Your body has two states: the fed state and the fasted state. Your body is in the fed state when it’s digesting and absorbing food. This starts as soon as you begin eating and lasts for three to five hours. In this state, it’s difficult for your body to burn fat, because insulin levels are high. After that, there’s a period of eight to 12 hours when your body isn’t processing any food. Around that 12-hour mark, you enter the fasted state, where your insulin levels are low and make it easier for your body to burn fat. At this point, you’re burning fat that wasn’t accessible during the fed state. Because we don’t enter the fasted state until about 12 hours after eating, our bodies rarely reach it. With intermittent fasting, you do.
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