We fast for better health, slower aging, and increased willpower. There are three levels to our approach to daily fasting: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced. 

• Beginner: 
• Daily: An eating window of 12 hours or less with a  minimum daily fasting period of 12 hours.

• Intermediate: 
• Daily: An eating window of 10 hours or less with a  minimum daily fasting period of 14 hours.

• Advanced: 
• Daily: An eating window of 10 hours or less with a  minimum daily fasting period of 14 hours with starchy foods limited to one 5 hour period. (Manichaean Monks and Nuns ate only once a day during a four hour eating window. They also practiced longer fasts on a weekly as well as seasonal calendar.)

Eating windows are 12, 10, or 5+5 hours each day, with the remaining hours reserved for the fasting state (with the exception of some teas, coffee). The Advanced Level of meal plans on this site are set up for an 10 hour eating window (8am - 6pm) which allows the health benefits of a 14 hour daily fast to be realized. This is done every day except for complete fasting days which occur on dark moons and on the five end of the Season fasting periods. (Water, black coffee, espresso, green and black tea, tumeric-pepper tea, salt, baking soda, stevia and monkfruit are allowed during the fast.)

There are many  health benefits associated with the practice of time restricted eating. These include a longer higher quality life, less inflamation, a leaner body and a sharper and less clouded mind.

• Fasting/Feasting: 16/8 Intermittent, Monthly, Seasonal.
• Daily: 12 or 14 hrs per day depending upon level.
• Fortnightly: 2 days each full moon and 1.5-2 days each dark moon (depending upon "moonth" length.)
• Seasonally: 5 Times per year, 4.5- 5 day Fasts, 5 Day Feasts.