Intermittent fasting triggers autophagy — your body's cellular cleanup — repairing gut lining, reducing inflammation, and promoting clear skin.
Choose your protocol, see your schedule, prepare, and start.
What to eat, drink, and have ready before you begin
Eat this 1-2 hours before your fasting window starts.
Avocado, olive oil, nuts — keeps you satiated longer
Salmon, chicken, eggs — stabilizes blood sugar
Broccoli, spinach, sweet potato — feeds gut bacteria
Sauerkraut, kimchi, yogurt — primes microbiome
Have these ready so you break your fast gently:
After 16+ hours, your body activates autophagy — recycling damaged gut lining cells.
Fasting starves harmful bacteria and increases beneficial Akkermansia populations.
Lower insulin = less sebum = fewer breakouts. One of the fastest-acting benefits.
Start with 16:8 and progress as your body adapts.
Fast 16h, eat 8h
Fast 18h, eat 6h
Fast 20h, eat 4h
Fast 23h, eat 1h
Full day+ fast