Before we talk about the consequences of changing times of your 16/8 eating window, first let’s define the 16/8 diet. The 16/8 diet is where individuals fast for 16 hours of the day and eat freely for the remaining 8 hours. The window they choose to eat is entirely up to them, meaning they can eat from 10am-6pm or 12pm-8pm, or any other Any fasting period is good, so don't worry too much about it. That said, 12 is likely too short to enter a fasting phase, so try for at least 13-14. It's all good. vanillazuela • 4 yr. ago. Appreciate it! Own_Comment • 4 yr. ago. Hit 18hr and go another 5min. I bet you can. Being hungry comes in waves. This type of intermittent fasting can be a great variant for those who find it difficult to follow the 16:8 fasting. If you sleep 8 hours a day, which is recommended for any adult, you have only 6 hours of fasting left. Besides, a 10-hour eating window is long enough to avoid hunger pangs and still is effective. It may also help you shed pounds. Typically, fasters try to leave a gap of 16 hours without food and eat during an eight-hour window. Intermittent fasting is not the only type of time-restricted diet. That is the optimum idea. Subject to our individual variances, it's when "Autophagy" occurs. That science won the Nobel prize in 2016. 16:8, 17:7, OMAD. 17:7 mostly, rarely dip below 16 hrs. ~500 cal deficit, steady loss of body fat. Here are ten primary purposes for fasting mentioned in Scripture:¹. 1. To strengthen prayer (e.g., see Ezra 8:23) Numerous incidents in the Old Testament connect fasting to prayer, especially intercessory prayer. Fasting does not change whether God hears our prayers, but it can change our praying. A health fast is any temporary restricted diet that is supposed to have certain health benefits. But we are addressing fasting for one's spiritual health, which involves abstaining from food and drink while spending a lot of extra time in prayer, meditation and Bible study (Exodus 34:28; Ezra 10:6; Esther 4:16; Acts 9:9). Fasting exposes how we try to keep empty hunger at bay and gain a sense of well-being by devouring creature comforts. Through self-denial we begin to recognize what controls us. Our small denials of the self show us just how little taste we actually have for sacrifice or time with God. 2. .

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