I don't need to lose any weight but I was just curious as to how exactly intermittent fasting accelerates fat loss?
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If you haven't seen his site, here's a pretty good overview http://www.leangains.com/2010/10/top-ten-fasting-myths-debunked.html |
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PKlopp from MDA had a series of posts giving some pretty cool science behind what's going on in your body. Intermittent Fasting - A Primer (Part 1) - http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread27894.html Intermittent Fasting - A Primer (Part 2) - http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread28459.html Intermittent Fasting - A Primer (Part 3) - http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread29011.html This gave me the science I needed to understand that Intermittant Fasting was not only safe but desired. |
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How exactly? Fasting is 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. |
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