I like to take an edible a few times a week after the kids go down to “unwind”. I typically fast from 12pm-6pm and take the edible around 8pm. It is sweet and is about 5 calories. Does this interrupt the fast? I’ve seen that anything sweet will spike the insulin but also that anything under 50 calories actually doesn’t have much effect. Any insight?
Answer
In my humble opinion, if you ate around the end of your fast your blood sugar and insulin response is in full effect and throwing another couple calories in it probably aren’t going to reset the entire process.
I don’t get munchies when fasting because I’m already squashing impulse eating feelings, ymmv.