Do you ever feel like your body just needs a break? Well, so do a lot of people in the Paleo community. They incorporate intermittent fasting into their diets, for numerous reasons. Skipping a meal or two lets your body rest from oxidative stress or free radicals induced from foods. It is helpful for losing weight, cancer patients, and athletes. But do your research before taking this on for any length of time. There are many ways to go about this. Some people fast between twenty-four and thirty-six hours. Some skip meals periodically. Some allow for “feeding windows,” whereby they will fast and only eat one meal a day. Do whatever you are comfortable with and whatever works for your lifestyle. Our bodies have been accustomed to this type of eating since prehistoric days. Although the cavemen skipped meals out of necessity, our bodies are set up to function without food at certain times. This is why we have fat stores to accommodate for starvation periods. Drinking a Paleo green smoothie helps give your body a break from solid foods. In a sense, the blender does the digesting for you.
It is also crucial that you choose organic foods during this process as ingesting pesticides would counteract the progress you are trying to make during a cleansing and detoxification phase. So make your body happy and sub out a few meals or a few days with nutrient-rich smoothies.