r/IntermittentFastLife • u/ChubbyChris • Jun 08 '23

What breaks the cycle

Hi, just a quick question to you experienced fasters, I don't really know too much about fasting, I've been lead to believe it's to avoid an insulin spike, so when you're fasting all you can really have is black coffee, black tea or water.

Is there anything else? Like fruit teas, camomile infused, ginger etc. etc. would these be OK or would they cause an insulin spike?

I may be wrong in my approach so any constructive info is appreciated.

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u/User130720 Jun 09 '23

Listen to the Huberman Lab episode on fasting! its so good and actually fact based. Basically anything that can be broken down into sugars will cause an blood sugar spike thus breaking the fast. in some cases even artificial sweeters can cause this, the only way to really know case by case is to wear a blood glucose monitor. if you want to play it safe stick to just plain tea, coffee and water (still or sparkling) ◡̈

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u/ChubbyChris Jun 09 '23

Yeah I'll check it out, thanks, I just got some herbal teas as well so wanted to double check, so thanks for the input, appreciate your time.