Poor metabolic health, often referred to as metabolic syndrome, is the root cause of many chronic diseases, including diabetes and heart disease. Symptoms can include hyperglycaemia (high blood sugar), elevated blood pressure, raised triglycerides, insulin resistance and obesity.
One of the most effective strategies for combatting metabolic syndrome is fasting. Scientific evidence has also shown that fasting can help to reset the gut microbiome, reboot the immune system, and even raise the levels of serotonin and dopamine, our feel-good hormones.
Dr Mindy Pelz, the author of , is an advocate of fasting, and in her book she details how critical it is for women to fast in a way that keeps their hormones happy. Fasting is a stressor on the body, and therefore women’s sex hormones – oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone – and their interplay with one another
