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Losing weight can be a challenging journey, with numerous diet methods and workout routines available. However, one approach that has proven successful for many is intermittent fasting.<\/p>\n
This method involves restricting your eating window to a specific period of the day and fasting for the remaining hours. For instance, some individuals choose to fast between 8pm and 12pm the next day.<\/p>\n
By limiting calorie intake to a specific timeframe, intermittent fasting can help with weight loss. Additionally, research suggests that it offers various health benefits, such as improved blood sugar management and disease prevention.<\/p>\n
While fasting, no food is allowed, but there is one non-caloric beverage that experts recommend incorporating into your diet if you want to burn fat and slim down.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: <\/strong> ‘I lost 4 stone in eight months without cutting takeaways – here’s how I did it'[LATEST] <\/strong><\/p>\n Gin Stephens, an intermittent fasting expert and author of the New York Times best-selling book “Fast. Feast. Repeat,” recently shared valuable insights during a conversation with Tim Spector and Jonathon Wolf from ZOE Health UK. They discussed the potential benefits of intermittent fasting, and one particular drink stood out.<\/p>\n During the conversation, the expert highlighted the significance of black coffee, even outside of your designated eating hours.<\/p>\n She explained that black coffee, with its bitter flavour profile, does not trigger a cephalic phase insulin response. As a result, it can stimulate a process called autophagy, which is like a cellular housekeeping system in our bodies during a fast.<\/p>\n She said: \u201cAutophagy is our body\u2019s powerful, cellular housekeeping. It is like recycling and up-cycling in our body during a fast. It can go in and clear up old, junk proteins and really clean up things.<\/p>\n \u201cAlso, it is great for our immune systems, they can really function best during the fasted state.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd black coffee is likely to stimulate these processes, it even helps with fat burning. So black coffee is a great thing to add into your fast.<\/p>\n “Black coffee tends to stimulate the things we want to have going on during the fast.”<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/126\/590x\/secondary\/black-coffee-4864779.jpg?r=1689782780468\")
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