Fasting and Metabolic Health
( Adapted from the Diet Doctor)
Low-carb high-fat (LCHF) diets are effective for weight loss, but we can potentially do even better by adding intermittent fasting, which offers many advantages not offered by conventional dieting. Both diets have the same goals, which is to improve metabolic health, lower insulin effect, and improve fat loss. While many believe that excess calories alone cause weight gain, that is only partially true. Calories and insulin likely both drive weight gain. LCHF diets lower insulin regardless of calories, but also usually reduce calories without even trying. LCHF is therefore impressively effective for weight loss. However, combining fasting and LCHF may have a synergistic benefit for maximum effect.
Read more at the Diet Doctor site below
https://www.dietdoctor.com/7-benefits-of-fasting
Low-carb high-fat (LCHF) diets are effective for weight loss, but we can potentially do even better by adding intermittent fasting, which offers many advantages not offered by conventional dieting. Both diets have the same goals, which is to improve metabolic health, lower insulin effect, and improve fat loss. While many believe that excess calories alone cause weight gain, that is only partially true. Calories and insulin likely both drive weight gain. LCHF diets lower insulin regardless of calories, but also usually reduce calories without even trying. LCHF is therefore impressively effective for weight loss. However, combining fasting and LCHF may have a synergistic benefit for maximum effect.
Read more at the Diet Doctor site below
https://www.dietdoctor.com/7-benefits-of-fasting
Fasting and Exercise
( Adapted from the Diet Doctor)
Is it possible to exercise while fasting? This is a common question we hear all the time and the simple answer is ‘Yes’.
People think that food gives them energy and therefore it will be difficult to fast and exercise at the same time. Some people with physically demanding jobs feel that they could not fast and work properly. What’s the truth?
Let’s think logically about what happens when we eat. Insulin goes up telling your body to use some of that food energy immediately. The remainder is stored as sugar (glycogen in the liver). Once the glycogen stores are full, then the liver manufactures fat (DeNovo Lipogenesis). Dietary protein is broken down into component amino acids. Much of it is used to repair proteins and excess amino acids are turned into glucose. Dietary fat is absorbed directly by the intestines. It doesn’t undergo any further transformation and is stored as fat.
Insulin’s main action is to inhibit lipolysis. This means that it blocks fat burning. The incoming flood of glucose from food is sent to the rest of the body to be used as energy.
Read more at the Diet Doctor site below
https://www.dietdoctor.com/fasting-and-exercise
Is it possible to exercise while fasting? This is a common question we hear all the time and the simple answer is ‘Yes’.
People think that food gives them energy and therefore it will be difficult to fast and exercise at the same time. Some people with physically demanding jobs feel that they could not fast and work properly. What’s the truth?
Let’s think logically about what happens when we eat. Insulin goes up telling your body to use some of that food energy immediately. The remainder is stored as sugar (glycogen in the liver). Once the glycogen stores are full, then the liver manufactures fat (DeNovo Lipogenesis). Dietary protein is broken down into component amino acids. Much of it is used to repair proteins and excess amino acids are turned into glucose. Dietary fat is absorbed directly by the intestines. It doesn’t undergo any further transformation and is stored as fat.
Insulin’s main action is to inhibit lipolysis. This means that it blocks fat burning. The incoming flood of glucose from food is sent to the rest of the body to be used as energy.
Read more at the Diet Doctor site below
https://www.dietdoctor.com/fasting-and-exercise