Real Thoughts with Debbie: FASTING has been around for thousands of years but we are learning more about the benefits of hormetic stress- acute stress vs. chronic stress.  Intermittent fasting is an acute stress that we are able to rest, repair and reboot the system while improving our ability to be fat burning machines and cell autophagy (longer fasts). Real thoughts with Debbie Potts on fasting, IF, TRE and the process to become the fat adapted athlete.