What is Intermittent Fasting?
It is NOT a diet. It is a way of eating. You still consume the same amount of calories, but at specific times. The most common is to fast for 16 hours and have an eating window of 8 hours. I personally fast 18 hours and eat all my food in 6 hours. Since you spend more time fasting than you do eating, it gives your body a chance to tap into its stored fat for fuel.
Benefits of IF
Detoxification:
Our bodies are constantly repairing cells. If in a fasted state your body can sole concentrate on this. But if you eat throughout the day, there are interruptions in this process.
Hormone Regulation:
Fasting has a huge impact on human growth hormone levels. Increased HGH results in better performance with faster muscle repair and growth as well as a slowing of the aging process. One study showed that interval training while fasting increased HGH by 1300% in women and 2000% in men.
When we eat natural sugars our body stores glycogen for use later. When we are fasting our body will use this energy. It takes about 6-8 hours to use it up. When it is used up then your body will dip into its fat stores. To boost this process. It is beneficial to do some HIT training while in a fasted state.
Maybe your way is working, but I think that the hunger strike is a health problem. It is better to eat often but with small portion and then the stomach will always be working, and fat will burn. I went through a lot of diets and believe me, I did not get rid of extra kilograms. I had to obtain from clinic my results to understand how to get rid of extra kilograms. The whole thing was in hormones, the deal was in low testosterone points, so I wanted to say, that is very important part of our body about which you should not forget! Maybe you can not lose weight for this reason...
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