Saturday, August 24, 2013

How Intermittent Fasting Can Be Great For You

By Alison Bowling


Intermittent fasting is a process by which you stopeating for a certain amount of hours 1 or 2 times a week. Skeptics see this as "unneeded torture", but a deeper understanding of human physiology will permit you to see why periodic fasting is actually extremely healthy for the body.

In ancient times, guys were hunter-gatherers. It was normal for them to go for one day or even more without eating. Their bodies were extremely resilient and consumed any available body fat when nourishment was not readily available. When food was not available, their bodies were very tough and made use of up any available body fat. When they consumed food again, they would store fat to use in the following days. It was necessary for the survival of the mankind that the males had advanced physical capacities when in food scarcity as this would better their probabilities of catching food when they most required it. It has just recently been discovered that training in a fasted state produces better results in muscles than training in a fed state.

Basically there are 2 ways to go for body builders; they either take on a very strict eating regimen in which they eat meticulously dosed macro-nutrients and micro-nutrients every three to four hours, or they attempt intermittent fasting. A lot of bodybuilders turned to intermittent fasting because they found it really hard to find the time to weigh, cook and consume all their meals.

The lovely aspect of training and sporadic fasting is that whilst your body ends up being more powerful (human growth hormone is boosted by 2000 percent in men whilst fasting) it likewise becomes healthier. Nature has foreseen a procedure call "autophagism" which means "self-eating". Because the body needs to get its calories from the body itself, it will feed off the less healthy cells in the body. This is necessary for keeping the body in ideal overall healthiness. Clinical studies have been done which prove that periodic fasters have a lower rate of Alzheimer's condition and enhanced long life. Fasted mice in lab tests likewise showed a 40 % increase in durability, the equivalent to a guy living 120 years!|The stunning thing about training and periodic fasting is that whilst your body becomes stronger (human development hormone rises by 2000 percent in males whilst fasting) it also ends up being healthier. Since the body has to get its calories from the body itself, it will feed off the less healthy cells in the body. This is necessary for keeping the body in optimum overall health.

Skeptics commonly feel that fasting is unnecessary torture, however actually there is really little pain involved, and it just lasts till the body becomes used to fasting. The becomes do not last the whole time, they stop the minute the body starts burning calories it has saved. There can be a bit of faintness and disorientation or a headache and this is since toxic compounds that have been saved in the body fat are released into the organism. Consuming a lot of water and a little black coffee without sugar will help you to overcome any preliminary problems.

The optimistic side to intermittent fasting is that for one or two days a week you will find you have a lot of extra time on your hands. You will not have to count calories on your non-fasting days, you will be able to consume moderate quantities of every little thing which will allow you to begin having a regular social life again.

To prevent going for a complete day and night without eating, it is prudent to fast in between 6.00 pm on day one till 6.00 pm on day 2. You can eat an extremely early dinner on the first day then have a complete day fast just till 18H00 the following day. If you are doubtful that you can handle a complete twenty four hours the first time round, stop your fast at midday the following day then work your way up to a complete twenty four hours.




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