the information included about the warrior diet was stuff i hadn’t heard before and am not going to incorporate into my life; i have no mind for keeping myself from not consuming certain food groups together. But that doesn’t mean someone can’t fast for 20 hours regularly; that’s my standard protocol.

There were also some sloppy errors or bad decisions made in writing this book. For example, the author states that Ramadan involves fasting from dusk until dawn, exactly backward. There are some pages that are repeated almost verbatim in different sections of the book; perhaps that was conscious but it may have also been poor editing.

Unfortunately, my high hopes for recommending this book to someone who wants a clear guide on what to do were dashed the more i read. This is such a beginning stepping stone that i don’t think i could recommend it to anyone who wouldn’t do more research beyond this text.

[E · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not super-impressed. As others mentioned, a vast majority of what this book contains is really, REALLY basic info. And while it discusses generally different types of diets one may wish to pursue while intermittent fasting, no mention was made of how paleo is essentially not possible in modern times (the food we raise now bears very little resemblance to what our ancestors ate), nor were any scientific critiques of keto supplied (to wit: IT DOESN'T WORK).
Furthermore, the recipes provided all appeared to be gluten-free, and most were not vegetarian- or vegan-friendly. From what I've read and seen in various places, there doesn't seem to be much/any scientific basis for abstaining from gluten if one does not have a sensitivity, so why this emphasis?
Intermittent fasting literally only speaks to when one eats, not what, and is therefore diet-agnostic. I'm left scratching my head as to why the book takes such a strong slant towards (keto, paleo, GF) and away from (vegetarian, vegan) certain things. If I wanted nonsense about keto I would've taken out her other book instead.

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is an intro book for people who have absolutely NO idea what intermittent fasting is...which most people can guess by word definitions alone.

The info in here is really basic, one-two paragraph (or less) explanations of various things. Gives super general info on various diets that can be paired with intermittent fasting, if you want to accelerate your weight loss.

Recipes are kind of 'meh' and a lot are gluten-free. No idea why.

Anyhow, if you know a thing or two about Intermittent Fasting, you can skip this book. I didn't learn anything from it I didn't already know thanks to the internet.

[CRK · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not really that useful. It is very much just as the cover states "Basics." It's an easy fast read with chapters that are basically one paragraph long. It reads more like a summary of ideas and even offers simple advice like Do Yoga and Practice Meditation. It doesn't even get to the types of IF until nearly half way through the book. The rest of the book is just recipes when I was thinking they'd offer more menu ideas or plans. Basically, if you just want a quick overview to pique your interest read it, but it doesn't offer much more than that.

[Piepie | The Napping Bibliophile]

I appreciated this short book and the little sections within the chapters. However, I've been IF'ing since this past fall, and this book seemed too basic and introductory for me. A lot of the info seemed to be common sense. I was pleasantly surprised to read about the benefits of yoga/meditation (I do both daily) in a book about IF but it makes sense as both practices, as well as IF, benefit the human body. A good chunk of the last pages are basically recipes and so on the whole this book is a slim, quick book easy to skim through.

[Leann · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this based on a conversation I had with one of my doctors who swears by fasting for health. I am still not convinced that fasting outside of the Biblical realm is really valuable but this book had some good tidbits on what fasting actually does to your body and such. I am always leery of taking a Biblical precedent and trying to turn it into a secular practice without God. If anyone has a different book suggestion from a Christian perspective I would be interested so please share.

[Jenni Moeller · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I appreciate the shortness of this book some of the topics were lacking in detail and could’ve used a few pages vs one topic per page . It was a good overview and intro to different methods of fasting and good reminders to give yourself time to adjust and not to expect perfection. Also, enjoyed the recipes in the back! I’ll be trying out some of those 😊

[Rachael · Rating 2 out of 5]

Really short, and very basic regurgitation of information most people already know. There's a few interesting points but overall happy it was a short read so I didn't feel like I wasted too much time.

[Valerie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fourth Intermittent Fasting book I have read, and it is the best one! It actually explains the variety of fasting methods and pros and cons. Much is explained about how the body functions in relation to foods and also how the body reacts to fasting. It was very informative on many levels.

[Laurel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wanted to learn more about fasting without the heavy how to. Quick book, can read in an hour and get the bare basics. Learned I naturally follow many of the concepts. My opinion is it is very similar to eating as our bodies are hungry and not on specific preset social norms.

[Claire · Rating 5 out of 5]

Written in a simple layperson manner which aids understanding of concepts related to intermittent fasting and nutrition in general. Balanced writing about why and how to / not to do intermittent fasting. Some good recipes at the end.

[Lori · Rating 2 out of 5]

A real bare bones look at intermittent fasting.

Each chapter/heading has only a paragraph or two so you can whip through the entire book in one sitting. A good bit of info but not super helpful for those hoping to learn a lot

[Joan Kite · Rating 2 out of 5]

Short, sweet and shallow.

[Joan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Learned some interesting tidbits, but not an in depth book, hence the name-Intermittent Fasting Basics.

[PASTOR STEPHEN]

Thanks for sharing this and Amen. Have great week ahead of you!

[Janet · Rating 1 out of 5]

Basic is right. Look elsewhere for true guidance.

[Pat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick read. Nothing new that hasn’t been included in other books. Set up with only one thought per page so easy to read

[Emanuele S · Rating 4 out of 5]

Buon libro per comprendere le basi del digiuno intermittente.

[Seyi Bondé · Rating 2 out of 5]

I know it said basics, but this doesn’t even cut it as basic.
I am so unimpressed. It was so poorly written and had minimal info