Jennifer Garners Nutritionist Recommends Modified Intermittent Fasting To Her Clients – Women’s Health

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You've probably heard breakfast is the most important meal of the day. (Women's Health dedicated an entire week to the early-morning meal, after all.) But, Jennifer Garner's nutritionist, Kelly LeVeque, actually recommends a form of intermittent fasting to her clients that skips over eggs and bacon (at least before the gym).

"When she was getting ready for the Peppermint movie with Body by Simone, they would work out first thing in the morning," LeVeque told Women's Health. "I don't recommend [eating] anything before you work out because when you work out fasted you actually increase human growth hormone and testosterone. That also increases the burning of fatty acids in the body, so you're really getting fat burning."

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The fasting ends immediately after the sweat session, though. For good reason, Jen's workouts with Simone De La Rue do not look easy. "She followed that workout out with her Fab Four smoothie," LeVeque told Women's Health. Btw, that smoothie is packed with protein and tastes like cookies and cream. (Yum!)

LeVeque says this type of routineoften referred to as fasted cardio or fasted workoutsis her go-to. "It's what I recommend to the majority of my clients," LeVeque told Women's Health. "Get up and try to make that workout happen in the morning. Then, eat breakfast when you start to feel hungry, not when you're ravenous."

Jennifer isn't the only celeb fan of fasted workouts. J.Lo and A-Rod both have said they start their days with fasted cardio, which simply involves doing a heart-pumping activity on an empty stomach. In short, the goal of training this way is to burn more fat just like LeVeque says. That said, the research on whether or not fasted cardio is effective is a bit limited.

In addition to fasted workouts, LeVeque recommends a type of flexible intermittent fasting to her clients, like Jen, in which they delay breakfast, and eat an early dinner. "My advice would be to fast intermittently when its convenient for you and your schedule," she says. "Dont just wait to eat until 2 p.m. because thats what youve been told is the way to fast."

In Jennifer's case, LeVeque told Women's Health, "She has a really balanced life, which I am just trying to help support."

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