Kompanion Intermittent Fasting - Track fasting schedule

Kompanion Intermittent Fasting is a revolutionary app designed to support individuals in adopting intermittent fasting as a lifestyle. Unlike traditional diets that focus on what you eat, intermittent fasting emphasizes when you eat. This approach helps achieve sustainable fat loss and a personalized nutrition plan tailored to your needs.

With the Fasting Kompanion by your side, embarking on an intermittent fasting journey becomes more manageable and motivating. This app serves as your personal guide, offering customized advice, expert insights, and unwavering support to help you succeed in achieving your weight goals through intermittent fasting. Your Kompanion provides personalized tips to maximize the benefits of intermittent fasting for your specific profile.

Grounded in scientific research and supported by nutrition experts, our app aims to empower you to become the best version of yourself through intermittent fasting.

Key Features:

- TIMER: Easily start and end your fasting periods with the timer function and monitor your fasting history effectively.

- CUSTOMIZED FASTING PLANS: Choose from pre-set intermittent fasting plans based on your physiology or create a bespoke plan that aligns with your lifestyle and preferences.

- BODY STAGES: Gain insights into the physiological changes your body undergoes during fasting with Plus features.

- JOURNAL: Reflect on your fasting experiences by tracking your moods over time with graphical representations.

- LEARNING CENTER: Access educational resources on fasting principles and benefits, along with practical tips for easy implementation.

- MOTIVATION: Stay motivated and track your progress towards your goals by observing real-time changes in your body throughout fasting windows.

- PREMIUM CONTENT: Explore an exclusive library of articles and Q&As authored by our nutrition experts to enhance your understanding of intermittent fasting.

What Is Intermittent Fasting?

Intermittent fasting, also known as the intermittent fasting diet or IF diet, is not exactly a diet with a certain food list, rather it is about scheduling your meal times where you alternate between periods of fasting and eating.

During the fasting period, you abstain from calorie consumption, typically for a set number of hours or days, which means you don’t consume any food during that time (except for some allowed beverages) and it is followed by your eating period, where you’re allowed to eat anything you want. This “eat and fast” cycle repeats on a regular schedule.

This approach called “intermittent fasting”  helps with weight management, improves metabolic health, and offers other potential health benefits, depending on the specific fasting schedule chosen. The best part is that Intermittent Fasting mainly focuses on when you have your meals, rather than what you have for your meals. That’s why it has taken the world of healthy nutrition by storm and has already reshaped the diet culture.

Popular intermittent fasting methods include the 16/8 method (fasting for 16 hours and eating during an 8-hour window) and the 5:2 method (eating normally for five days and significantly reducing calorie intake for two non-consecutive days).

While the popularity of Intermittent Fasting is increasing globally, famous Hollywood celebrities got great results with intermittent fasting. Many of them, like Jennifer Anniston, Halle Berry, Kourtney Kardashian, and Hugh Jackman owe their fitness to abstaining from food for specific periods of time. Fasting’s fame is not just limited to celebrities in front of the screen.

Fasting is also a powerful tool to clear the minds of Silicon Valley billionaires like Twitter’s former CEO Jack Dorsey and his successor (and of course the founder of Tesla and SpaceX) Elon Musk are big fans of fasting for a fitter body and mind.

Intermittent Fasting Benefits

Is it safe to fast? If safe, what are the most important health benefits of fasting? These are the most frequently asked questions by fasting beginners.

Although studies into intermittent fasting and its effectiveness are ongoing, thanks to the research carried out so far, we already know that it has many benefits for the mind and body.

Following a fasting plan is a great tool for weight loss and weight control. Some studies show that it may prevent some diseases like Alzheimer’s and may even reverse the existing ones.

Dr. Jason Fung, a nephrologist, is a health professional who has been studying the link between nutrition and diseases like obesity and type 2 diabetes — both precursors to kidney disease, utilizing fasting for the treatment of metabolic diseases.

Here are the most popular benefits as you start following an intermittent fasting plan:

    Weight loss: Intermittent fasting can help reduce calorie intake and promote weight loss by creating a calorie deficit during eating windows.

    Balanced blood sugar: Intermittent fasting can improve blood sugar levels by reducing insulin resistance, allowing cells to better respond to insulin. 

    Improved metabolic health: It may lead to improvements in insulin sensitivity, blood sugar control, and reduced risk of type 2 diabetes.

    Improved heart health: Intermittent fasting can potentially improve cardiovascular health by lowering risk factors such as blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and inflammation.

    Better brain functions: Some studies suggest that intermittent fasting may support brain function, potentially reducing the risk of neurodegenerative diseases and promoting the growth of new nerve cells. It also beats the symptoms of brain fog.

    Cellular repair and longevity: Fasting periods can activate cellular repair processes and autophagy, a mechanism that removes damaged cells and components, which may contribute to longevity and overall health.

    Reduced inflammation: Intermittent fasting may lower levels of inflammatory markers in the body, potentially reducing the risk of chronic inflammatory diseases.

    Improved hormone regulation: Fasting can lead to changes in hormone levels, including increased levels of human growth hormone (HGH), which may have positive effects on body composition and overall health.

    Better digestion: The microbiome diversity in your gut improves as you abstain from food for specific periods. 

    Improved mood and energy levels: Intermittent fasting may boost mood and energy levels by promoting the release of feel-good neurotransmitters like serotonin and reducing inflammation in the brain. Additionally, stable blood sugar levels during fasting can help prevent energy crashes and maintain a more consistent level of alertness and vitality.

    Cancer prevention: Some research suggests that intermittent fasting might help reduce the risk of certain types of cancer, although more studies are needed in this area.

How Does Intermittent Fasting Work?

With its endless list of health benefits, intermittent fasting sounds like a miracle. Is it just a new health myth or does it really work?

A lot of research has been conducted to reveal the actual mechanism behind intermittent fasting, and scientists have discovered that the human body goes through a variety of stages during fasting, activating different mechanisms that lead to a number of perks.

Here are the stages that your body goes through while fasting:

    1) Anabolic stage (0-4 hours of fasting)

The anabolic stage (also called the feeding state) involves the first few hours after having your last meal. In this stage of fasting, your body is busy with digestion and absorption of the nutrients that provide energy in your food.

    2) Catabolic stage (4-12 hours of fasting)

During the catabolic stage, the digestive process finishes and your body starts looking for alternative energy sources. Glycogen, the stored form of glucose found in the liver and muscles, is your body’s first choice.

Your insulin level falls, which is beneficial for breaking down insulin resistance.

    3) Fat burning (12-18 hours)

This is the favorite stage of those targeting weight loss. Your body slowly runs out of the glycogen stores in your liver, so you burn stored body fat.

Plus, as your insulin level has already started decreasing, the growth hormone starts to get released in your blood. This is a powerful fat-burning hormone that preserves your muscle mass and helps burn actual fat.

The most common fasting methods like the 14/10 and 16/8 help you enter the fat-burning stage.

    4) Ketosis (18-72 hours)

During the ketosis stage, your body starts breaking down stored fat into molecules called fatty acids and glycerol. Fatty acids can be used for energy. Your liver converts some of the fatty acids into molecules known as ketones, or ketone bodies. Ketones can be used by your brain and other tissues as an alternative source of energy.

When the level of ketones in your blood reaches a certain threshold, your body enters a state called ketosis. In ketosis, your cells rely on ketones for energy, and this is a key characteristic of fasting or a very low-carbohydrate diet.

Ketosis can also lead to reduced appetite, which can make it easier for some people to continue fasting or maintain a calorie deficit. Because your body is primarily burning fat for fuel in ketosis, this state can lead to significant fat loss over time.

If you combine fasting with the ketogenic diet, your body will enter the ketosis stage faster. This leads to increased fat burn and gives you a positive mood and mental clarity.

    5) Deep Ketosis (72+ hours)

Although not an easy state to reach, during the deep ketosis phase, many of your body’s tissues and organs, including the brain, adapt to using ketones as their primary source of energy. This means that your reliance on glucose from carbohydrates is greatly diminished.

The suppression in your appetite becomes more pronounced and deep ketosis can lead to ongoing fat loss.

Some people use deep ketosis for therapeutic purposes, such as managing certain medical conditions like epilepsy, type 2 diabetes, and neurodegenerative diseases. The high levels of ketones in deep ketosis are believed to have neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory effects. But bear in mind that reaching this stage is not suitable for everyone and you need to have a period of fasting experience and a  doctor’s approval to abstain from food for over 3 days.

Autophagy (24-48 hours)

Another important phase your body goes through while fasting is autophagy. This is a cellular rejuvenation process. Think of it as a vacuum cleaner, a mechanism that clears old and dead cells to replace them with new and healthy cells. In other words, your body decides what is necessary and what is going to be rebuilt. 

Why Choose Intermittent Fasting?

By adhering to a suitable intermittent fasting plan, you can expect a range of benefits, including:

- Fat burning

- Weight loss

- Enhanced metabolism

- Improved digestion

- Cardiovascular health

- Mental clarity

- Anti-aging effects

Tailored Plans for Everyone:

Our app offers a variety of intermittent fasting plans to suit different preferences and needs. From beginner-friendly options like the 12:12 plan, known as the circadian rhythm diet, to popular choices such as the 16:8 plan favored by Hollywood celebrities for its health benefits, there's a plan suitable for every body. For those seeking a more intense fasting experience, alternatives like the 18:6 plan are available. Advanced users can explore plans like 20:4, 24-hour, and 36-hour fasts, which promise increased fat burn, metabolic enhancements, and anti-aging properties.

Start your intermittent fasting journey today by downloading Fasting Kompanion for free. Gain access to all features, premium content, and a personalized fasting plan with Kompanion Plus to kickstart your transformation.