Worried about when
and what to eat to maintain good physique...?
Jealous about how some people do not gain weight despite of
eating whatever they want.......?
Confused.......... why very few people who are able to
maintain beach body eats at a specific time only.............?
If yes......this article will cover all your
questions........by the way, the short answer to all is INTERMITTENT FASTING (IF).
Let me take you back in time.
Our ancestors,
1000 years ago, were
living in a jungle and hunting for food. At that time, they had to search for
animals to kill for several hours; sometimes, days even. What they were doing
back then was, they were feeding themselves whenever they get to eat and for
the rest of the time when they were searching for animals to prey on or sitting
free.... they were not eating anything .....In other words....they were
FASTING.
In their fasting
period, their body was getting energy from the stored fat. So, they were not
that obese because as per body’s natural response to store fat for emergency
energy expenditure, fat was getting stored but when they were fasting, it was
also getting burned out. Remember, their average lifespan was 95 years back
then; that means this is something legitimate...
Fun Fact: Less fat in the body means less toxins.....as most
of the toxins are stored in fat only. This ultimately means that the
INTERMITTENT FASTING routine that this blog post is about to uncover will make
you immune to infections.
Let’s go a century back from today...........in an era of
our great grandparents....... There was a culture of 3 meals a day only; they
were not snacking in-between. And their average lifespan was also around 90-95
years; so which things went wrong in just 100 years that led to decrease in average
lifespan and enormous lifestyle diseases-Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity.........?
I know..........I know...........INTERMITTENT FASTING......I
am coming to that........bear with me for a moment........!
Whenever we eat sugar level in the blood goes up that will
result in secretion of Insulin hormone; so that cells can utilize that glucose.
If we eat frequently, Insulin will be released more often.
Fun Fact: Insulin secretion will result in glucose going
into cells and will inhibit lipolysis- metabolism of fat.
As the cells will get overfed because of more insulin, it
will result in obesity. Moreover, frequent inhibition of lipolysis will make
the person obese by storing unutilized fat .Lastly, if Insulin producing cells-
beta cells of pancreas, have to work more to produce the hormone for 30-40
years because the person eats frequently, cells will eventually become weak and
will either stop or decrease its Insulin production as the age advances , which is referred to as Diabetes
Mellitus.
So...............
What’s the solution???
INTERMITTENT FASTING.....................!
It means eating in a specific time window only and fasting
for the rest of the time- feeding and fasting intermittently. There are several
ways of doing it- 16: 8 hours in a day or 2:5 days per week of
Fasting and feeding.
My personal favourite, which I’m following since 10 years,
is 12:12. That means fasting for half of the day and feeding in rest of the
time.
It’s not new, we just forgot it. You see, every religions in
the world has periods of Fasting, Feeding and, even, Feasting.
So, when you will give it a try? It will not be easy in
beginning, but once you make it a lifestyle, you will be amazed by the
results..........................
When you started INTERMITTENT FASTING and which benefits you
noticed? Let me know in the comments below........