most recent 30 from http://paleohacks.com 2013-05-18T15:13:54Z http://paleohacks.com/feeds/question/92346 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://paleohacks.com/questions/92346/what-is-the-science-behind-if Mike 2012-01-24T01:22:29Z 2012-01-24T11:28:47Z

<p>I don't need to lose any weight but I was just curious as to how exactly intermittent fasting accelerates fat loss? </p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/92346/what-is-the-science-behind-if/92357#92357 Jeff 2012-01-24T02:03:16Z 2012-01-24T02:03:16Z

<p>If you haven't seen his site, here's a pretty good overview</p> <p><a href="http://www.leangains.com/2010/10/top-ten-fasting-myths-debunked.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.leangains.com/2010/10/top-ten-fasting-myths-debunked.html</a></p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/92346/what-is-the-science-behind-if/92413#92413 JoshF 2012-01-24T06:17:22Z 2012-01-24T06:17:22Z

<p>PKlopp from MDA had a series of posts giving some pretty cool science behind what's going on in your body.</p> <p>Intermittent Fasting - A Primer (Part 1) - <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread27894.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread27894.html</a> Intermittent Fasting - A Primer (Part 2) - <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread28459.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread28459.html</a> Intermittent Fasting - A Primer (Part 3) - <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread29011.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread29011.html</a></p> <p>This gave me the science I needed to understand that Intermittant Fasting was not only safe but desired.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/92346/what-is-the-science-behind-if/92442#92442 PrimalDanny 2012-01-24T11:28:47Z 2012-01-24T11:28:47Z

<p>How exactly? Fasting <em>is</em> fat loss. Excess fat storage is there to allow you to survive a cold winter when food is scarce. If there's no food available and the hormonal environment is right, your body will happily burn bodyfat. Comparatively, caloric restriction but with regular small meals essentially confuses the body. It's not that you won't lose weight that way, but you'll be working against yourself and not enjoying it at all. The links the others have provided will help with some of the science, but it's a very complicated way to go about understanding why not eating burns bodyfat.</p>